Here’s the InfoQ link. I’ve actually been expecting something like this from either Oracle or Microsoft. There’s more than enough evidence out there that a NoSQL implementation is able to handle important, real-world scenarios in ways that traditional relational databases can’t (or, more accurately, can’t easily). It makes sense, from a vendor perspective, to add this weapon to its arsenal. It would not surprise me to see Microsoft offer something at some point down the road, though I wouldn’t be surprised if the marketing department has some difficulty in developing decent branding for it: SQL Server 2012 NoSQL...