In fact, according to DB-Engines, MongoDB ranks as the most popular non-relational database and the fifth most popular database overall. More importantly, its popularity is steadily trending upward.

In non-relational "hierarchical" and "network" databases, records in one file contain embedded pointers to the locations of records in another, such as customers to orders and vendors to purchases.

The Amazon DocumentDB database predates the Microsoft-led technology, having been first announced in 2019. Amazon DocumentDB ...

Commentary: It's no longer exciting to talk about the rise of non-relational databases, but it's happening all the same.

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

We have also seen the rise of alternatives to relational databases, the so-called “NoSQL” data stores. Are we witnessing the end of SQL and relational databases?

Get to know the Java persistence standard based on Hibernate and learn how to use JPA to store and manage Java objects in a relational or NoSQL database.

Indeed, relational databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL, with the prominent exception of PostgreSQL, have declined relative to non-relational databases over the last nine years ...