Kickfire Information

Kickfire’s analytic appliance scales down the cost and complexity of high performance data warehousing, delivering the best query performance per dollar, Watt and cubic foot available in the industry today. Our analytic appliances deliver blazing fast results for even complex queries on databases initially up to 5 Terabytes, making them ideal for almost any departmental data warehousing environment. Kickfire’s industry-first data flow architecture places the power of parallel processing on a highly innovative SQL Chip. The SQL Chip, paired with Kickfire’s compressed column store database, radically alters the economics of query processing -- delivering the power of dozens of general purpose CPUs in a compact, highly affordable data warehouse appliance. Through the innovative application of standard technologies, Kickfire delivers tremendous improvements in speed and reductions in cost and power that rival any of the proprietary database appliances or specialized analytic databases in the world. In addition, an open source software stack enables Kickfire customers to use and manage our analytic appliances like any other standard Linux server and MySQL database. With a Kickfire analytic appliance there is no expensive hardware build out or complex system tuning required. In addition, customers leverage the entire MySQL ecosystem including business intelligence tools, backup and recovery systems, network monitoring tools, and the rich talent pool and vibrant community for which MySQL has become known. Kickfire is backed by blue chip investors Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Mayfield Fund and Pinnacle Ventures, Kickfire is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.