Michael Stonebraker, VoltDB Co-Founder and Real-time Data Pioneer, Wins ACM 2014 A.M. Turing Award

BEDFORD, Mass., March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Stonebraker, who in 2009 co-founded in-memory database company VoltDB, has been awarded the 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices underlying modern database systems. Presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the award is known as the "Nobel Prize of Computing" for its recognition of the lifetime achievements of the computing industry's most influential pioneers. The award also features a $1 million prize, with financial support from Google, Inc. In addition to VoltDB, Dr. Stonebraker has founded eight other database companies.

"Mike's lifelong work to advance database concepts and architectures has driven computing forward, providing new methods for capturing, storing and analyzing information that is the lifeblood of today's business processes," said VoltDB CEO Bruce Reading. "It's an honor to work with Mike and be on the forefront of the fast data, in-memory database evolution. We look forward to empowering more orgaizations with Mike's innovations to improve customer experience and drive operational efficiency improvements."  

Dr. Stonebraker has conducted research on database technologies for more than 40 years, leading to numerous innovations in fast data, streaming data and in-memory databases. With VoltDB, he realized the full potential of tapping streaming data with in-memory transactional database technology that can handle data's speed and volume while delivering real-time analytics and decision making.

Dr. Stonebraker is an adjunct professor at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL). He is also co-founder and co-director of the Intel Science and Technology Center for Big Data, which is based at MIT CSAIL. Dr. Stonebreaker was the main architect of the Ingres relational DBMS, the object-relational DBMS PostgreSQL and the federated data system, Mariposa. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

About VoltDB
VoltDB is an in-memory, scale-out SQL database purpose-built to power a new generation of applications that thrive on fast, smart data. Tapping the lightning speed and real-time analytics of VoltDB, organizations are able to add context and intelligence to data – the instant it arrives – to make real-time transactional decisions that maximize business value. The relational database is architected to meet the distinct requirements of fast data, which leads to Big Data. Organizations in markets such as mobile, financial services, energy, advertising, security and gaming rely on VoltDB to process smart data fast to capture new revenue opportunities, drive competitive advantage and create highly-specialized interactions. VoltDB is privately held with offices in Bedford, Mass. and Santa Clara, Calif. Try out VoltDB at www.voltdb.com/download.

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