This document summarizes a presentation on using non-relational databases (NOSQL) for data storage in the cloud. It discusses typical motivations for cloud solutions like low costs and scalability. It then covers issues with using relational databases to scale horizontally and vertically. Various NOSQL database models are introduced, including key-value, document, columnar, and graph databases. Tradeoffs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance are discussed in relation to Brewer's CAP theorem. Code examples are provided for different NOSQL databases.