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NoSQL joins SQL in FoundationDB purchase of Akiban |
July 18, 2013
Database software vendor FoundationDB has acquired Akiban, another purveyor of database software, in a move to develop a hybrid data-store application capable of storing both SQL and non-SQL data."Being all things to all people is a tough place to be, but I think there is a way to thread that needle and offer a real interesting service," said David Rosenthal, a co-founder of FoundationDB. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Vienna, Virginia-based FoundationDB developed a data storage engine that can store information in both non-SQL and SQL data structures.FoundationDB offers all the capabilities of a standard relational database management system (RDMS) -- including fault tolerance and full ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) compliance -- while still offering the easy multi-server scalability of a NoSQL data store.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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