We report the opinions expressed by well-known database researchers on the future of the
relational model and SQL during a panel at the International Workshop on Non …

The Database field is undergoing significant changes. Although relational systems are still
predominant, the interest in NoSQL systems is continuously increasing. In this scenario …

NoSQL databases are growing in popularity for Big Data applications in web analytics and
supporting large web sites due to their high availability and scalability. Since each NoSQL …

We propose a database design methodology for NoSQL systems. The approach is based on
NoAM (NoSQL Abstract Model), a novel abstract data model for NoSQL databases, which …

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The last two decades witnessed a remarkable evolution in terms of data formats, modalities,
and storage capabilities. Instead of having to adapt one's application needs to the, earlier …

The popularity of social networks and the expansion of various second-generation Internet
services have contributed to the increase of data, of different structuredness levels, in use …

Integration of data stored in heterogeneous database systems is a very challenging task and
it may hide several difficulties. As NoSQL databases are growing in popularity, integration of …

Nowadays the dominant databases for work with structured data are based on a relational
model (also called SQL databases), while NoSQL databases have been the increasingly …

Cloud computing has recently emerged as a new computing paradigm enabling on-demand
and scalable provision of resources, platforms and software as services. In order to satisfy …