These are very exciting times for Apache Ignite. During this past year that I have been with GridGain, I have seen some significant technology additions to the Open Source project, such as support for SQL-99, Native Persistence, and Machine Learning to name but three. Earlier this year, new Genetic Algorithm (GA) code was donated to the Apache Software Foundation. Since I am not very familiar…

Chitij Chauhan is a subject matter expert on distributed databases at Incedo, an IT service management company. Specifically, he’s an expert in database architecture ranging from core RDBMS platforms to massively parallel distributed databases to in-memory based databases. His talk at the In-Memory Computing Summit Europe (June 25-26 in London) is titled, “How to Identify the Most Appropriate In-…

This week, GridGain experts are in Amsterdam, London and two famous towns in Silicon Valley: Santa Clara, home of several big-name tech giants including Intel, Oracle and Nvidia – and Menlo Park, home of Facebook, Pinterest, Telsa, Hewlett Packard (HP), Box, Waze and many more. We'll be in good company. Let’s get rolling so you can plan your week. Internet of Things World It’s Day 2 of…

Apache Ignite and Apache Spark helping scalp traders win big   Life can be slow in Porto – a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its magnificent bridges and port wine. But the data there is BIG and it moves FAST. At least that’s the case with data Manuel Mourato works with. Manuel is a Big Data engineer at Nomad Tech. His company is a leading provider of IoT solutions for the railway…

How to Add Speed and Scalability to Existing Applications with In-Memory Data Grids. If you want to build a basement fix its foundation for future construction, jack it up.  It’s much cheaper, faster and less disruptive than building a new house.  The same is true for applications. If you want to add speed, scalability and flexibility to your existing applications, slide an in-memory data grid…

Here's the latest update on community events featuring GridGain experts at meetups, conferences and webinars for the next few weeks -- starting with a meetup tomorrow evening in our technology evangelist's hometown of London.  Like Akmal Chaudhri, mentioned above, all of our in-memory computing experts enjoy the opportunity to share their practical knowledge about distributed in-memory computing…

If you’re not interested in John Cleese, just listen to Akmal Chaudhri explain how machine and deep learning work with Apache Ignite. But if you really want to understand the problem before diving into the details, I recommend you learn from John Cleese. Many years ago, long before machine learning but long after Lisp was invented, John Cleese made a big impression on me at a conference.  It…

Throughout my IT career, I have sometimes heard about cases where colleagues needed to travel for business meetings to far away locations just for a day. At the beginning of my IT career there was even a case that I heard about where a senior manager was nearly on a Concorde flight from London to New York because of an emergency situation. This kind of thing never happened to me, until April 2018…

The full schedule for the second-annual In-Memory Computing Summit Europe was released today. The conference, June 25-26 in London, is the premier conference for individuals from Europe and Asia that are currently using or exploring using in-memory computing. Register by April 29 to receive a 30 percent discount. The In-Memory Computing (IMC) Summit’s breakout session schedule consist of five…

Next week will once again be a busy one for our experts. Some will be traveling to New York City for a meetup, others to Paris for a conference -- and still others who will be online for a live webinar. On April 25, GridGain experts will be at Trade Tech Europe in Paris, where attendees can network and benchmark with some 1,000 senior equity trading professionals from the “who’s who” of the…