What the Heck is an In Memory Data Grid | Pivotal

Get the slides: https://www.datacouncil.ai/talks/what... ABOUT THE TALK: In-Memory Data Grids (IMDGs) are the backbone of some of the most data-intensive workloads in the world. If you are booking travel, making a stock trade, or buying a home, chances are an IMDG is involved. This talk will focus on the architecture of In-Memory Data Grids by diving into the internals of Apache Geode, a popular, open-source IMDG. Through understanding the internal architecture and characteristic of these systems we will discover the data engineering problems they solve, and when / when not to use them. We will also get hands on with Apache Geode and see how it can be used to speed up a legacy relational database. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Addison Huddy is a contributor to Apache Geode and a member of the Research & Development team at Pivotal Software. Prior to Pivotal, Addison worked at Visa where he developed some of Visa's early mobile wallets, as well as, data-driven advertising products. Addison has a Bachelors from UCLA and a Masters in Computer Science from the Georgia Tech. ABOUT DATA COUNCIL: Data Council (https://www.datacouncil.ai/) is a community and conference series that provides data professionals with the learning and networking opportunities they need to grow their careers. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more videos, including DC_THURS, our series of live online interviews with leading data professionals from top open source projects and startups. FOLLOW DATA COUNCIL: Twitter:   / datacouncilai   LinkedIn:   / datacouncil-ai   Facebook:   / datacouncilai   Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/data-cou... - 🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET TO AI COUNCIL 2026 🎟️ Meet the world's top AI infrastructure minds where architects of AI share what works. Three days of high-quality technical talks and meaningful interactions. → https://aicouncil.com/sf-2026 ⚡ FIND US: X: https://x.com/AICouncilConf LinkedIn:   / aicouncilconf   Website: https://aicouncil.com/