For more than a decade, mobile data has been a focus of research for data and IT specialists due to the inherent challenges that come with its management. Mobile computing is an excellent innovation, and a measure of a company's digital maturity ”but it comes with a price. This innovation brings with it challenges related to intermittent network connections, low bandwidth, and … [Read more...] about In-memory Cache for Mobile Data Management
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Why Memory-Centric Architecture Is The Future Of In-Memory Computing
Loading data into memory before processing it has always been the way that programs in the past have utilized RAM. One of the things that we've learned over the years is that having a database in memory makes for the fastest level of performance possible. According to Aleahmad et al. based on their studies in 2006, in-memory databases tended to perform more efficiently with … [Read more...] about Why Memory-Centric Architecture Is The Future Of In-Memory Computing
How Big Data Has Encouraged a New Memory Technology
The emergence of big data has generated a need for more advanced tech, at least when it comes to memory and data storage. Micron a renowned chipmaker has answered the call by announcing their new persistent memory technology. Its an 8GB DDR4 NVDIMM that improves a great deal of performance stats in the way of big data storage, including bandwidth, latency, memory capacity and … [Read more...] about How Big Data Has Encouraged a New Memory Technology
Big Data at Walmart is All About Big Numbers; 40 Petabytes a Day!
Some time ago, I already wrote about how Walmart has made Big Data part of their DNA. Since I wrote that post about two years ago, Walmart has continued to expand their Big Data practices. Their objective is to know what every product in the world is, to know who every person in the world is and to have the ability to connect them together in transaction. Rather ambitious … [Read more...] about Big Data at Walmart is All About Big Numbers; 40 Petabytes a Day!
An Extensive Glossary Of Big Data Terminology
Big data comes with a lot of new terminology that is sometimes hard to understand. Therefore we have created an extensive Big Data glossary that should give some insights. Some of the definitions refer to a corresponding blog post. Of course this big data glossary is not 100% complete, so please let us know if there are missing terminology that you would like to see … [Read more...] about An Extensive Glossary Of Big Data Terminology
