Vertica

Article summary

Vertica is a column-oriented analytical database management system designed for large-scale data warehousing and analytics workloads. The platform is based on research from the C-Store academic project and was founded in 2005 by database researcher Michael Stonebraker, with Andrew Palmer serving as the company's first chief executive officer. Vertica uses a columnar storage architecture and massively parallel processing (MPP) design to support analytical queries across distributed computing environments. The platform is available for deployment on-premises, in private clouds, and on public cloud infrastructure.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369366438