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GigaSpaces XAP 12.1 Combines the Power of In-memory Computing with Agile Cloud-Native Deployments and Hybrid Data Storage
[March 30, 2017]

GigaSpaces XAP 12.1 Combines the Power of In-memory Computing with Agile Cloud-Native Deployments and Hybrid Data Storage


GigaSpaces (News - Alert), a provider of in-memory computing (IMC) technologies, today announces the availability of XAP 12.1, an update to the company's flagship IMC data grid. The new version of XAP combines IMC with the agility of cloud-native deployments and the flexibility of hybrid data storage to offer a stable, highly available, extreme performance environment for data and analytics applications.

"For 15 years, XAP has powered many of the biggest transaction processing and real-time analytics applications in the world, for customers in markets like financial institutions, travel, logistics and retail," said Ali Hodroj, VP of Products and Strategy for GigaSpaces. "XAP 12.1 builds on this track record, while offering increased agility for large organizations that wish to deploy and utilize IMC for a wider variety of needs."

Key Benefits of XAP 12.1 include:

  • Full Text Search for Unstructured Data Processing: In addition to co-locating data and query, we're introducing Lucene indexing to co-locate search as well. All the popular XAP Space API (event containers, tasks, remoting API) can now be used against unstructured data for real-time text analysis. The new search API can be used in conjunction with any other SQL query filter (geospatial, nested, etc.).
  • Cloud-Native, Containerized, and RESTful Management: XAP 12.1 enables a simplified DevOps pipeline by supporting containerized deployment with Docker and REST API to manage large-scale deployments. Whether the deployment environment is on-premise, cloud or edge, XAP developers can now easily on-board new processing units and microservices with a couple of REST API calls.
  • Fast Data Recovery with MemoryXtend: A traditional barrier to IMC adoption has been consistent availability of RAM (News - Alert). In cases of a planned or unplanned restart, all of the data being analyzed would need to be reloaded. XAP 12.1 drastically reduces recovery time by introducing a new initial data load mechanism that can preload data according to a user-specified priority (through a SQL query).



"With GigaSpaces' XAP 12.1, the company - that is already known for a reliable and scalable in-memory data fabric in support of latency-sensitive applications - has ushered in full text search of unstructured data. It has also provided additional support for 'containerization', and faster recovery in the event of a node failure, with the added benefit that it can be restarted with standard SQL," said Jason Stamper, Analyst, Data Platforms and Analytics, at 451 Research (News - Alert).

For more information about the launch of XAP 12.1, visit the company's blog: blog.gigaspaces.com


About GigaSpaces

GigaSpaces provides software for cloud application orchestration and in-memory computing through two product lines, Cloudify and XAP In-Memory Computing. Hundreds of Tier-1 and Fortune-listed organizations worldwide leverage GigaSpaces technology to enhance IT efficiency and performance. Primary sectors include financial services, e-commerce, online gaming, healthcare and telecom. GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Asia. More at www.gigaspaces.com and blog.gigaspaces.com.


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