Kdb: Time for a new SQL?

Relational databases are over 20 years old–think back to IBM’s System R in the late ’70s–and even SQL92, the most commonly used and supported version of the standard, is closing in on 10. But volumes of data are growing at an ever-increasing volume and Kx Systems thinks it has an answer, particularly for data mining operations. InfoWorld’s James Borck takes a look at Kdb in Database optimization techniques in Kdb could help ease the enterprise data crunch. Kdb is free to download and evaluate, but I couldn’t find a mention of pricing for production use on the Kx website.