Is the relational data model, now more than 40 years old, still relevant in the cloud-native world of the 21st century? Lucas Jellema, CTO at AMIS, shares his views during the Oracle Developer Live event.

Relational databases

It is time to ask whether the relational data model, developed more than 40 years ago, still has a place in today’s cloud-native world. We also need to consider how to structure our data. Storage is cheap, CPUs are more powerful than ever, and numerous frameworks and libraries allow us to abstract data layers into just a few API calls.

The debate below offers a fresh perspective on this topic through the views of several experts. Who do you agree with?