Big Data

Boosting Hibernate Performance with In-Memory Data Management

One of the great benefits of persistence frameworks like Hibernate is that they allow architects and developers to mange data in ultra-fast machine memory, or RAM. By default, a first-level cache — at the Hibernate session level — is always enabled. A second-level cache, at the...

Mainframe Offload with In-Memory Data Management

Tech pundits sometimes talk about mainframes as if they disappeared along with leisure suits, punk rock, and the Deutschmark. But as CIOs and technology architects know all too well, mainframes are quite alive — if not altogether well — in a surprising number of today’s big...

Eliminate Telecom Fraud using In-Memory Data Management

Fraud impacts all organizations. Most organizations are unable to fully eliminate fraud and hence have to live with it as the cost of doing business.  A recent survey estimates global telecom fraud losses at $40.1 Billion USD or approximately 1.88% of revenue. This number is based on only the...

Rapidly Adding In-Memory Speed with BigMemory

It’s always amazing to me how quickly teams get up and running with in-memory data management using Terracotta BigMemory. The only tough part is that, because so many of our deployments create incredible competitive advantage for our clients,...

Rapidly Adding In-Memory Speed with BigMemory

It’s always amazing to me how quickly teams get up and running with in-memory data management using Terracotta BigMemory. The only tough part is that, because so many of our deployments create incredible competitive advantage for our clients,...

In-Memory Data Management: Solving Telecom’s Big Data Pains

Telecom is one of the leading verticals reeling from big data pains. These pains started showing after the iPhone was launched in 2007. Before the iPhone, the Telecom business mostly had customers that were on pay-per-use data plans resulting in few scalability challenges and infrequent network...

Showing off Terracotta In-Genius – 2013 AFCEA San Diego Plugfest Participation

A couple of weeks ago (end of January 2013), 2 colleagues and I participated (under our company banners, Terracotta and Software AG) in a government “plugfest”…and we won first place! Check out this other

Hadoop + BigMemory: Run, Elephant, Run!

When many of us hear the term Big Data, we think Hadoop. That’s only natural as Hadoop has helped countless organizations overcome huge Big Data challenges, at relatively low cost.  No surprise, therefore, that analysts expect global demand for Hadoop to grow to $13.95 billion by...

3 Maxims for Customer Delight

These are challenging times for online retailers. Customer loyalty is short lived and just one unpleasant experience can lead to losing the customer for life. Customers not only expect a great experience across all touchpoints but also demand the best price and an accurate understanding of their...

Are eCommerce Sites Ready for Big Data Growth?

During Black Friday 2012, online retail sales topped $1 billion for the first time, marking a 26% increase over 2011. Online retail is estimated to hit $327 billion by 2016, a whopping 45% increase, with a large part of the growth coming from mobile shopping.

Stats like these raise a big...