The GridGain Systems In-Memory Computing Blog
We recently wrote a real treat of a white paper, Accelerate MySQL for Demanding OLAP and OLTP Use Cases with Apache® Ignite™. I say treat because this is a great mix of technology and business stories. The white paper is based on the webinar given by Nikita Ivanov of GridGain and Peter Zaitsev of Percona.
MySQL® is a widely used, open source relational database management…
On February 22, I hosted a webinar "Boost Software and Software-as-a-Service with In-Memory Computing" where I offered insight into the advantages that in-memory computing offers to software and SaaS projects.
Software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) developers face a rapidly escalating set of challenges as they strive to make applications faster and more scalable. Software developers…
On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 I hosted a webinar "Learn How Retail Banking Goes Digital with In-Memory Computing".
The main premise was that technology is changing traditional retail banking business models. Online banking and mobile banking are generating significantly more transactions than live teller-based banking. This increase in automation is challenging banks to redesign their…
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 I delivered a webinar about the use of in-memory computing for eCommerce.
If your eCommerce initiatives are struggling to keep up with customer demand, then in-memory computing may be the solution you need to take performance and scale to the next level. Yesterday’s application and data architectures cannot achieve the speed and scale offered by in-memory…
During the past decade, financial spread betting has become a major growth market globally.
Spread betting offers some compelling advantages, including low entry and transaction costs, preferential tax treatment, and a diverse array of products and options. Traders can bet on any type of event for which there is a measurable outcome that might go in either of two directions – for example,…
When it comes to observing the technology industry, nothing is more exciting and satisfying than seeing an idea become a world-changing reality. It starts with a fledgling solution, then an interesting alternative worth experimenting with, then a successful and award-winning product, and finally the driver of a major shift in how things get done. That is what we are seeing with the GridGain and…
Apache® Cassandra™ is a popular NoSQL database that does certain things incredibly well. It can be always available, with multi-datacenter replication. It is also scalable and lets users keep their data anywhere. However, Cassandra is lacking in speed. Cassandra is not fast enough for some of today’s extreme OLTP workloads because it stores data on disk. Cassandra also shares certain limitations…
Spread betting has been one of the major global growth markets since the financial crisis of 2008. There are several reasons for this, including preferential tax treatment, low entry and transaction costs, wider bid-offer spreads, less regulation, and a diverse universe of products and options.
However, spread betting can be a very risky business. To limit risk and increase the rewards from…
Asset and wealth management continues to be one of the most attractive segments of the financial services industry, promising profitability and growth in a world of financial uncertainty. However, most financial institutions are observing a shift in their client demographics. The new client base demands different ways of placing and managing their financial holdings. As a result,…
Financial fraud is now a multi-billion-dollar business and growing rapidly, with Juniper Research predicting that online fraud alone will climb from $10.7 billion in 2015 to 25.6 billion in 2020. Financial fraud prevention is critical as failure to detect and prevent fraud can harm the reputations of financial firms and reduce confidence in the industry as a whole.
Protecting their…