Yesterday, we announced Vertica’s FlexStore for Flash. We think this is a big deal because of what it means for our customers: a cost-effective and simple way to take advantage of the speed and performance of Flash-based memory. You get the performance of having everything in Flash at a cost that’s comparable to having everything [...]
I am an early riser, especially on the weekends in summer when the sun rises early. This means I get 2-3 hours of time to myself before anyone else is awake. Much to my wife’s chagrin, I often spend the time catching up on Vertica email and tasks that didn’t quite get done during the [...]
In the recent blockbuster flick Avatar, both the hero and heroine possess the skill referred to as “I See you” in Na’vi speak. Or as we Earthlings may say, perhaps to a more accurate degree, that they know how to read between the lines.
In a key scene, Neytiri and Jake speak under the Tree of [...]
Wednesday night, I attended the 7th Annual MITX Technology Awards ceremony. Vertica was nominated as a finalist in the Analytics & Business Intelligence category. One of our customers, Localytics was also nominated in the same category, so it was a little awkward – do I want them to win or Vertica to win? I [...]
Data compression is like money or free time: the more the better. Compression can save big bucks on storage costs, increase data center density, or allow more data to be kept, while simultaneously increasing query performance in cases where I/O is the bottleneck. So naturally, database marketeers want to claim great compression ratios. Vertica is [...]