Compaq's new technology reduces
data warehouse query time
BY MARK HALL
(February 01, 2001) CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Compaq Computer Corp.
has unveiled the details of its Zero Latency Enterprise (ZLE)
technology, a product and service combination that it said can
turn weeks-long data warehouse queries into real-time database
responses.
The Houston-based computer company said ZLE requires either its
NonStop Himalayan server running its NonStop SQL database or an
Oracle database on an AlphaServer. Servers can be clustered up
to 4,000 processors.
ZLE offers a series of components from Compaq and third-party
partners that integrate legacy applications. For example, Blaze
Software Inc., a subsidiary of Brokat AG in Stuttgart, Germany,
sells a rules engine that ties together business logic from existing
applications so that changes in one area, such as call center
processes, are reflected in other customer-related programs.
ZLE includes a centralized operational data store (ODS). A single
ODS can pack more than 3.4 petabytes of data from disparate
applications in one environment.
Although each ZLE environment will be different, the company said
users can expect to invest a minimum of $1 million in hardware,
software and implementation costs to launch a ZLE program. |
