Social Developer Summit 2010: The Death of Relational Databases

Storing information is the cornerstone of the web and big companies operating in today’s social ecosystem. In this panel, Arin Sarkissian, the core infrastructure team lead of Digg.com, talked about the increasing popularity of non-relational databases and what that means for relational databases. Understanding which type of database to use is important and Arin provided an interesting overview of elements to keep in mind as you figure out the best strategy for storing information on the social web.