Aster Data nCluster 4.0 is a revolution in data management and data processing that allows applications to be seamlessly “pushed down” and embedded within Aster Data’s massively parallel processing (MPP) database for ultra-fast, deep analysis of massive data sets. Aster Data’s solution is the fi rst massively parallel data-application server that uses Aster Data’s unique Applications-WithinTM approach. Applications-Within places application and analytics logic where data natively resides to speed analysis of large data sets. Data processing and applications are fully parallelized and run on low-cost commodity hardware. nCluster 4.0 uses Aster Data’s patent-pending SQL-MapReduce which integrates SQL with MapReduce to improve analyst productivity and reusability.