Next Generation Databases: NoSQL, NewSQL, and Big Data

Acknowledgments

I’d like to thank everyone at Apress who helped in the production of this book, in particular lead editor Jonathan Gennick, coordinating editor Jill Balzano, and development editor Douglas Pundick. I’d like to especially thank Stéphane Faroult, who provided outstanding technical review feedback. Rarely have I worked with a reviewer of the caliber of Stéphane, and his comments were invaluable.

As always, thanks to my family—Jenni, Chris, Kate, Mike, and Willie—for providing the emotional support and understanding necessary to take on this project.

This book is dedicated to the memory of Catherine Maree Arnold, our beloved niece who passed away in 2010. I met Catherine when she was five years old; the first time I met her, she introduced ...