Trends Report

Emerging Technology: Translytical Databases Deliver Analytics At The Speed Of Transactions

Next-Generation Databases Seamlessly Support Both Transactions And Analytics

December 10th, 2015
Noel Yuhanna, VP, Principal Analyst
Noel Yuhanna VP, Principal Analyst
Mike Gualtieri, VP, Principal Analyst
Mike Gualtieri VP, Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Gene Leganza , Shreyas Warrier , Diane Lynch

Summary

Blazing-fast performance for both transactions and analytics is the goal of the new and emerging database category that Forrester calls translytical databases. Powered by in-memory technology and a scale-out architecture, this new class of database is designed to support both transactions and analytics without sacrificing transactional integrity, performance, scale, and analytical capacity. Translytical databases can have a hypertransformative effect on enterprise architects' ability to deliver analytical insights at lightning speed. Oracle, SAP, and VoltDB are among the vendors that offer this technology now.

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