New SQL

http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/109710-new-sql-an-alternative-to-nosql-and-old-sql-for-new-oltp-apps/fulltext

Systems are starting to appear that preserve SQL and offer high performance and scalability, while preserving the traditional ACID notion for transactions. To distinguish these solutions from the traditional vendors, we term this class of systems “New SQL.” Such systems should be equally capable of high throughput as the NoSQL solutions, without the need for application-level consistency code.