The debut of IBM stream computing or the System S technology has come about the right time. With the amount of digital information storage expected to reach 998 exabytes by the end of this decade, data searching could become the most cumbersome exercise without such computing technologies. The system S can analyze huge chunks of data in real time (so much that the entire web could be surfed for the relevant information in an hour’s time) as it scans 21,600GB per hour.
The process that System S uses for the new stream computing technology is called perpetual analytics developed using new streaming architecture and mathematical algorithms. Refine search becomes a priority with such colossal data available and that is where the IBM System S scores above the rest. Thankfully IBM did not intend to be selfish as it has straight away entranced a commercial version with a trail code also available to help concerns comprehend the software involved.
Via: Techradar
