Sand Analytic Server version 3.1.SAND Technology Inc. has released V3.1 of SAND Analytic Server which is an optimised platform for both business intelligence (BI) systems integration, and building and deploying large-scale analytic applications. Release 3.1 improves the scalability and query speed of previous versions of the Nucleus data management technology on which it is based--loading and updating data more quickly and adding further support for open industry-standard BI tools through more flexible ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. connectivity. OLE DB and JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database connectivity is also available. At the core of the SAND Analytic Server is a column-based, bitmap-indexed, tokenised data structure that stores granular-level data and makes it available for rapid analysis by business users, without requiting the complex indexes and schemas needed to get analytic performance from traditional relational database management systems See DBMS for a shorter list of “typical”, representative database management systems. Open-source software
The Analytic Server allows integration of virtually unlimited volumes of data from a variety of sources--data warehouses, operational systems, and legacy or third-party databases--into a fully-indexed analytical repository that can be accessed by business users via SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. 92-compliant business intelligence tools or methods. Version 3.1 is initially available for servers running Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003/XP, Sun Solaris 8, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX 5, and HP AlphaServer Tru64 5.01 and HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. operating systems, with a Linux version available subject to customer demand. www.sand.com |
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