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Architecture Forum - Demystifying the hype around NoSQL

Demystifying the hype around NoSQL

Over recent years NoSQL has gained a lot of attention with massive web platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook supporting large portions  of their data needs with NoSQL databases. The forum took a closer look at NoSQL solutions to better understand their purpose, positioning and implementation. Four speakers were brought into the discussion to do a short introduction of the topic before having the  discussion.

Speakers:

·         Gary Hope – What is NoSQL  and how does it compare to RDMS
·         Kevin Threthewey – Different types of NoSQL databases and we when to use them
·         Garrent Smith – MongoDB overview
·         Chris Spring – Redis Overview