Ingres Previews VectorWise

Ingres has announced a technology preview program for Ingres VectorWise. Ingres VectorWise is a database technology that delivers the performance needed to manage today's data explosion and is the first business software to fully take advantage of advances in modern chip technology.

The technology preview program gives Ingres partners and customers an opportunity to access an early version of Ingres VectorWise and test the performance capabilities of the database. Initial results show that Ingres VectorWise achieves more than 10x performance gains. To learn more and apply to be part of the technology preview program, please go to www.ingres.com/vectorwise/preview-program.php.

"We are very pleased with the early interest that's been shown in Ingres VectorWise," said Roger Burkhardt, president and CEO, Ingres. "The early results being demonstrated by our partners and customers validate our initial tests - they show that Ingres VectorWise can easily analyze business data at the 'speed of thought' giving those who need to make business decisions an immediate advantage with far lower costs and with more than 10 times the speed."

Partners and customers who are part of the technology preview program are able to download an early version of Ingres VectorWise and are given assistance from Ingres with testing, assessments, and benchmarks. Customers will provide the results of functional and performance tests on the product and feedback to Ingres. As an open source company, Ingres thrives on the innovation that partners and customers bring to its products. Those who participate in the technology preview program will help in shaping Ingres VectorWise and ultimately putting their stamp on a technology that will enable people to sort through millions of business records inexpensively and in a matter of seconds.