Our new database-as-a-service offering, MemSQL Helios, was relatively easy to create – and will be easier to maintain – thanks to Kubernetes. The cloud-native container management software has been updated to more fully support stateful applications. This has made it particularly useful for creating and deploying MemSQL Helios, as we describe here. From Cloud-Native to Cloud Service MemSQL is a distributed, cloud-native SQL database that provides in-memory rowstore and on-disk columnstore to meet the needs of transactional and analytic workloads. MemSQL was designed to be run in the cloud from the start. More than half of our customers run MemSQL …

SME Solutions Group helps institutions manage risks and improve operations, and they’ve chosen MemSQL as a database partner. Their premier services include data analytics and business intelligence (BI) tools integration, areas where MemSQL adds tremendous value. In this webinar, SME Solutions Group describes how they use MemSQL to solve a wide range of problems, including big data and fast data needs for utilities. How MemSQL Fits SME Mike Czabator, a systems engineer with MemSQL, describes MemSQL as a fully relational, fully distributed, memory-first database. It loads data live; scales out to support arbitrarily large numbers of ad hoc SQL queries, …

This blog post shares the initial section of our recent webinar, MemSQL Helios and MemSQL 7.0 Overview. In this first part, Rick draws the big picture as to the need for a new approach to data processing, and shows how MemSQL fits the bill. In the second and third parts, Rick introduces MemSQL Helios, the new, elastic, on-demand cloud service from MemSQL, and describes highlights of the upcoming MemSQL 7.0. MemSQL Helios is brand new, and MemSQL 7.0 is the best version of our product we’ve done yet. It’s a great opportunity to be able to talk about it. I’m …