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Oracle Announces Oracle® TimesTen In-Memory Database 11g and Oracle
In-Memory Database Cache 11g
Latest Release Enhances Performance, Scalability, Availability and Integration with
Oracle Database
Redwood Shores, CA – July 28, 2009
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Today, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle® TimesTen In-Memory
Database 11g and Oracle In-Memory Database Cache 11g, the database
caching option for Oracle Database 11g.
This latest release features major enhancements including performance
and scale-out through the Database Cache Grid; support for PL/SQL,
Oracle Call Interface (OCI), and Pro*C embedded SQL Programming
language; and rock solid reliability and high availability through automated
failover via integration with Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Data Guard.
These new product capabilities further enable enterprises to benefit from
the extreme performance that in-memory database caching in the middletier offers.
Oracle In-Memory Database Cache is fully integrated with the Oracle
infrastructure software stack including Oracle Database, Oracle Real
Application Clusters, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle SQL Developer,
and components of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a stand-alone in-memory
relational database with full persistence and recoverability. Oracle InMemory Database Cache is the pre-integrated SQL cache database
option for the Oracle Database. Both products are designed for
deployment in the middle-tier.
Improved Performance for Mission-Critical Applications
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Oracle In-Memory Database Cache provides applications with extreme
performance by caching data in memory for fast and consistent response
times. The in-memory caches are transactional read-write caches with full
persistence, recoverability, and automatic data synchronization with the
Oracle Database.
New features include:
o Database Cache Grid: enables incremental scale-out of inmemory database caching with online addition/removal of cache
grid nodes without service interruption. It also provides data
location transparency so that applications need not know where the
data resides; each cache grid node can access data from its local
memory, from another cache grid node, or from the backend Oracle
Database. Database Cache Grid provides transactional
consistency across cache nodes with high availability and data
synchronization with the backend Oracle database.
o PL/SQL, OCI, and Pro*C Support: simplifies the use of the Oracle
In-Memory Database Cache by existing Oracle Database
applications to improve application response time and throughput.
o Cross-Tier High Availability: delivers improved high availability
out-of-the-box, with automated failover of the in-memory databases
and applications. Integration with Oracle Clusterware and Oracle
Data Guard achieves near zero-downtime with virtually no data loss
in case of failure.
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“As a pioneer in electronic trading solutions, NYFIX has helped transform
the global trading environment through business and technology
innovations,” said Don Henderson, Chief Technology Officer, NYFIX.
“One of the key technology drivers in today’s equities trading market is low
latency. Our clients want the ability to place orders and get immediate
responses so they can keep pace with fast-moving market opportunities.
Using the Oracle In-Memory Database Cache and Oracle Database to
help run our Millennium dark pool, we are able to provide our clients with
the fast and reliable response times they demand."
“Our customers demand fast and reliable service with little lag time," said
Tomohiro Takeda, Director, Strategy & Planning, Passenger Service
Systems, IT Service & Planning, Japan Airlines. "The combination of
Oracle Database with the Oracle In-Memory Database Cache option has
allowed us to exponentially increase our number of server transactions for
online search of domestic flight fare to over ten times faster and has
enabled us to deliver on the fast and reliable service our customers have
come to expect from Japan Airlines."
"Oracle continues to add important enhancements to the Oracle TimesTen
product, including tighter integration with its flagship Oracle Database.
The Oracle In-Memory Database Cache option will enable Oracle
Database users to realize the benefits of database caching technology
with minimal changes to the source code of their existing applications.
Database caching is used to deliver improved performance while ensuring
high availability and reliability. These are critical elements for industries
with real-time data management requirements," said Carl Olofson,
Research Vice President, IDC.
“The demand for high-performance applications continues to expand
across industries,” said Rex Wang, Vice President Product Marketing,
Oracle. “The tight integration between Oracle Database 11g and the
Oracle In-Memory Database Cache option allows customers to obtain
significant performance boosts to existing applications with minimal
changes to the applications. And, the new Database Cache Grid
capabilities enable customers to scale their middle-tier platform
incrementally, as needed by their performance and capacity
requirements.”
Supporting Resources
 Oracle In-Memory Database Cache
 Oracle In-Memory Database Cache data sheet
 Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
 Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database data sheet
 Whitepapers and Technical information
 Download a free, evaluation version of Oracle In-Memory Database Cache
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Oracle
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Oracle
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