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RainStor Awarded Two US Patents

For database archiving and schema evolution

RainStor, Inc., provider of enterprise database for managing and analyzing all historical data, has been awarded two new U.S. patents.

A patent for database archiving describes how the technology stores all historical data, which could be sourced from a relational, transactional or other database type, yet still makes the data available for query at any time.

RainStor allows for the continual addition of data with no limitations on active queries. A schema change patent describes RainStor’s capability to allow for multiple system changes occurring on the source database system, such as the addition of new fields and tables. RainStor supports these schema changes while still providing the ability to run accurate point-in-time query and reporting, across huge data volumes.

One of the original built-for-big data database vendors, RainStor now holds four U.S. patents, with several more pending.

Its first patent covered data compression and was awarded in the U.S., UK, France and Germany. RainStor designed and engineered its database back in 2003 with the sole purpose of efficiently storing large volumes of data and always available for query. The database was invented long before big data was on the radar, and originated in The British Ministry of Defense to manage field operations data for troop training purposes.

That project was later commercially spun-off and the founding engineers moved on to launch RainStor.

RainStor’s database runs natively on Hadoop and has been deployed by more than 20 global telecommunication providers, 10 multi-national banks and a number of government agencies to reduce cost, complexity and compliance risk when managing big data. RainStor is designed for massive scale, runs on the lowest-cost hardware, provides broad query options including standard SQL, Pig, Hive and MapReduce, and reduces storage footprints by up to 97% through its patented compression technology.

"Building a database from the ground up not only takes years of dedication and brilliant engineers but the proven customer use case really makes the product stand out in the crowd," says Andy Ben-Dyke, CTO, RainStor. "Our latest patents demonstrate our ability to efficiently manage schema changes and build highly-efficient database archives. While the original product was created almost 10 years ago, we have many years of enhancements and innovations ahead."

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