Tag: in-memory
Oracle Gives 12c Database a Column-Oriented Makeover
Oracle says the new In-Memory Option it unveiled today will allow its 12c database customers to run analytic workloads 100 times faster than they previously could. The secret sauce is a new column-oriented analytical data store, which sits right next to the traditional row-oriented data store used for transactions. Read more…
Is “In-Chip” Data Processing the Next Revolution?
While in-memory computing has been making the hype circuits recently, analytic startup SiSense says their technology takes data processing to the next level: in-chip. SiSense says that in-chip is the next revolution beating on the big data door, and that it will change the way people think about data processing. Read more…
Actian Aims at Being Disruptive in Big Data
Data management company, Actian Corporation, broadened its offering last week with the company completing its acquisition of Pervasive Software. The merger, they claim, is a step towards making Actian a disruptive force in the big data arena. Read more…
A Bet Against Hadoop That Hopes to Deliver Big Gains
Two years ago, Greenplum veteran Ben Werther made a bet against Hadoop that led him on a journey to improve how enterprises could utilize and provide access to the data housed in the platform. This week, the company he founded, Platfora, launches the in-memory analytics platform that is the culmination of that bet. Read more…
Ephemeral, Fast Data Finds Home in Memory
For any number of businesses, big data isn’t useful unless it’s fast and responsive data. In other words, the challenges that reflect the volume and complexity sides of the big data coin represent just one face. To discuss this and some new approaches that are changing in memory data grid usage, we speak with Dr. William Bain of ScaleOut.... Read more…
Gartner Exclaims “uRiKA!”
Hadoop is synonymous with big data, but perhaps, according to Carl Claunch of Gartner, it should not be. Instead, he suggests an in-memory system like YarcData’s uRiKA might better suited to handle big data graph problems. The research group recently concluded that the in-memory approach-- Read more…
SAP Signals Spawn of In-Memory Era
When talking about big data, one can analyze a relatively small amount of data really quickly, or build something like a Hadoop cluster and analyze a lot of data over a long period of time.“Today we are living in a world of compromises,” said SAP’s Pushkar Bhat at a SAP... Read more…
One Giant Leap for Psychohistory
SGI's UV2, which it touts as the world’s largest in-memory data mining system, is behind a recent project to "map the world according to Wiki" and reveal insights about the connections between history, society and geography. The researcher behind the project who is known for his.... Read more…
TIBCO Shines Light on Spotfire Concepts
As organizations grow accustomed to taking in big data, the demand for processing and analyzing it quickly rises. Unfortunately, traditional methods of hosting big data, such as disks and tapes, do not offer much in way of speed since the time costs... Read more…
In-Memory Tweaks Boost Proteomics Research
From genome sequencing to mass spectrometry to collect information for proteomics work, researchers have honed the craft of data collection for the life sciences—now the real questions of large-scale analysis are foremost on the minds of many in this... Read more…
The Velocity Key to Big Data Verocity
In a recent briefing about in-memory innovations and massive movement of big data, GridGain CEO Nikita Ivanov dismissed the issues of data volume and variety, instead focusing on the need for real-time platforms that can power the "big data" of.... Read more…
Pulling Big Insurance Into the In-Memory Fold
SAS, SAP and others are at the forefront of delivering their message about the speed and scalability powers of in-memory platforms for businesses that require near real-time operations on massive, diverse data sets--both running within Hadoop and popular databases. This week SAS reached out to the insurance... Read more…
The Big Data Slice and Dice
Several companies have emerged, especially those boasting in-memory capabilities (SAP, SAS, IBM, Oracle, etc) for pulling together the variety to create real-time actionable information. Add to the list TIBCO, which today announced that it is.... Read more…
Interview: SAP Solidifies Predictive Strategy
Today SAP announced a new predictive analytics offering that leverages its HANA platform and the know-how gleaned from the BusinessObjects side of the fence. We spoke with SAP to find out how this move fits into their broader strategy.... Read more…
SAP Takes a Pass on SPSS
It remains to be seen if this move will make SAP a stronger player in the market. However, moving away from SPSS along with this new application certainly provides new potential for their analytics platform, which also means that.... Read more…
German Software Leader Outlines Platform Strategy
Today Germany IT giant, Software AG, announced its strategy for tackling the next generation of big data management with the bold claim that they’ll be able to provide a platform that is up to 1,000 times faster than current comparable technologies. Read more…
SAP Dishes on Database Market Ambitions
It’s been a banner year for SAP, which boasted 2011 profits that topped the charts over the course of their 40-year history. The company says that this growth has been spurred in part by their ability to tap into the needs of big data.... Read more…
New Path for SAP: In Memory Computing, Predictive Analysis Converge
SAP, a dominant force in enterprise application software, is creating a new path with an in memory computing solution called SAP HANA. During the SAPPHIRE Now 2011 and ASUG annual conference, executives from SAP described the HANA in memory computing appliance as “innovative” and “game-changing”. Read more…
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