Sybase joins other database vendors in offering in-memory capability. Oracle also offers an in-memory database, Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11G, from a company it acquired in 2005.

However, many in-memory data grids require that all the data in the underlying disk-based database fit into memory, requiring a business to purchase enough memory to hold all the data.

Big Memory Machine Ellison made clear that the in-memory database will run just fine on commodity servers and even better on Exadata-class systems.

In-memory databases store information in a system’s main memory, instead of on disk, providing a performance boost. The technology, which Plattner also discussed at last year’s Sapphire event ...

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has thrown his gauntlet down in the burgeoning market for in-memory computing, announcing a new option for Oracle's flagship database at the OpenWorld conference in San ...

Companies that run SAP’s applications should know that most of those applications can perform much better on Oracle Database than on any other database platform, including HANA.

In-memory databases and Big Data platforms such as Hadoop play by complementary rules. The latter is good for deep data analytics, scouring huge volumes of historical data from multiple sources to ...

An in-memory database relies primarily on main memory — usually dynamic random access memory, or DRAM — for data storage. Conventional database management systems deploy disk storage.

Microsoft isn't often mentioned when it comes to in-memory database conversations. But here's why Redmond thinks they deserve to be.