Angara Database Systems Announces Accelerator DataBlade for INFORMIX-Universal Server; Angara's Accelerator DataBlade will Speed Access to Read-Intensive Data by 200 to 400%.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1996--Angara Database Systems, Inc. and Informix Software, Inc. today announced that Angara is developing a new Informix DataBlade module, called the Accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. DataBlade module, for INFORMIX-Universal Server. The Accelerator DataBlade will speed access to read-intensive data by 200 to 400 percent and is ideally suited to the database application needs of Web-based solutions, geospatial Geospatial is a term widely used to describe the combination of spatial software and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic datasets. The term is often used in conjunction with geographic information systems and geomatics. solutions, and the broad range of solutions created by other DataBlade modules. The Accelerator DataBlade is based on Angara's existing high performance in-memory relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . The Accelerator DataBlade makes use of a sophisticated new data access method, resulting in substantial response time and throughput improvements. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Malcom Colton, Director, Product Marketing, Informix, "Angara's existing in-memory data access technology is ideally suited to the Informix Universal Server's DataBlade interface," which allows for rapid development of a robust DataBlade. Angara's Accelerator DataBlade will be released into beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the in March, 1997, and will be generally available in June, 1997. Many of the rapidly growing new database applications, such as Web-enabled databases, geospatial (mapping) applications, and applications using new data type DataBlade modules, are highly read-intensive. With the growth of the World Wide Web and corporate intranets, response time and throughput of the databases that support them have become critical considerations. The Accelerator DataBlade can be used to serve an entire database that fits into main memory or only the "hot files," such as directory information and index tables. "Yesterday, simply connecting with the database was enough; today, we need high speed access to the information in our databases to enable real time interactivity over our intranet," according to Rian Schmidt, Webmaster A person responsible for the implementation of a Web site. Webmasters must be proficient in HTML as well as one or more scripting and interface languages such as JavaScript and Perl. They may also have experience with more than one type of Web server. See Web administrator and Webmistress. , Web Products Division, Silicon Graphics, Inc. The Accelerator DataBlade is ideal for accelerating read-intensive Internet/intranet-enabled databases. Geospatial application users can generate requests for thousands of individual data elements with a single map request. This creates very bursty Refers to data that is transferred or transmitted in short, uneven spurts. LAN traffic is typically bursty. Contrast with streaming data. loads on the server database, which translates directly into critical time delays for the end user trying to get a map image on their PC screen. The Angara Accelerator DataBlade improves performance by 200 to 400 percent in terms of both response time and throughput (the amount of speed-up depends on the application), over the current in-memory caching caching - cache of INFORMIX-Universal Server. This is achieved through the optimal use of a memory-centric architecture, which treats memory-resident data as the primary copy, with the disk used as backup. In contrast, a normal disk-based architecture treats the disk-resident data as the primary copy, with memory used as a cache. "The Angara Accelerator DataBlade will allow INFORMIX-Universal Server users to take advantage of Angara's extremely fast memory-based technology, while enjoying all the functionality, robustness, and flexibility of Informix's rock solid Universal Server," said Eric Ver Ploeg, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Angara Database Systems. About Angara Privately-held, Angara Database Systems, Inc., located in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , develops and supports database products based on its own high speed in-memory relational database engine, which has been in development since 1993. The Accelerator DataBlade is Angara's first commercial product and represents a true breakthrough in database access technology. For more information call 888/952-5200, or visit Angara's website at www.angara.com CONTACT: Angara Database Systems, Inc. Ivor Frischknecht, 408/562-7914 ivor@angara.com or Informix Software, Inc. Michelle Webber, 415/926-1173 mwebber@informix.com |
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