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Inside the successful projects that rely on NoSQL database applications

As enterprises shift to cloud, mobile, social media, and big data technologies, operations teams must build and maintain applications faster, and at a greater scale.

In such a fast-paced environment, it is no surprise that NoSQL is increasingly the preferred database technology to power today’s web, mobile, and IoT applications.

But why NoSQL?

Check out this white paper for a look inside the modern challenges that NoSQL databases address, as well as when to choose NoSQL over relational and why.

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