With the introduction of the Sqrrl Test Drive VM, users now have a frictionless way to quickly learn about Sqrrl capabilities without needing to stand up a full Hadoop cluster.
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 04, 2014
Sqrrl, the software company that develops the most flexible, secure, and scalable NoSQL database platform for building real-time Big Data applications, is announcing the availability Sqrrl Enterprise 1.4 and a new Test Drive Virtual Machine (VM).
Sqrrl Enterprise 1.4, the latest version of Sqrrl’s flagship product, delivers increased performance, improved integration, and continued enrichment to its best-in-class security capabilities. Enhancements to Sqrrl Enterprise in this latest release include a new fielded term search index type, optimizations to bulk loads and backup/restore, and support for NodeJS clients.
In addition to this latest release, Sqrrl is now accepting applicants for its new Test Drive VM. The Test Drive VM is a single node of Sqrrl Enterprise that will allow users to get a hands-on feel for the Sqrrl Enterprise software in a sandbox environment. The Test Drive VM includes the Hadoop Distributed File System, Accumulo, Sqrrl Enterprise software, example datasets, and tutorials.
“Our flexible data models and Data-Centric Security approach provide a powerful combination of capabilities to power real-time Big Data applications,” says Mark Terenzoni, CEO of Sqrrl. “With the introduction of the Sqrrl Test Drive VM, users now have a frictionless way to quickly learn about these capabilities without needing to stand up a full Hadoop cluster.”
The Test Drive VM is designed for Sqrrl customers and partners who wish to get up and running quickly with Sqrrl software on a single node, but do not yet need to scale their solution. Sqrrl will offer the Test Drive VM to qualified users at no cost and will be complemented by a new Sqrrl Community Forum where users, developers, and enthusiasts of the Sqrrl product line can convene for questions and answers.
About Sqrrl
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Sqrrl’s founders have been working with some of the largest, most complex and most sensitive data sets in the world for the last decade. Today, Sqrrl Enterprise is the world’s most secure, scalable, and flexible NoSQL database for real-time Big Data applications (aka “Big Apps”). It is the only NoSQL solution that possesses fine-grained security controls, scales elastically to tens of petabytes of data, natively integrates with Hadoop, and supports a diverse set of search and query capabilities, including graph, aggregations, and full-text search. Sqrrl's understanding of security and Big Data technologies enables organizations to securely unlock the potential of Big Data. Learn more at http://www.sqrrl.com.