9. In-Memory Databases Define Big Data Success

Our 9^th prediction is that in-memory databases will drive the Big Data market.
We’ve been critical of the lack of definition in the Big Data strategies of the past few years and have observed that they have signally failed to create bigger revenues for the large storage array suppliers. The interesting developments have been in the analytics area – especially in the large growth of Hadoop and massive marketing success of SAP’s HANA. Hadoop players such as HortonWorks, Cloudera and MAPR will play an even stronger role in the development of Big Data themes in 2014.
There are many differences in the type and potential performance of databases (see the Figure for some of the choices). In 2014 we believe that there will major growth in in-memory databases, especially in large scale-up systems (whether new Intel Xeon, IBM Power or Oracle Sparc).
Further Reading: What’s the beef about in-memory databases?
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