“NewSQL” is the 451 Groups shorthand for the various new scalable/high performance SQL database vendors. They have previously referred to these products as ‘ScalableSQL’ to differentiate them from the ...

A new class of databases called NewSQL has emerged, leveraging the best of NoSQL and SQL. Coined in 2011 by Matt Aslett, an analyst with the 451 Group, the term “NewSQL” describes a category of ...

NoSQL and NewSQL databases are popular solutions in the data management space. At VoltDB, we’re sometimes asked to clarify the difference between the two approaches. Here’s what you need to know if ...

PingCAP Inc., the company behind the cloud-native NewSQL database TiDB, today said it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand the TiDB ecosystem globally, build cross-cloud product offerings ...

There's a lot to like about MySQL databases if you're a start-up, until success comes knocking a bit too fast. And that has now made Twoo the poster child for Clustrix, a San Francisco start-up funded ...

Clustrix has raised $10 million in Series D financing from HighBar Partners to expand its customer base and accelerate the development of its flagship product, a scale-out SQL database designed for ...

There’s no getting around it—unstructured data is now flooding into enterprises at an unprecedented rate. Many data managers and administrators say most of the data they are handling will be ...

NewSQL startup NuoDB has released an update of its distributed relational database management system (DBMS). The spotlight enhancement in the 2.0 release, code-named "Blackbirds," is an optimization ...

Expanding its portfolio of Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, Google has announced that it is adding a new database service called Cloud Spanner to its public cloud platform. This service ...