by Angela Guess
Versant Corporation has announced a free, pre-release version of Versant JPA for the Cloud. The solution is a “pure, cloud-based Java client for the Versant Object Database (VOD) certified for use on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). With this new Java-based API on EC2, enterprise development teams can leverage existing programming skills and the cloud’s inherent ability to quickly scale infrastructure up and down to address the volume, variety, and velocity demands of complex Big Data.”
The article continues, “With industry research firm IDC’s estimate that the market for Big Data technology will grow seven times faster than the overall information technology and communications business over the next three years, Big Data is clearly a top priority for businesses of all kinds. Additionally, London-based research firm Visiongain predicts that the cloud computing market will continue to see strong growth, reaching a global industry value of $37.9 billion by 2017. Enterprises who are able to leverage both technologies for the combined benefits of lower-cost infrastructure and more valuable, data-driven applications will gain a significant advantage.”
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