Max Schireson, chief executive of NoSQL database vendor MongoDB, started a heated conversation two weeks ago when he said that relational database technologies are on their way out because they’re too ...

Have you noticed that relational "technology" seems to be taking a beating these days? With new “data models” and types of database systems purported to be better than relational, it seems that the ...

When MySQL 5.5 switched its underlying storage engine MyISAM to another, InnoDB, it drew questions and created some confusion about the foundation of this database. Certainly, the choice of a storage ...