Category: Column Stores

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Domenic Ravita. The Database of Now delivers operational insights and advantages by providing the current state of the business. It is a modern, efficient approach to cloud data management which broadens, accelerates, and simplifies access to all the relevant in-the-moment and historical data while unifying data access styles and patterns.  Digital transformation projects have accelerated to meet the increased demand for digital products and services providing answers and solutions with immediacy. With the onset of the ‘always-on’ culture, the pervasive use of smartphones and ubiquitous devices has driven a global shift in customer experience and consumer ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. Red Hat Marketplace provides a one-stop shop to purchase enterprise applicationsand deploy across any cloud or on-premiseSAN FRANCISCO – SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 – MemSQL, The Database of NowTM for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, today announced that the MemSQL scalable SQL database is now available through Red Hat Marketplace. Red Hat Marketplace is an open cloud marketplace for enterprise customers to discover, try, purchase, deploy, and manage certified container-based software across environments – public and private, cloud and on premises. Through the marketplace, customers can take advantage of responsive support, streamlined billing and ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Amy Qiu. You run a database. You try to anticipate the future. You try to provide sufficient, even generous, resources to accommodate future growth in your service. But sometimes, growth far exceeds even your most optimistic expectations, and now you have to figure out how to accommodate that.  One obvious way of increasing your database’s ability to handle and service more data is to simply add more machines to your cluster. That should increase the number of cores, and the amounts of memory and disk space available in your cluster. But with a limited number of ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Rob Richardson. You can run MemSQL software effectively on Windows, using the Windows Subsystem for Linux Version 2 (WSL 2). This is a development cluster running on a single host, and not suitable for production deployments – but fully capable for many development and demo tasks. You can also run MemSQL Helios for free or spin up a MemSQL cluster on Linux, on Docker Desktop, on Kubernetes, or on Vagrant, all in roughly 10 minutes. Read on to see how you can run MemSQL on WSL on Windows.  MemSQL is a Linux program exclusively, so it ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. The following announcement is being released by MemSQL today on the news that MemSQL is a winner in the 2020 SaaS Awards, for Best SaaS Innovation in the Internet of Things. Global Software Awards Program Announces Final Winners  San Francisco, CA – 25 August 2020 – MemSQL, The Database of Now™ for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, is a winner in the 2020 SaaS Awards Program in the category of The Best SaaS innovation for The Internet of Things. The SaaS Awards celebrate excellence in software and accept entries from across the world, ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Gina von Esmarch. The following announcement is being released by MemSQL today to announce the adoption of MemSQL as the core operational database for cloud-based regulatory licensing, assurance, and enforcement technology from Thentia, a global leader in regulatory software. As More Regulators Seek Digital Tools Amid COVID-19, There’s a Greater Need for Speed, Scale SAN FRANCISCO – AUGUST 25, 2020 – MemSQL, The Database of NowTM for operational analytics and cloud-native applications, announced today that Thentia, a global leader in regulatory software, is launching MemSQL as the core operational database for its cloud-based regulatory licensing, assurance, and ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Floyd Smith. Infiswift uses AI to help meet real-world challenges, largely through Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. They optimize the operation of physical devices using connectivity and data. The company’s innovative platform makes it easy to connect and manage any number of endpoints at scale, with security, and to build solutions that open new services or improve existing ones. Infiswift empowers its customers to be data-driven in industries such as renewable energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. Infiswift has chosen MemSQL as the real-time insights engine of its platform to deliver fast, reliable analytics, and to power constantly ... Read More

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