IBM Acquires Solid Information Technology for Real-Time Data Access
IBM has entered into an agreement to acquire Solid Information Technology, a privately-held company based in Cupertino, California, and Helsinki, Finland, that provides in-memory database software. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition of Solid Information Technology supports IBM’s global Information on Demand strategy by adding real-time data access capabilities to the company’s portfolio of database and information management offerings, the vendor reckons. Solid Information Technology’s software uses in-memory database technology to quickly retrieve data from a computer’s memory (or RAM). Using this technology, businesses can access and store data at speeds up to 10 times faster than using traditional disk-based database systems. Additionally, Solid Information Technology’s database server can recover from system failure within milliseconds, providing nearly uninterrupted (99.999 per cent) data availability.
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