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Apple Acquires 'Rock-Solid High-Performance' Database Company FoundationDB

Apple has acquired database company FoundationDB, reports TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/apple-acquires-durable-database-company-foundationdb). FoundationDB is a company that "develops scalable and fault tolerant databases that support multiple data models." A notice on the company's site (http://community.foundationdb.com) says that it has ceased to offer downloads after deciding to "evolve [the] company mission."
 
 According to TechCrunch, FoundationDB may have been an attractive purchase for Apple due to its ability to handle ACID-compliant transactions quickly and its strong scalability. A company blog post (http://blog.foundationdb.com/databases-at-14.4mhz) suggested it could achieve 54 billion writes per hour at a cost-per-write of 3 nanodollars.
 
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FoundationDB's attractiveness came in the speed at which it handled ACID-compliant transactions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID) and coupled that with strong scalability. FoundationDB hosted a booth at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012, where we first wrote (http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/10/foundationdb-not-your-standard-nosql-database/) about its approach to a modern NoSQL database and its 'NoSQL, YesACID' motto. FoundationDB's latest engine, which was covered by TC Columnist Jon Evans (http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/13/foundationdb-and-the-new-nosql/) late last year, scaled up 14.4 million random writes per second.

TechCrunch describes FoundationDB as a "fast, affordable and durable database company" that may have been acquired to boost Apple's server-side technologies for the App Store, iTunes Connect, iTunes in the Cloud, or another service.
 
 Apple confirmed the acquisition with the standard statement that it gives on purchases: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans."
 
 
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Source: Apple Acquires 'Rock-Solid High-Performance' Database Company FoundationDB (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/24/apple-acquires-foundationdb/)