On March 14, the 2023 OpenPie "Infinite Possibilities" strategy and new product launch conference was successfully concluded in Shanghai. On the venue, OpenPie founder and CEO Ray Von announced the brand new release of PieCloudDB Database"Cloud on Cloud" version, which is based on a new generation of cloud-native data warehouse virtualization. OpenPie COO Brian Lu, OpenPie CTO Paul Guo and other industry senior experts attended the event, with participation of many industry guests and authoritative media.

The data warehouse virtualization technology leads arrival of data computing era

Close to a million of lines of code overturned and rewritten, numerous tests and iterations, OpenPie managed to deliver a new generation of cloud-native data warehouse virtualization technology in China as scheduled, and released a new virtual data warehouse PieCloudDB "Cloud on Cloud" version (CoC). In his keynote speech, Ray Von, the founder and CEO of OpenPie, shared the industry trends and OpenPie's 2023 development strategy with the guests, and proposed a novel innovative technology concept of data warehouse virtualization for the first time. Reciprocal improvements have had a profound impact on the industry, among which breakthroughs in server virtualization technology have ushered in the era of cloud computing, helping enterprises reduce server hardware costs and improve operational efficiency. As a pioneer in the field of data and data computing on the cloud, OpenPie's flagship product PieCloudDB Database is based on data warehouse virtualization. It uses the abstract thinking and design principle reuse of the industry's top databases as a technical route to achieve the analytical data warehouse cloud virtualization. We believe that data warehouse virtualization will usher in the arrival of the data computing era, and drive enterprises to continuously evolve from a "software company" to a "data company" and then to a "mathematical company".

Regarding the strategic layout of OpenPie, Ray Von focused on sharing three focal points. The first is the talent development strategy. He pointed out that talents are the most important resource of OpenPie. The vitality and competitiveness of the enterprise can only be maintained by innovation and development driven by talents. Currently OpenPie has an R&D team with international topclass database core research and development capabilities built by top notch students from famous national and international universities. We hope that every employee can have a sense of achievement in OpenPie and become the future leader of the industry which is the core of OpenPie's talent concept. the second is to build a win-win ecosystem. In the future, OpenPie will focus on PieCloudDB to create product ecology, community ecology and business ecology, and strive to empower all industries with "data computing" and serve enterprises and society to create greater value. Finally, Ray Von mentioned the social responsibility of OpenPie. He said that OpenPie has always adhered to the original intention of digital ethics,  and actively undertakes social welfare and social responsibility in the digital transformation of enterprises. Long-term support includes two non-profit sister organizations, 1024 Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University Shanghai Alumni Association. In the future, OpenPie is willing to work with the government and partners to explore breakthroughs in next-generation mathematical intelligence, promote innovative development in new business forms and models, and create a favorable ecosystem for the development of the China's digital economy!

OpenPie CEO, Ray Von

Ray Von mentioned that the new generation of cloud-native data warehouses virtualization can integrate multiple data warehouses into a high-availability cloud virtual data warehouse, connect multi-cloud data pipelines, and expand or shrink data computing resources on demand to improve the agility and resilience of data warehouses. This helps companies reduce the complexity of data warehouse management, achieve a significant increase in computable data space while reducing data warehouse costs, and open up unlimited data computing space to advance AI/BI to the next level of precision. With PieCloudDB's distributed eMPP patent technology, Serverless, TDE and other core technologies, it builds a high-security, high-reliability, and high availability cloud-native virtual data warehouse for enterprises, helping them to maximize the value of data and become the last line of defense in the digital world.

Finally, Ray Von stated that the product matrix and services of OpenPie are getting closer to perfection.  PieCloudDB CoC version builds a solid virtual data warehouse for enterprises, achieving infinite possibilities of calculation with the optimal configuration of cloud resources. PieCloudDB Enterprise Edition and Community Edition provide new cloud-based digital solutions for enterprises based on the data warehouse, helping them establish competitive barriers with data assets as the core. PieCloudDB domestic software and hardware integrated machine uses eMPP patented technology to achieve storage and computation separation, adapting to Information Technology Application Innovation (XinChuang) environment and reducing operation and maintenance costs and saving development time for first-party enterprises. In the future, OpenPie will continue to deepen product research and development innovation, adapt to products market interactions, empower all industries with "data calculation," and work together to achieve sustainable development for enterprises.

PieCloudDB , Model of a new generation of AI data computing infrastructure

In the new product release session, OpenPie CTO Paul Guo further explained the high security, high reliability and high availability of PieCloudDB Database CoC version from the perspective of product design. He said that the TDE technology adopted by PieCloudDB database guarantees all data Encryption is completed before storage. Serverless utilizes unlimited computing resources and elasticity on the cloud to ensure that the virtual data warehouse is always online and available. S3 storage and cross-cloud disaster recovery capabilities ensure that data will never be lost, truly achieving a 'rock-solid' solution. In addition, the core value of PieCloudDB "CoC" version is also reflected in the following two aspects:

Reducing hardware and management costs for data warehouses: Multiple data warehouses are merged into a cloud-based virtual data warehouse, breaking down data silos in traditional data warehouse scenarios and solving the problem of multiple data copies. This helps enterprises reduce the complexity of data warehouse management and achieve more flexible configuration of storage and computing resources in the cloud at a lower cost.

Improving the utilization efficiency of data computing resources: Data computing resources can be scaled up or down on demand, achieving optimal configuration of computing resources and improving the agility and elasticity of data warehouses. This opens up unlimited data computing space, better empowering business development and moving towards green computing.

OpenPie CTO，Paul Guo

During the sharing session, Paul Guo emphasized the four core technical architectural advantages of PieCloudDB's data warehouse virtualization:

Cloud-native storage-compute separation architecture: Using a three-layer architecture of metadata-compute-data separation to achieve independent management of cloud storage and computing resources. Cloud computing resources can be elastically allocated and started on demand when there are query and compute tasks, with costs calculated based on usage time and scale.

Cloud-native eMPP (elastic Massive Parallel Processing) architecture: PieCloudDB uses the eMPP (elastic Massive Parallel Processing) architecture to achieve concurrent execution of tasks across multiple clusters in the cloud. This allows enterprises to flexibly scale up or down according to changes in workload, achieving efficient scalability and easily handling petabyte-level massive data.

A brand-new storage "JANM", and cache architecture: At the computing layer, designs a multi-layer cache structure for metadata and user data at each computing node to avoid network latency and data movement, improve computing efficiency, and ensure users' real-time requirements.

A brand-new optimizer "Darci": PieCloudDB can generate statistical information more intelligently and efficiently, and generate more efficient query plans. The Darci optimizer supports advanced features such as aggregate pushdown, precomputation, and block skipping, fully meeting various complex analytical query requirements.

OpenPie Product Manager, Marco Huang

Marco Huang, as the product manager of PieCloudDB Database CoC version, demonstrated the complete product operation process to the audience, bringing new usage scenarios and product experiences to users. He stated that in the future, OpenPie will achieve more product innovation breakthroughs in cloud data and data computing fields, and the data science and digital transformation team will also empower users from the perspective of product services and solutions.

After more than a year of rapid development, OpenPie has been racing against time to adhere to its original intention of creating innovative products. Guided by the concept of "Big Data Promises Finally Come True," it continues to create value for customers and partners, and promote the industry's transformation.