Oracle on Thursday rolled out an updated version of its TimesTen In-Memory Database, which is a key component of its upcoming Exalytics appliance as well as a competitor to SAP’s HANA platform.

In-memory database management systems (DBMSes) are growing in popularity and there are many different options from which to choose. The basic defining characteristic of an in-memory DBMS is that it's ...

Traditionally, data in tables has been stored in row format. This is good for operations in which the whole row and many columns are accessed—as long as there are few rows. It’s not ideal for many ...