Caution about NoSQL Databases

December 22, 2015

I read “Exasol and Birst Join In-Memory Database to ‘Networked’ BI to Aid Mutual Expansion.” Another day, another marketing tie up. But the article contained a very interesting statement, attributed to a Birst big dog:

NoSQL databases are great for atomic storage and retrieval, and for elastic scaling over a distributed [server] environment, but when it comes to doing aggregations with joins – and that’s what analytics is about – it is just not what they are built for.”

I wonder if that shot is aimed at outfits like MarkLogic. Worth watching this partnership.

Stephen E Arnold, December 22, 2015

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