In-memory database management systems (DBMSes) are growing in popularity and there are many different options from which to choose. The basic defining characteristic of an in-memory DBMS is that it's ...

Oracle today announced the latest generation of its Exadata X10M computing platform, with up to three times higher transaction throughput and 3.6 times faster analytic query performance than the ...

Traditionally, data in tables has been stored in row format. This is good for operations in which the whole row and many columns are accessed—as long as there are few rows. It’s not ideal for many ...