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To deliver next-generation data analytics, Ocient completely reimagined data warehouse design to deliver real-time analysis of complex, hyperscale datasets.

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In 2016 our team of industry veterans began building a hyperscale data warehouse to tackle large, complex workloads.

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Published May 6, 2022

At the Whiteboard with Ocient: SQL at Scale

Greg Dhuse, a Distinguished Engineer at Ocient, discusses the different types of containers in the Ocient Hyperscale Data Warehouse.

Containers are tools that simplify the process of integrating semi-structured data into a relational data warehouse.

While SQL is a highly versatile and expressive language, one common issue people encounter when transferring data from a NoSQL database to a SQL database is the growth of multiple tables, which can result in overly complex schemas and sluggish queries.