"It's not easy to find such a generous book on big data and databases.
Fortunately, this book is the one." Feng Yu. Computing Reviews. June 28,
2016.
This is a book for enterprise architects, database administrators, and
developers who need to understand the latest developments in database
technologies. It is the book to help you choose the correct database
technology at a time when concepts such as Big Data, NoSQL and NewSQL
are making what used to be an easy choice into a complex decision with
significant implications.
The relational database (RDBMS) model completely dominated database
technology for over 20 years. Today this "one size fits all" stability
has been disrupted by a relatively recent explosion of new database
technologies. These paradigm-busting technologies are powering the "Big
Data" and "NoSQL" revolutions, as well as forcing fundamental changes in
databases across the board.
Deciding to use a relational database was once truly a no-brainer, and
the various commercial relational databases competed on price,
performance, reliability, and ease of use rather than on fundamental
architectures. Today we are faced with choices between radically
different database technologies. Choosing the right database today is a
complex undertaking, with serious economic and technological
consequences.
Next Generation Databases demystifies today's new database technologies.
The book describes what each technology was designed to solve. It shows
how each technology can be used to solve real word application and
business problems. Most importantly, this book highlights the
architectural differences between technologies that are the critical
factors to consider when choosing a database platform for new and
upcoming projects.
- Introduces the new technologies that have revolutionized the database
landscape
- Describes how each technology can be used to solve specific
application or business challenges
- Reviews the most popular new wave databases and how they use these new
database technologies
