Oracle launches NoSQL database

angry tapir writes: "After announcing the technology at its OpenWorld conference last month, Oracle has launched its much anticipated NoSQL database. The Oracle NoSQL Database can now be downloaded from the Oracle Technology Network. The software will also be a key component the Oracle Big Data Appliance, due to be shipped in the first three months of 2012. The database, based on the Berkeley DB database, would be of interest to "customers who are acquiring massive amounts of data who are unsure about the schema, who want more fluid capture of the data," said Marie-Anne Neimat, vice president of database development at Oracle."