This IDC study investigates the emerging phenomenon of nonschematic DBMS, sometimes inappropriately called "NoSQL" DBMS. This study discusses the technology itself and its context in key/value memory caching, its current uses, and its future potential uses. It also discusses currently available technologies in this space.
"Currently, nonschematic DBMS is mainly used for fairly simple data management problems where flexibility and dynamism are primary attributes," says Carl Olofson, research vice president for Database Management and Data Integration Software Research at IDC. "In the future, however, it is more likely that this technology will be used for such activities as data warehouse definition and preparation, master data management initiatives, particularly where a mix of structured and unstructured data management is required, and large-scale enterprise data indexing and cataloging projects."