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Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. In this Forbes article, Nikita Shamgunov, MemSQL co-founder & co-CEO, discusses that while digital twins are frequently associated with industrial and heavy machinery use cases, a digital twin can be built for any business or product. In fact, other businesses sectors currently exploring and implementing digital twins can be found in consumer electronics and financial services. However, Nikita explains that for a digital twin to work, a business must create a live mirror, or clone, of all the data that is flowing through the veins of the enterprise, and consolidate that data and implement a single ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. The following announcement is being released by MemSQL today on the news that MemSQL is being shortlisted as a finalist in two categories for the 2020 SaaS Awards: Best SaaS for Business Intelligence or Analytics, and Best SaaS Innovation in the Internet of Things. International Software Awards Program Recognizes MemSQL Helios for Best SaaS for Business Intelligence or Analytics and Best SaaS Innovation in the Internet of Things   SAN FRANCISCO – AUGUST 10, 2020 – MemSQL, The Database of NowTM for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, is a finalist in the 2020 ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. This blog post describes how Hadoop has moved through the famous Gartner Hype Cycle, and how it is now often combined with SQL-native solutions to deliver results. The author, Yassine Faihe, is Head of International Solution Consulting at MemSQL. This piece originally appeared, in slightly different form, on LinkedIn last December.  Hadoop, which was once poised to rule the large-scale data analytics space and toll the bell for traditional data warehouses, is currently experiencing a hard fall. This apparent decline began nearly ten years ago, when articles and blog posts discussing the failure of ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. According to analysts, “the growth rates of insights-driven businesses makes them an economic tidal wave” – one that will earn $1.8 trillion dollars by 2021. How does a long-established, Global 500 company, listed in the Top 100 global brands, become an insights-driven business? A leading producer of industrial machinery is taking bold steps in this direction, powered by MemSQL.  Industrial machinery is a broad and varied business. It includes components that go into planes, trains, and automobiles – and the machines that make and power those components. The largest industrial machinery companies are global ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. The following press release has been issued by MemSQL today – Wednesday, July 28th, 2020 – to announce the use of MemSQL technology for COVID-19 tracking by MemSQL partner Bahwan Cybertek (BCT). Joint Endeavor Highlights the Power of Digital Transformation, Massively Scalable Architecture SAN FRANCISCO – July 29, 2020 – In an effort to help a government in the Middle East to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Bahwan Cybertek (BCT) will deploy technology from MemSQL, The Database of Now™for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. The effort is led by a large technology company in ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. Advisory firm Ventana Research has released a new Analyst Viewpoint piece, describing the need for “a bridge between analytics and operational systems” in AI and machine learning. Although the report does not name any specific product, such a bridge must have “scalability, elasticity and real-time processing capabilities” – a nearly perfect description of MemSQL. In this Analyst Viewpoint, David Menninger SVP and Research Director at Ventana, describes AI and ML as useful – but as also being demanding on an organization’s IT infrastructure. Both large volumes of historical data, and live, up-to-the-minute new ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. Tapjoy is an early and enthusiastic customer of MemSQL. They described their move to MemSQL on the Tapjoy engineering blog. This blog post gives some of the high points of Tapjoy’s experience, spelling out why Tapjoy moved – and what they now get from MemSQL. (This blog post is updated from the original version, which appeared several years ago. It includes more details, from several sources, including recent updates to MemSQL.)  Tapjoy is a leader in advertising and app monetization. They use video ads, offers, and rewards to help app publishers grow their user ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. The following press release has been issued by MemSQL today – Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 – to announce the strategic partnership between MemSQL and top Latin American technology consultancy LATBC. Established Company to Provide Service, Support in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean SAN FRANCISCO – July 22, 2020 – MemSQL, The Database of Now™ for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, has forged a new partnership with Latin America Business Consulting (LATBC) as the exclusive reseller for MemSQL in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. LATBC, which has been operating in the region since ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Raj Verma. Listen in to this in-depth discussion with Raj Verma, MemSQL co-CEO, and Kevin Craine, host of the Digital Transformation Podcast. This 25-minute podcast interview covers how digital transformation has shifted from being a “nice-to-have” to a tactical “must-do.” Raj discusses how software and data have helped businesses plan strategies to navigate their COVID-19 response and recovery. He shares advice, and a call-to-action for companies to reframe their business strategies. Listen here for the full interview: Data Strategies for a Post-COVID Business World.  Kevin Craine’s introduction describes Raj as having “more than 25 years of ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Hristo Stoyanov. This blog post describes a new approach to failover – the ability for MemSQL to continuously maintain live copies of the data on each MemSQL leaf node, and to switch over to those seamlessly when a fault occurs on the primary copy. In the new approach, copies of data are distributed more widely, and performance after a failure is better.  In MemSQL 7.1, we introduce a new mechanism to place redundant copies of data within a MemSQL cluster. Building on top of our fast synchronous replication, MemSQL provides high availability. The new partition placement ... Read More