Yeah, a little disappointed with this, I wouldn't expect to be sent unsolicited mail based on my membership to this list.
-Ryan Victory On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:36 PM, John Omernik <j...@omernik.com> wrote: > All, I received this today, is this appropriate list use? Note: This was > unsolicited. > > Thanks > John > > > > From: Pierce Lamb <pl...@snappydata.io> > 11:57 AM (1 hour ago) > to me > > Hi John, > > I saw you on the Spark Mailing List and noticed you worked for ***** and > wanted to reach out. My company, SnappyData, just launched an open source > OLTP + OLAP Database built on Spark. Our lead investor is Pivotal, whose > largest owner is EMC which makes ***** like a father figure :) > > SnappyData’s goal is two fold: Operationalize Spark and deliver truly > interactive queries. To do this, we first integrated Spark with an > in-memory database with a pedigree of production customer deployments: > GemFireXD (GemXD). > > GemXD operationalized Spark via: > > -- True high availability > > -- A highly concurrent environment > > -- An OLTP engine that can process transactions (mutable state) > > With GemXD as a storage engine, we packaged SnappyData with Approximate > Query Processing (AQP) technology. AQP enables interactive response times > even when data volumes are huge because it allows the developer to trade > latency for accuracy. AQP queries (SQL queries with a specified error rate) > execute on sample tables -- tables that have taken a stratified sample of > the full dataset. As such, AQP queries enable much faster decisions when > 100% accuracy isn’t needed and sample tables require far fewer resources to > manage. > > If that sounds interesting to you, please check out our Github repo (our > release is hosted there under “releases”): > > https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/snappydata > > We also have a technical paper that dives into the architecture: > http://www.snappydata.io/snappy-industrial > > Are you currently using Spark at ****? I’d love to set up a call with you > and hear about how you’re using it and see if SnappyData could be a fit. > > In addition to replying to this email, there are many ways to chat with > us: https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/snappydata#community-support > > Hope to hear from you, > > Pierce > > pl...@snappydata.io > > http://www.twitter.com/snappydata >