Introducing Calpont InfiniDB 3 with Amazon EC2 Support for Big Data

Michael Garrity — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:15:00 GMT

Calpont officially announced the latest version of its InfiniDB high-performance analytic database, known as InfiniDB 3. Most notably, the third generation of InfiniDB will extend its speed and scalability with Amazon EC2 support and parallel data load for big data analytics deployments.

InfiniDB was originally designed for large scale and high performance dimensional analytics, predictive analytics and ad-hoc business intelligence. A massive parallel processing (MPP) columnar solution, InfiniDB executes SQL written queries as parallelized map and reduction operations; this helps to ensure that users get the best out of their analytics in terms of scale and performance.

The solution's third version offers features to help businesses capitalize on various data structures and deployment variations that meet their unique needs for flexible and scalable Big Data architecture, as well as being easy to deploy and maintain.

It does this by scaling for Big Data by provisioning run-time operations on Amazon EC2, allowing prepackaged Amazon Machine Images to speed up deployments with the automatic provisioning of InfiniDB nodes on EC2. For when organizations undergo rapid growth, InfiniDB 3 also comes with transparent support of EC2 virtual storage and data redundancy to meet Amazon EBS policies.

This new generation also simplifies Big Data loading with new parallel load options that companies can customize and scale in the manner most efficient for their operations, ranging from a simple single bulk load command to parallel bulk load commands that treat the data source as independent or shared. In addition, automatic data distribution is able to occur over a suite of shared-nothing disk resources and grow linearly with tiers of data sources, files and commands.

InfiniDB 3 will be available in April.

Get Down to Deep Analytics with Calpont

Linc Wonham — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:50:00 GMT

Calpont, a provider of scalable, high-performance, column-oriented analytic databases, has announced a free virtual seminar and exhibition called Leveraging Enteprise Data to be held on December 16 at SearchDataManagement.com. The event features industry luminaries and data management professionals who will share cutting-edge ideas and cost-effectively tactics to optimize analytics implementations.

As a featured speaker, John Weber, vice president of products and business development at Calpont, will discuss how a column-oriented database architecture is a savvy choice for IT professionals who want to ensure flexibility, scalability and performance in their analytics programs. He will share the technical challenges and achievements at a number of innovative companies that are pushing the performance boundaries in industries ranging from “big data” to Web analytics.

Highlights of the December 16 event include:

•        Get direct access to industry experts and share best practices
•        Network with peers and compare strategies for success
•        Get live assessments of your current and future database and analytics needs
•        Meet with Calpont technical experts to learn about InfiniDB

To register for the event, visit http://www.calpont.com/resources/events-and-webinars. This exclusive event will also be available online for future viewings from December 17, 2010 to January 15, 2011.

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Introducing Calpont InfiniDB 3 with Amazon EC2 Support for Big Data

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