MemSQL Sets the Bar for Real-Time, Big Data Analytics

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 20, 2013) – MemSQL today announced a benchmark report that establishes the company’s distributed in-memory database as the standard for real-time, Big Data analytics. Conducted by leading IT market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), the report finds that MemSQL delivers outstanding performance and linear scalability, superior reliability and durability, and the ability to support rapid data growth. ESG Lab performed the assessment via hands-on tests with a data set and queries designed to emulate real-world applications.
“Organizations today increasingly need a fast and easily scalable database to query Big Data in order to meet the real-time demands of their business,” said Tony Palmer, senior ESG Lab analyst. “Throughout our tests, MemSQL’s distributed in-memory database demonstrated outstanding ingest and query performance, with ingest and queries occurring concurrently. As a result, we would recommend businesses take a serious look at MemSQL as a solution that provides highly available, high-performance, real-time, Big Data analytics at scale.”