This document provides an overview of using Cloudant as a NoSQL database with XPages applications. It discusses why the author chose Cloudant for an HR application, introduces Cloudant and how it works, explains how to connect to Cloudant from XPages using a Cloudant connector plugin, and demonstrates storing and retrieving jobs, attachments, and search data from Cloudant in an XPages application. The document contains code examples for Cloudant DAOs, controllers, and services to interact with Cloudant from the backend and display data in XPages.