Terracotta Brings Real-Time Big Data Access

Terracotta, Inc., in in-memory technologies for enterprise big data, introduced BigMemory Go.

With it, IT architects can now capitalize on inexpensive server RAM to put as much data in memory as they desire to speed application performance. It is the latest innovation in the BigMemory line that delivers in-memory speed at big data scale.

BigMemory Go is available via a free 32GB per instance production license. The product can be deployed on as many servers as desired.

"BigMemory Go’s free offering of 32GB in-memory data presents application developers with an exciting opportunity," said Hyoun Park, principal analyst at Nucleus Research Inc. "Traditionally they have lacked access to in-memory solutions that can substantially improve enterprise-grade data without making significant financial investment. Now, they can quickly download and deploy BigMemory Go without cost to immediately see the benefits of in-memory big data management in speeding application performance to obtain real-time results, greater productivity, and higher ROI."

"BigMemory Go is a very transformative product that can certainly be disruptive. It maps nicely to the volume and velocity aspects of big data. People want the real-time access that in-memory solutions can provide. Business data is growing at an incredible rate, and organizations across all countries and industries have to face the challenge of scaling up their data infrastructure to meet this new pressure," said Nathaniel Rowe, research analyst, Aberdeen Group. "Advances in server hardware and application design have led to a potential solution to this issue: in-memory computing. Aberdeen’s research into big data has shown that organizations with in-memory computing were not only able to analyze larger amounts of data in less time than their competitors – they were literally orders of magnitude faster."

Terracotta’s BigMemory solutions, first introduced in 2010, have helped define and set the standard for in-memory big data management. Used by leaders ranging from Visa to Sabre, they drop into and integrate with existing IT environments to unlock the untapped value in big data, delivering up to 1,000 times faster access to TB of data than any other technology. Organizations now have a less costly and more scalable alternative to disk-backed relational databases and specialized appliances with limited capacity.

Additionally, the millions of users of Terracotta’s Ehcache (the caching standard for enterprise Java) can now upgrade to BigMemory Go, further shifting the balance of data management to in-memory solutions. BigMemory Go provides Ehcache users with an upgrade including substantially more in-memory capacity as well as search and management capabilities.

"We are very excited to announce BigMemory Go and bring in-memory technology to everyone. We view it as the perfect on ramp to big data for every enterprise," said Gary Nakamura, GM of Terracotta. "BigMemory Go is a disruptive technology that will lead the in-memory data management revolution, opening up new opportunities for innovation for our customers and representing a fantastic upgrade for our global Ehcache user base."

Key capabilities of BigMemory Go include:

• Massive in-memory data store – It allows companies to store as much data in memory as their servers have available
• Fast searches – It provides powerful search APIs for searching in-memory data in a predictable manner with low latencies
• Management and monitoring – It includes the Terracotta Management Console, a new web-based dashboard for complete management, administration, and monitoring of BigMemory Go deployments
• Fast restartable store – It provides a fault tolerant persistent store that supports the latest SSD and disk technologies

Availability
BigMemory Go is available via a free 32GB per instance production license. The product can be deployed on as many servers as desired. Upgrades for additional storage and support are also available.