Couchbase Connect 2013 Announcement

Couchbase CEO Bob Wiederhold announced the company's ambitious plan to develop a SQL-like query language for JSON data, later named N1QL, bringing the co-inventor of SQL, Don Chamberlin, on stage as an advisor.

Significance

This event publicly signaled Couchbase's commitment to solving the NoSQL querying pain point, legitimizing the need for SQL-like capabilities in document databases and setting expectations for future developments.