About Eigenbase

The Eigenbase Project provides an extensible open source platform for building specialized data management systems in a wide variety of application spaces.

Areas in which Eigenbase technology has already been successfully applied include data warehousing (the LucidDB DBMS) and stream processing (the SQLstream continuous query engine).

Traditionally, data management systems have been developed as either

• one-size-fits-all behemoths: pounding a square peg into holes of various shapes and trying to patch up the results with integration, or
• purpose-built precision instruments: solving a particular problem very well in a specific context, but suffering from isolation, inflexibility, and inability to keep up with changing technologies and standards

In contrast, the Eigenbase platform is accompanied by a reliable methodology for rapid assembly of innovative, specialized solutions that can coherently operate and evolve together via open source collaboration.