This article is the fourth in an editorial series with a goal to provide direction for SaaS company thought leaders on ways to achieve higher levels of scalability and performance through use of ...

Every industry has its own set of milestones. These milestone events are considered more important than others due to their ability to significantly alter the course of the industry. It is said that ...

Partitioning can provide a number of benefits to a sharding system, including faster query execution. Let’s see how it works. In a previous post, I described a sharding system to scale throughput and ...

In-memory computing (IMC) technologies have been available for years. However, until recently, the cost of memory made IMC impractical for all but the most performance-critical, high value ...

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 ...

Modern applications require databases that can constantly adapt to their real-time needs, introducing a variety of complexities when it comes to selecting the right database for the job. The era of ...

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has thrown his gauntlet down in the burgeoning market for in-memory computing, announcing a new option for Oracle’s flagship database at the OpenWorld conference in San ...

As data stores grow larger and more diverse, and greater focus is placed on competing on analytics, processing data faster is becoming a critical requirement. In-memory technology has become a ...

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: ...