Parallel Processing White Papers
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Vertica for Structured Finance
Sponsored by: Vertica SystemsThis paper examines the increased business challenges in structured finance, the impact on the underlying enabling technologies, and describes how the use of Vertica’s column store, massively parallel processing (MPP) approach to database management and analytic processing can address some of these challenges.
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The Impact of Social Graphing Analysis on the Bottom Line: How Zynga Performs Graph Analysis with the Vertica Analytics Platform
Sponsored by: Vertica SystemsIt may be surprising to find that Zynga is performing some of the most advanced analytics anywhere. With a user base of over 250 million monthly active users, this white paper describes why Zynga uses the Vertica Analytics Platform to improve its business and game features.
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Mastering the Multicore Challenge: An Elegant and Efficient Approach to Exploiting the Power of Parallelism
Sponsored by: Texas Multicore Technologies, Inc.Read this white paper for an examination of a new software development language and technology called SequenceL, as well as a description of how it works, why there is a need for it and how well it performs in parallel environments.
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Informix Active Clustering E-Book
Sponsored by: IBMRead this e-book for an exploration of the four advantages of clustering, including data redundancy and parallel processing, and such benefits as high availability, rapid scalability, flexibility and maximum resource utilization.
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Ovum Technology Review of Vertica’s Analytic Database
Sponsored by: Vertica SystemsColumn-based databases can be slow deleting and updating data. Vertica’s Analytic Database is designed specifically for storing and querying large datasets. Vertica’s differentiator is that it combines a columnar database engine with MPP and shared-nothing architecture, aggressive data-compression rates, and high availability.
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New Paradigms for High Performance Analytical Computing
Sponsored by: Vertica SystemsRead this paper to learn how combining a high performance batch programming and execution model with a high performance analytical database provides significant business benefits for a number of different types of applications.
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A Library Based Approach to Threading for Performance
Sponsored by: Intel Software NetworkLibraries play an important role in threading software to run faster on Intel multi-core platforms. Read this white paper to learn more.
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Presentation Transcript: Flash Technology in HPC, Let the Revolution Begin
Sponsored by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.In this eSeminar transcript from Sun Microsystems, hosted by Tech Target, leading technical experts will discuss Flash technology and it's effect in the HPC environment.
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Best Practices for a Data Warehouse on Oracle Database 11g
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn order to ensure the enterprise data warehouse will get the optimal performance and will scale as your data set grows you need to get three fundamental things correct, the hardware configuration, the data model and the data loading process.
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From a Few Cores to Many: A Tera-scale Computing Research Overview
Sponsored by: Intel CorporationThis white paper provides and overview of the Intel® Tera-scale Computing Research Program, Intel's overarching effort to shape the future of Intel processors and platforms. Learn about the heart of Intel's research-achieving c...
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Quad-core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing
Sponsored by: HP, Intel, & VMwareThe focus of this IDC white paper is to compare quad-core processors and single-core processors. It then explores the market adoption, customer value proposition and adoption plans for Intel's quad-core technology processor through ...
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Server Consolidation with Virtualization
Sponsored by: VMware and IBMIT organizations are adopting a new generation of infrastructure technologies and methodologies including server consolidation. Learn how virtualization can help with this transition.