IBM Adding Real-Time Business Analytics to SmartCloud
June 6, 2013
Grazed from MidsizeInsider. Author: Paul Williams.
IBM’s SmartCloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product is ramping up its speed to allow the capability for real-time business analytics. Some time during the second half of 2013, SmartCloud will implement the latest version of IBM’s DB2 as its database layer. This version of DB2 includes a new technology called BLU Acceleration, which speeds up data analysis routines by a factor of 25, according to IBM.
SmartCloud now offering faster business analytics makes the IaaS offering more attractive to midsize business, allowing them to gain a competitive advantage by working more smartly and efficiently. News about this new speed enhancement to SmartCloud appeared in late May at Computerworld…
DB2 Also Adding In-Memory Database Technology
In addition to DB2 increasing its data analysis speed, version 10.5 of the database system also introduces run-time compatibility with SAP’s HANA in-memory database. This HANA compatibility is only for test and development at release time, but expect full production capabilities in the future. In-memory databases are generally faster than their disk-based counterparts, and this enhancement also will improve the speed of DB2’s analytics processing, making SmartCloud a more usable product…
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