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
