SANTA CRUZ, USA: NoSQL is being rapidly accepted by corporate enterprise developers in North America with 56 per cent reporting at least some use of the schemaless database and 63 per cent citing plans to use in the next two years according to Evans Data’s recently released North American Development Survey.

NoSQL is considerably stronger in the enterprise segment than within the general developer population where 43 per cent expect to use NoSQL.

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The survey of over 400 developers conducted in May, 2011 is part of Evans Data’s Global Development Survey series.

This showed use of NoSQL is rising in EMEA, where 39 per cent of developers report plans to use, and APAC where more than a quarter of the general developer population report using NoSQL today and 68 per cent have future plans.

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"The advent of Big Data is driving adoption of NoSQL, and this is especially true in the corporate enterprise" said Janel Garvin, CEO of Evans Data Corp.

"While it may have got its start on the web with innovations like Big Table and MapReduce, it’s the enterprise that can most benefit from NoSQL and developers realize this across all geographical regions," added Garvin.

Next: Highlight of the survey...