Last week at SapphireNow I had a great chat with Lloyd Palfrey, a senor technical architect with Bluefin Solutions, one of the leading SAP services firms. I caught up with Lloyd at the bar (where the ...

At the Oracle OpenWorld annual user conference last week, Oracle announced enhancements to the Oracle Database 12c platform, including a new in-memory option for both analytics and transactional ...

The world of technology is currently abuzz with claims of value around “in-memory” technology. By working with data stored in RAM for processing, instead of a traditional database, from which data ...

Processing power, networking and memory/storage are key ingredients in every computing architecture and they are key factors in running any application. In this piece we want to talk about the impact ...

The expert team at Freeform Dynamics offer news and views on the latest hot topics, and pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and meaningful research studies. IoT Back to Basics, chapter 4: ...

Where in-memory databases are used (spoiler: everywhere!). Suitability of in-memory databases for microcontrollers. Risks and mitigation of data loss. How an in-memory database is different than ...

Growth in intelligent connected devices is soaring. Whether in the home, the pocket or built into industrial communications and transportation systems, such gear has evolved to include powerful CPUs ...

The in-memory database technology trumpeted by Oracle last September will not only be available in 60 days but the software giant says it could outstrip all its rivals within 12 months. Oracle's ...

As every DBA should know, DBMS data is typically persisted using disk storage. So the data is stored on disk and when it is later read or modified it has to be accessed and changed on disk. To ...

Last week, application-performance monitoring service provider New Relic launched an offering that allows customers to mine its operational data for business intelligence. The new beta offering, ...