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Mark Logic XML Server Adds Geo Support

Posted: October 7th, 2008, 3:49pm CEST

There's a bit of an invasion into geospatial. A few weeks ago Netezza and Teradata, two data warehouse appliance companies added geospatial support to their offerings. These sorts of appliances were new to me and per our recent poll new to many of you. Today another type of company comes invading. Mark Logic has added geospatial support its XML Server (press release). So, just as last time I had to ask a seemingly naive question, "What's a data warehouse appliance?" this time I have to ask, "What's an XML Server?" An XML server is a specialized database for XML that's "wired" like a search engine. That's how Mark Logic's Chief Technologist Chris Biow explained it to me yesterday. On top of the database is a layer that allows easy exposure of Web (and other) services.

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