Greenplum unveils petabyte-scale database
Database software company Greenplum says there’s a simple selling point that sets it apart from the competition: Greenplum databases are the biggest.
That’s particularly true with the recently unveiled Greenplum 3, said Luke Lonergan, a Greenplum co-founder and its chief technology officer. G3 can load more than 3.5 terabytes per hour, meaning it can handle data on a petabyte scale, well above anything that competitors like Teradata can offer, Lonergan said.
“With this release, we’re really hanging… Continue Reading
Greenplum raises $27M for business intelligence database software
Greenplum, a San Mateo, Calif. provider of open source database software for business intelligence, said it has raised $27 million in a third round financing.
It was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and includes Sun Microsystems and SAP Ventures, a division of software giant SAP.
The new funds will be used to continue development of Greenplum’s database, the company said, as well as to help market the product globally. The company says the global database market is… Continue Reading
Greenplum, and the Web 2.0 server
Greenplum, a San Mateo company offering businesses an affordable way to sort though hundreds of terabytes of data to become more intelligent about their customers’ habits, has raised $19 million in financing.
Greenplum is significant because it says it provides a database for speedy data warehousing at a tenth of the cost of leading incumbent, Teradata. It does so by working with the new server built by Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim, billed internally as the “Web… Continue Reading