Ancelus and Swarm Database Theory – the Answer to Big Data Barriers

Old-style IBM 5 MB portable hard drive

Big Data – now officially designated a Gartner “tipping point technology” that will force innovation-- has led companies dependent on Oracle and other relational databases to the proverbial impenetrable brick wall. As the cost and size of storage dropped, the capacity for massive—huge to the point of incomprehension—data collection has outstripped the ability to strategically store, categorize and access data in a meaningful and productive way.

As John Layden, CEO of Time Compression Strategies puts it:  “The hardware guys won’t be riding to the rescue this time.” 

Layden rightly argues that companies are running out of options. Almost all companies with billions invested in relational databases are struggling to serve up work-around strategies for Big Data. The problem, he says, is that work-around solutions are expensive, and they are but band-aids barely patching up a monstrous problem. Current relational databases keep trying for linear improvements to an exponential problem. And, Layden says, since mortal human beings can’t bend the laws of physics, that means that the old way of doing things through old-style structured databases is doomed.

John continues: “But as the brick wall approaches, many large database companies are feverishly linking physical databases together in different forms and setups. If you get nervous about the fragile digital lash-up, some say simply put it in “the cloud.” 

“However, in terms of solving Big Data problems, the “cloud” is just a way to tell you not to look behind the curtain to the larger problem at hand.  It may work for file storage or search engines, but structured data storage systems (databases) represent a different problem. What will likely ride to the rescue is a new approach to software database tech called Swarm Database Technology.” 

Layden’s company has leveraged Swarm Database theory into a lightning fast database that uses an unstructured format. Called Ancelus, it’s been independently clocked at producing more than one billion transactions per minute in one of the toughest database environments known to the industry: a three table join. The Ancelus database, abandoning conventional structured theory, thus produces unbelievable speed, the elimination of downtime and extreme reliability.

Want to know more? Check out Layden’s free Webinar on Swarm Database Theory and Ancelus on Friday September 7 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.  Log in here:  http://www.telspanvenue.com/PIID=EB51DD84824E

Or, if you missed it, contact John for more information.