First Derivatives PLC Kx provides rapid access to unstructured data
May 17 2018 - 2:02AM
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First Derivatives PLC
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
First Derivatives plc
("FD" or the "Group")
Kx provides rapid access to unstructured data
FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I) announces that its Kx technology, a
world leader in time-series analytics for streaming, real-time and
historical data, now supports rapid access to unstructured data
with the release today of kdb+ 3.6, the latest version of its
database and analytics technology.
The rapid analysis of unstructured data is essential in many
industries. With kdb+ 3.6, Kx has enhanced the developer's ability
to manipulate vast amounts of unstructured data. In particular, the
new 'anymap' capability allows developers to query unstructured
data held in kdb+ much more rapidly. This makes it easier to
combine structured and unstructured data within a kdb+ database and
analyze them both with the record-breaking speed that kdb+ is known
for.
Kdb+ 3.6 also has a number of new features that make it even
faster including: (i) JSON support as a primitive feature in the
language, which results in a speedup of at least 10x; (ii) adding a
new compression algorithm to the existing list and (iii)
improvements to speed of GUID lookups. To improve the efficiency
and flexibility of distributed queries, kdb+ 3.6 has also added
deferred response to synchronized messages.
The latest version enhances Kx's recently-launched on-demand
offering, a subscription-based version of kdb+ with a flexible
pricing model that expands the availability and appeal of kdb+ for
a much wider universe of use-cases. Kdb+ on-demand makes
massively-parallel application architectures more accessible to
developers, putting more compute power at their fingertips. Kdb+
3.6 builds on that by expanding the tool kit available for those
programmers who are building ever larger systems.
Simon Garland, Chief Customer Officer of Kx, commented: "Anymap
makes it very easy for developers to work with both structured and
unstructured data. Version 3.6, combined with our on-demand
offering, makes it easier than ever for developers to deploy many
more cores for short periods of intensive computation and only pay
for what they use. Together they give technologists access to new
application design and architecture possibilities. These
capabilities continue Kx's tradition of providing simple, elegant
solutions to large and complex data problems."
Enquiries
For further information please contact:
First Derivatives plc +44(0)28 3025 2242
Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer www.firstderivatives.com
Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer
Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor Relations
FTI Consulting
Matt Dixon
Dwight Burden
Darius Alexander
Niamh Fogarty +44 (0)20 3727 1000
About FD
FD is a global technology provider with 20 years of experience
working with some of the world's largest finance, technology,
retail, pharma, manufacturing and energy institutions. The Group's
Kx technology, incorporating the kdb+ time-series database, is a
leader in high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming
analytics and operational intelligence. Kx delivers the best
possible performance and flexibility for high-volume,
data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple
industries. FD operates from 14 offices across Europe, North
America and Asia Pacific, including its headquarters in Newry, and
employs more than 2,000 people worldwide.
For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com
and www.kx.com
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