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¹is a principal consultant at Mark Logic Corporation, where he specializes in performance and scalability. His prior career includes performance work at Netscape Communications, Silicon Graphics and PC Week (now eWeek), as well as performance-related consulting engagements for numerous clients.

Abstract

The growing size and complexity of content makes it increasingly difficult for content management systems and content-based applications to keep up. Fast access to terabytes (TB) of eXtensible Markup Language is increasingly important to many companies and organizations. Filesystems and relational database management systems are adequate for gigabytes of rich content, but TBs demand a repository that was built for content.