The huge amount of data accumulated by our customers on a daily basis demands a powerful, high-speed analytical database engine. The market for this type of solution is extremely limited, and prices are very high. Vectorwise database technology features vector-based processing, delivering astounding performance at an extremely competitive price.

Two of our major retailers have been using Actian's relational database, Ingres for their critical Point Of Sale applications. Ingres proved to be a robust and proven solution, explains . It was logical for us to continue with Ingres and also implement Actian’s analytical database, Vectorwise. We’ll also be looking closely at the forthcoming development of Action Apps, as we see this directly affecting our business efficiency.

Data growth is occurring at record rates. It’s important for Sheetz to have a plan to manage this growth, maintain and improve current service levels and reduce infrastructure costs wherever possible. Based on our experience so far, we are impressed with the results of Vectorwise.

Actian is processing, at lightning speed, the large-scale epidemiological evidence that is crucial to investigating reliably the causes, prevention and treatment of premature death and disability. Since starting work on the UK Biobank project, the amount of data we are working with has grown massively. Without Vectorwise, we simply would not be able to process this information, without having to wait days or weeks for each output.

Our database in its existing form had reached its limits. We switched to Vectorwise because we need to manage an increasing amount of data for analysis and reporting. The new analytic capabilities not only provide us with more effective and deeper insight into customer behavior but also allow us to benefit from an enhanced ability to identify any irregularities and prevent theft.

For the past 20 years, I've been searching for the killer database that would fulfill most our intense data processing needs and with the discovery of Ingres Vectorwise, that search is now over - this database is in a class of its own. Right out of the box, Vectorwise lets us effortlessly plow through millions and millions of rows of data with infinite width and depth and without the need for new expensive hardware, complicated schemas, explicit indexing, pre-aggregation, or specifically hand-crafted DBA-tuned SQL. The Ingres and Vectorwise leaders and technologists have performed a miracle here.

We ported a business application from Oracle to Ingres Vectorwise and were astounded by the substantial performance increases, which were up to 70x. Our customers are also tired of paying for Big Software prices so we are always on the look-out for more cost effective solutions. With Vectorwise database, we get the best of both worlds; we can now offer our customers a lower cost and better performing analytic database.