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The Vertica Analytic Database - Introducing a New Era in DBMS Performance and Efficiency

As businesses become more analytical to gain competitive advantage and comply with new regulations, they are changing the demands placed on data warehouses and driving demand for new query-intensive database applications. The table below illustrates how data warehouse workloads have changed over recent years as they are pushed to answer...

Tags: Data Warehouse, DBMS, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Data Management, Storage, Business Intelligence, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-11-24

Increasing Enterprise Data Warehouse Performance, Longevity and ROI With the Vertica Analytic Database: How Vertica Complements and Enhances Your Existing Enterprise Data Warehouse

Considering the strategic importance of Enterprise Data Warehouses EDWs and the millions of dollars spent creating and maintaining them annually, it is imperative for organizations to easily gain access to the wealth of information retained within them. However, many EDWs become victims of their own success. Over time, satisfied users...

Tags: Data Warehouse, ROI, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Business Intelligence, Storage, Roi/Tco, Service Level Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management

White papers 2008-08-01

Fast Data Loading Into the Vertica Analytic Database: Vertica Data Loading Architecture, Benchmarks and Best Practices

The grid-based, column-oriented Vertica Analytic Database is well known for its blinding query performance against large volumes of data, but unlike other column databases, Vertica has the unique ability to insert data at very high rates of speed. It can even load on a non-stop basis while the database is...

Tags: Best Practice, Speed, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-07-01

Additional Resources

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queriesSybase Lawsuit Against VerticaSybase has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vertica. Sybase's patent on the "organization of the columnar structure to support decision support systems" is 10 years old and is in force until 2018. The lawsuit was filed in...

Tags: Databases, Tools & Techniques, Vertica, Sybase Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

The CIO's innovation dilemma

The often uncomfortable relationship between IT and business is nothing new but has taken on fresh piquancy. The visibility achieved by the impact coming from the use of socialprise I have seen among major brands fuels that debate. There is a history here and I sense that...

Tags: Information Technology, Ross, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries

Michael Stonebraker has a history of database breakthroughs. He was a founder of Ingres, Illustra, Cohera and StreamBase Systems. He also served as CTO of Informix and helped develop Postgres. His most recent creation is Vertica, which just launched version 2.o of its database. The claims...

Tags: Michael Stonebraker, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Adobe Acrobat enters third dimension

Adobe Acrobat enters third dimensionI *hate* "vertical" marketsA "vertical" market is one where there is almost no competition, and they can get away with charging ridiculous prices - you know you're looking at software designed for a "vertical" market when the software costs more than a computer."Vertica" markets are anti-competitive...

Tags: CAD, Bentley MicroStation, 3D, Adobe Systems Inc., third dimension, Adobe Acrobat, software, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2006-01-23