However, many in-memory data grids require that all the data in the underlying disk-based database fit into memory, requiring a business to purchase enough memory to hold all the data.

Oracle's new in-memory database technology promises to increase database query speed by 100 times or more, along with double the transaction performance, said CEO Larry Ellison at Oracle OpenWorld.

There are a number of in-memory database players vying for what has become an even more lucrative market in the era of IoT.

Database management system (DBMS) software is increasingly common in electronics, spurred by growing data management demands within technology ranging from communications equipment to avionics gear ...

Oracle on Monday announced an in-memory option for Oracle Database 12c that will accelerate analytics, data warehousing, reporting, and online transaction processing for Oracle in-memory ...

In 2010, when the world became enchanted by the capabilities of cloud systems and new databases designed to serve them, a group of researchers from Yahoo decided to look into NoSQL. They developed ...

In-memory database technology improves specific application performance notably. But challenges need to be met before in-memory database becomes the norm.

DragonflyDB Inc., a startup with an in-memory database designed to speed up enterprise applications, today announced that it has secured $21 million in funding. The startup raised the capital over ...

Database vendors continue to move computing and analytical processing closer to data as applications leverage more data types ranging from structured to those data sets that can be transformed to ...

Big Memory Machine Ellison made clear that the in-memory database will run just fine on commodity servers and even better on Exadata-class systems.

Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.