The GridGain Systems In-Memory Computing Blog
GridGain Staff
November 15, 2022
Held on November 9, Ignite Summit Europe 2022 provided a closeup look into how Apache Ignite is being adapted for use in a variety of dynamic, demanding business settings and use cases. (Video of all sessions is available on-demand here.) Presenters were from organizations as diverse as a financial software tools, the largest food delivery company in Latin America, and the largest particle accelerator laboratory...
One of the most heavily used features in GridGain Nebula is the flexible dashboarding capabilities for monitoring cluster and node status. The drag-and-drop interface enables access to more than 200 metrics that are available in Apache Ignite or on the GridGain In-memory Computing Platform software running in data centers, private clouds, or the Nebula cloud. Until now, there was no guidebook for defining dashboards. You...
In-Memory Computing is increasingly used to speed data access and reduce compute latency in Capital Markets applications. This blog explores a range of capital market use cases for in-memory computing, including risk consolidation, portfolio management, pricing, and post-trade analysis. It also describes how the GridGain In-memory Computing Platform and its use as a digital information hub (DIH) provide the real-time computing layer that enable those use cases.
Apache Ignite is like a software version of a Swiss Army Knife. With so many features and uses, deploying and configuring it can confuse even an experienced developer. Until now. GridGain Nebula was created to simplify Ignite. It’s a public cloud service designed to help developers deploy, run, monitor, manage, and troubleshoot in-memory applications running any flavor of Apache Ignite or GridGain in any environment....
The Apache Ignite 3.0 Alpha 5 build recently became available. Here is an overview of the new features the community included in this release. Based on industry and use case, they may be of major interest to some developers while less relevant to others. Pluggable Storage Different use cases require different storage engines. Some storage engines are good for read-heavy operations, others are write-optimized. Apache...
The virtual Ignite Summit on June 14 attracted hundreds of Igniters from around the globe excited to learn and share their experiences. (Video of all sessions is available on-demand here.) The event, organized by GridGain and the Apache Ignite community, was preceded the day before by free technical training sessions on Apache Ignite essentials, compute grid, and Apache Ignite with Spring Boot and Spring Data...
To improve application and query performance, developers frequently use summary tables. The summary table pattern is where we feed data into an Apache Ignite or GridGain cluster into two tables: the original data; and a summary, or rollup, of that data. With GridGain’s SQL engine, it’s not always necessary to have a summary table! For many, perhaps most, use cases, the fact that the data...
GridGain is a USA-based company that has always prided itself on being a global corporation, with employees and customers around the world. A proponent of open-source software and the original authors of the highly popular Apache Ignite in-memory platform, our company has always embraced the diversity of thought and contribution that can only come from a worldwide community. The brutal war and hostilities in Ukraine,...
Great news: The Apache Ignite Community has released the fourth alpha build of Ignite 3! Ignite 3 is a project that aims to create the next generation of the Apache Ignite platform, modernize and improve the usability of the product while keeping its power and flexibility. It’s been quite a journey since the project started in late 2020 – I’ve been sharing the updates along...
Customer 360 View is a significant aspect of digital transformation, enabling organizations to gain insights into customer behavior. Armed with this understanding, companies can make data-driven decisions to serve their customers with personalized experiences and promote growth through targeted marketing. Yet, gaining this 360 view is data-intensive and requires quick access to up-to-date information. Digital enterprises turn to Apache Ignite and GridGain’s powerful in-memory computing...