GTA PHP User Group

Renormalize- When SQL Meets Documents

May 1, 2012 · 7:30 PM
Marketcrashers Inc.

NoSQL document stores are generally considered at the opposing extreme to relational databases. Schema and SQL are perceived to be at the core of the problem. Akiban Server is an open source database that brings document stores and relational databases together. Developers get powerful document access and schema evolution capabilities alongside surprisingly powerful SQL. In this presentation Ori will cover the architecture and operational ideas that underline the Akiban Server.

Speaker Bio:
Ori Herrnstadt is the founder and CTO of Akiban. He has been involved in developing large scale operational database systems since his days in the Israeli Military. After experiencing similar problems of large-scale operational systems in healthcare, ERP, CRM and modern web applications, he began developing the Orthogonal Architecture. In 2009, he founded Akiban Technologies to accelerate the development of this technology.

Food & Swag: We'll be sponsoring an outing after the meetup and we'd love for you to join! We will also be providing Akiban swag (USB drives, coffee mugs, t-shirts..etc). Our meetup groups are always a lot of fun with lively conversation throughout, we hope to see you there!

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Vic Metcalfe

The was one of the most engaging meetups I have had the pleasure of attending. Ori demonstrated a brilliant new take on optimizing relational data, and I very much look forward to using the Akiban Server in my own projects.

0 · May 4, 2012
Andre John de Souza

Awesome to hear first hand account from tech developer

0 · May 2, 2012
Joseph Melnick

Renormalize was a great meetup topic and relevant to the group but of great value to me personally. Ori (CTO - Akiban Technologies) explained the technology effectively and kept us engaged for nearly two hours. Definitely one of the best meetups I have been to.

0 · May 2, 2012
Peter Meth

The Akiban database engine seems really cool and if it does what Ori claims, it should speed up a great many SQL databases to a large extent. The speaker was great and very knowledgeable.

0 · May 2, 2012
Chris Hartjes

Ori went into a very deep level of detail explaining Akiban...and probably could've talked for another two hours.

I'd love to have him back once Akiban goes open source to show some practical uses of it.

0 · May 2, 2012
Jason H

i understood the high level concepts, but a lot of under-the-hood talk, which i appreciated, went over my head but deepened my understanding of the issues with nosql/rdbms nonetheless.

thanks for bringing this meetup to my attention.

0 · May 2, 2012
Mike Ashton

Many thanks to Ori for a great presentation, plus the swag and beer! The product shows great promise and I can see many uses for it.

0 · May 2, 2012
Ankur Taxali

Ori was very informative and I learned more than I thought I would. Couldn't be more pleased with how this turned out.

0 · May 1, 2012