In-memory computing (IMC) is an emerging field of importance in the big data industry. It is a quickly evolving technology, seen by many as an effective way to address the proverbial 3 V’s of big data – volume, velocity, and variety. Big data requires ever more powerful means to process and analyze growing stores of data, being collected at more rapid rates, and with increasing diversity in the types of data being sought – both structured and unstructured. In-memory computing’s rapid rise in the marketplace has the big data community on alert. In fact, Gartner picked in-memory computing as one of the Top Ten Strategic Initiatives. InsideBIGDATA Guide to In-Memory Computing