Video: Terracotta CEO Predicts Big Data Trends for 2013
Big Data has been a hot topic throughout 2012. With 2013 fast approaching, we sat down with Terracotta CEO Robin Gilthorpe to get his predictions for the top trends that will drive Big Data activity...
View ArticleTravel & Logistics CIOs: Put your maps in memory
If you’re an IT exec in logistics, travel, or transportation, mapping is certain to appear on your list of top challenges for 2013. Maps pose a challenge because they require large data sets, real-time...
View ArticleThe link between in-memory computing and Big Data success
In the last few posts, we have outlined how in-memory solutions are being adopted in industries such as financial services, travel & logistics, and big pharma to overcome many kinds of Big Data...
View Article3 Reasons Media Companies ♥ In-Memory Computing
This may be the Year of the Snake, but thanks to huge interest in Big Data in the media, advertising, and entertainment industries, 2013 is shaping up to be Hollywood’s Year of In-Memory Computing. In...
View Article3 Ways Online Gaming Scores with In-Memory Computing (and a cute video)
With annual revenues in online gaming approaching $100 billion, competition is heating up and it’s getting harder to hook players into a game. Today’s players demand real-time responsiveness, more...
View Article10 Reasons Why Manufacturing Is Moving In-Memory
Two centuries back, the industrial revolution reshaped manufacturing. Today, another transformation is underway. It’s powered by big data, and it touches every aspect of the manufacturing process, from...
View ArticleTerracotta Introduces BigMemory 4.0 and Announces New In-Genius Platform
Terracotta made some big announcements today at CeBIT. In case you missed them, here’s a recap: First, we introduced BigMemory 4.0, the next version of our flagship in-memory data management platform....
View ArticleAre eCommerce Sites Ready for Big Data Growth?
During Black Friday 2012, online retail sales topped $1 billion for the first time, marking a 26% increase over 2011. Online retail is estimated to hit $327 billion by 2016, a whopping 45% increase,...
View Article3 Maxims for Customer Delight
These are challenging times for online retailers. Customer loyalty is short lived and just one unpleasant experience can lead to losing the customer for life. Customers not only expect a great...
View ArticleHadoop + BigMemory: Run, Elephant, Run!
When many of us hear the term Big Data, we think Hadoop. That’s only natural as Hadoop has helped countless organizations overcome huge Big Data challenges, at relatively low cost. No surprise,...
View ArticleShowing off Terracotta In-Genius – 2013 AFCEA San Diego Plugfest Participation
A couple of weeks ago (end of January 2013), 2 colleagues and I participated (under our company banners, Terracotta and Software AG) in a government “plugfest”…and we won first place! Check out this...
View ArticleIn-Memory Data Management: Solving Telecom’s Big Data Pains
Telecom is one of the leading verticals reeling from big data pains. These pains started showing after the iPhone was launched in 2007. Before the iPhone, the Telecom business mostly had customers that...
View ArticleEliminate Telecom Fraud using In-Memory Data Management
Fraud impacts all organizations. Most organizations are unable to fully eliminate fraud and hence have to live with it as the cost of doing business. A recent survey estimates global telecom fraud...
View ArticleMainframe Offload with In-Memory Data Management
Tech pundits sometimes talk about mainframes as if they disappeared along with leisure suits, punk rock, and the Deutschmark. But as CIOs and technology architects know all too well, mainframes are...
View ArticleToo Big to Scale? Why Financial Services can Benefit from In-Memory Data...
Financial services organizations make money by managing a variety of tradeable assets. These assets rely on data from multiple sources to make the business of managing money run efficiently. With the...
View ArticleBoosting Hibernate Performance with In-Memory Data Management
One of the great benefits of persistence frameworks like Hibernate is that they allow architects and developers to mange data in ultra-fast machine memory, or RAM. By default, a first-level cache — at...
View ArticleMinimize Financial Risk in Real-time Using In-Memory Data Management
Financial Services industry is one of the first adopters of big data solutions. The regulatory and risk environment for a financial services company makes it mandatory to continuously innovate and...
View Article5 Reasons BigMemory Should Earn a Stevie
Big Data challenges are forcing innovative changes to enterprise architecture. Survival is only possible among the fastest. BigMemory 4.0 is a Stevie award finalist for Best New Product or Service...
View ArticleImprove Core Banking with Faster Analytics and Back-End Processing
Can you improve core banking with faster analytics and back-end processing? We think so! A recent report estimated that between 2009 and 2014, the total number of U.S. online banking households will...
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Mainframe Offloading: Slash Costs up to 80%
After the incredibly positive response to our recent post on mainframe offload with in-memory data management, I thought it would be interesting to dive deeper into a particular aspect of the...
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