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Chapter 1 Introduction : Product Overview

Product Overview
TIBCO ActiveSpaces is a peer-to-peer distributed in-memory data grid—a form of virtual shared memory that is replicated on distributed devices and applications.
ActiveSpaces provides an application programming interface (API) that allows developers to store and retrieve data and implement database and messaging functionality. ActiveSpaces also provides an administrative CLI tool and an administrative GUI that you use to create and administer the data grid. This makes it easy to create distributed applications that exchange and modify data shared between processes and across a network.
Benefits of TIBCO ActiveSpaces
ActiveSpaces provides:
ActiveSpaces facilitates and speeds up storage and retrieval of data in a distributed manner so that you can concentrate on writing business logic. You do not have to worry about where to store new data, where current data is stored, or if it is out-of-date.
In addition, ActiveSpaces:
From the programmer’s perspective, the ActiveSpaces software suite provides the following benefits. ActiveSpaces:
TIBCO ActiveSpaces Features
ActiveSpaces combines some of the important features of a database and a messaging system in a single integrated interface.
Like a database
Has SQL-like where clause filters
Like a messaging system
Additional features
Beyond the simplicity and convenience of having a single unified interface for both data storage features and messaging features, ActiveSpaces provides the ability to:
Receive initial values when creating a listener.
Run continuously updated queries in real-time.

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