Last updated : Jul 30, 2011
NOT ON THE CURRENT EDITION
This blip is not on the current edition of the Radar. If it was on one of the last few editions, it is likely that it is still relevant. If the blip is older, it might no longer be relevant and our assessment might be different today. Unfortunately, we simply don't have the bandwidth to continuously review blips from previous editions of the Radar.
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Jul 2011
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
NoSQL technologies are maturing daily, allowing for innovative solutions as businesses need to scale massively or ask intelligent questions of existing data. Technologies like MongoDB, Riak, Neo4J, Cassandra and many others are helping power the NoSQL space.
Jan 2011
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
NoSQL is about scale, massive datasets, cloud data, social network data, data in buckets, data in graphs i.e. a range of use cases for which “traditional” SQL databases may not be the optimal choice. Unravelling NoSQL and trying to explain what it is and why you should or should not be interested in it is difficult as the term covers a wide range of technologies, data architectures and priorities and represents as much a movement or a school of thought as it does any particular technology. Types of NoSQL technologies include key-value, column and object stores as well as document, graph and XML databases.
Aug 2010
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
Apr 2010
Assess
Worth exploring with the goal of understanding how it will affect your enterprise.
Published : Apr 29, 2010
