IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics
May 23, 2013
Grazed from PCWorld. Author: Joab Jackson.
Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We’re the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion — being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM’s general manager for Information Management.
Starting in the second half of this year, the IBM SmartCloud IaaS will start using version 10.5 of IBM’s DB2 database, which should be generally available by early June. One new set of technologies that will come with this database, collectively called BLU Acceleration, can speed data analysis by 25 times or more, IBM claimed. IBM also announced that SmartCloud can now run copies of SAP’s HANA in-memory database, initially for test and development jobs…
BLU (a code name that stood for Big data, Lightening fast, Ultra easy) is a set of technologies that optimize the speed of DB2 queries for in-memory databases. It offers columnar processing, in which only the needed columns of a database table are read in order to speed performance. It skips over unneeded data, such as duplicate entries. It can use multiple processor cores to execute a query, using parallel vector processing techniques. It also includes a compression technology that minimizes the amount of space a data set needs, while still providing easy accessibility for quick analysis…
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