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IBM announced recently that it
would buy the in-memory database company called Solid Information Technology.
Solid Information Technology is a
very popular company, as well as a close partner of IBM’s rival Oracle.
According to its own Web site, Solid Information Technology’s customers include
Nokia, Cisco Systems, Siemens, TeliaSonera and others.
The company’s products are
represented by embedded databases with in-memory database engines; these
databases can store and retrieve data from main memory, which boosts faster
performance than traditional disk-based systems. The main customers of Solid
Information Technology’s databases are the developers of applications that
require very fast processing times, such as routing calls, for example.
IBM announced on Friday that it
would buy this company for an undisclosed amount of money and it expected the
deal to be closed in the first quarter of 2008. The popular hardware maker said
this deal will enhance its database line-up by adding real-time data access
capabilities.
This move is likely to affect IBM’s rival
Oracle, as it marks the loss of independence of an important company that makes
a high-performance transaction engine for MySQL databases. However, MySQL is
currently developing its own transaction engine, but it is only in the long
term that it will become less dependent on partners such as Solid Information
Technology.
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