“Recently, a lot of new non-​​relational data­bases have cropped up both inside and out­side the cloud. One key mes­sage this sends is, “if you want vast, on-​​demand scal­a­bil­ity, you need a non-​​relational database”.

If that is true, then is this a sign that the once mighty rela­tional data­base finally has a chink in its armor? Is this a sign that rela­tional data­bases have had their day and will decline over time? In this post, we’ll look at the cur­rent trend of mov­ing away from rela­tional data­bases in cer­tain sit­u­a­tions and what this means for the future of the rela­tional database.”