DatabaseProNews (Enable images to fully enjoy)
January 04, 2012
The Cost of NoSQL
By Michael Marr
NoSQL solutions are now vital to many applications. When evaluating the use of NoSQL in new projects or upgrades to existing projects, project managers should take close examination of the potentially hidden costs of NoSQL.

Have you experienced some hidden costs in your NoSQL implementation? Let us know in the comments.

Human/Knowledge Resources

Learning NoSQL is not for the faint at heart. Many NoSQL applications are still in relative infancy, and thus by utilizing these technologies early adopters get to experience the pain of being pioneers. Although some would argue learning new database design patterns and implementation methods is not as bad as getting dysentery or typhoid, the benefits of successfully learning and mastering your NoSQL database is equal to that of frontiering the Oregon Trail. Be sure to consider the considerable costs of developer time and resources needed to learn to efficiently and effectively utilize these new technologies.

Continue Reading
Performance Monitoring Software for Websites, Servers and Infrastructure
Download your FREE 14-day evaluation of WebWatchBot and begin experiencing the benefits of reliable monitoring today.


Today's Top Videos:
BlogWorld LA 2011: Expo Summarized By Rick Calvert
As the BlogWorld Expo came to a close in Los Angeles, Rick Calvert, the show's CEO and Co-founder, sat down with WebProNews to talk about the event. According to Calvert, it was the biggest...
Marketing Your Online Videos
Mike Rotman, the CEO of Streamn' Garage, sits down with WebProNews and discusses techniques for promoting and getting online video content discovered. Rotman, who has worked...
Bringing Bloggers, Consumers, and Brands Together
Shani Higgins, CEO of Technorati Media, talked with WebProNews about Technorati's annual "State of the Blogosphere" report. While the study found that the blogosphere is growing...
Recent Articles:
How-to Sort by Order in List
The power of SQL is that we are able to construct queries to find specific sets of data based on criteria. For example, if we have a database for a pound, we might query "Find me all the brown dogs." The result from this query would return how many brown dogs we have, if any, and any related metadata, i.e. name, breed, size, age, etc. In this way, SQL is very powerful and beneficial. Sometimes, however, we already know the particular dogs we want to get information about, and just simply need to retrieve them.
Read More...

Dates and Times in MySQL, Part 2:...
The previous article on the subject gave you a nice introduction to MySQL date types, but here I'm going to go more into entering dates and a few other important points. MySQL has a long...
Read More...
SQL tips #1
With all of the talk about NoSQL going around, it is clear that people want better ways of storing large amounts of data in their databases. However, before you go running off to implement one of these new systems...
Read More...
Dates and Times in MySQL, Part 1...
Storing dates and times in MySQL may appear to be as complicated as dates in real life to those who have never delved into the subject. Programmers often default time using an int...
Read More...
Other iEntry Business Resources:
- WebProNews.com
- Jayde.com
- MarketingNewz.com
- SalesNewz.com
- CareerNewz.com
- InvestNewz.com
- eCommNewz.com
- WebsiteNotes.com
- AdvertisingDay.com
iEntry
 
--This email is a service of DatabaseProNews--
iEntry, Inc. 2549 Richmond Rd. Lexington KY, 40509
2012 iEntry, Inc. All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Legal
DatabaseProNews: ">Deactivate / For other inquiries: support@ientry.com