AM2: Evaluating NoSQL and SQL Databases

Attendees of this seminar will learn how to evaluate the new NoSQL and SQL database options available to them, and to model in each one.

You will understand the strengths and weaknesses of relational, dimensional, document, key-value, and triple models
You will be able to choose the best model to meet your specific needs
You will be able to choose the best NoSQL database to fit your model and other concerns, such as write performance, read performance, data integration, etc.
You will be able to choose when to use ACID or BASE consistency models
You will understand the strengths and weaknesses of three different query languages: SQL, XQuery, and MongoDB

Michael Bowers is principal enterprise data architect at the LDS Church. He has spent over 20 years as an enterprise architect, software developer, and database architect. In 2008, Michael brought the MarkLogic NoSQL database to LDS. Today it delivers 1.8 TB of data to 95 million annual visitors with billions of page hits across 182 websites, transactional applications, and web services.