<p>In-memory computing is "racing towards mainstream adoption", according to analyst firm Gartner.</p><p>Gartner believes that the "rapid maturation of application infrastructure technologies" and a continued "dramatic decline in the cost of semiconductor technologies" are paving the way for mainstream use of in-memory computing (IMC).</p><p>IMC enables organisations to develop applications that run advanced queries or perform complex transactions on very large datasets much faster than when using conventional architectures.</p><p>It achieves this by storing application data in a computer's main DRAM, rather than on electromagnetic disks, and without compromising the availability, consistency and integrity of that data.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3438390/gartner-in-memory-computing-hits-mainstream/">Keep reading...</a></p>