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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. Greenplum’s high performance eliminates the challenge most RDBMS have scaling to petabtye levels of data, as they are able to scale linearly to efficiently process data.

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Expanding the Cloud: Introducing Amazon QuickSight

All Things Distributed

Today, I am excited to share with you a brand new service called Amazon QuickSight that aims to simplify the process of deriving insights from a wide variety of data sources in a fast and affordable manner. Big data challenges. We believe this is one of the critical parts of our big data offerings.

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Välkommen till Stockholm – An AWS Region is coming to the Nordics

All Things Distributed

After finding it cost prohibitive to use colocation centers in local markets where their users are based, iZettle decided to give up hardware. In making the switch to AWS, WOW air has saved between $30,000 and $45,000 on hardware, and software licensing. iZettle, a mobile payments startup, is also ‘all-in’ on AWS.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – Introducing the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region

All Things Distributed

The first platform is a real time, big data platform being used for analyzing traffic usage patterns to identify congestion and connectivity issues. The second platform is a managed IoT cloud with customer-facing applications and data management, which went live in 2016. Telenor Connexion is all-in on AWS.

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Spice up your Analytics: Amazon QuickSight Now Generally Available in N. Virginia, Oregon, and Ireland.

All Things Distributed

They require companies to provision and maintain complex hardware infrastructure and invest in expensive software licenses, maintenance fees, and support fees that cost upwards of thousands of dollars per user per year. Enter Amazon QuickSight. Get started by signing up for free at Amazon QuickSight , with 1 user and 1 GB of SPICE capacity.

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Will AWS Have Anything New To Say About Sustainability at re:Invent 2024?

Adrian Cockcroft

Also learn how AWS customer Generation Park, a McCord Development project, is leveraging the Garnet Framework and AWS Partners to build an IoT water monitoring solution to reduce water wastage and set a foundation for future smart city projects. Discover how Scepter, Inc.

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