<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
is	O
an	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
application	O
platform	O
built	O
by	O
Starcounter	B-Application
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
combined	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
engine	O
and	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
combined	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
engine	O
and	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
keeps	O
data	O
in	O
one	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
and	O
classes	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
a	O
consequence	O
of	O
the	O
VMDBMS	O
which	O
lets	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
database	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
space	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implication	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
object-relational	B-General_Concept
mapper	I-General_Concept
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
is	O
directly	O
accessed	O
using	O
SQL-like	O
queries	O
called	O
NewSQL	B-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
application	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
drawback	O
with	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
main	O
memory	O
is	O
volatile	O
and	O
does	O
therefore	O
not	O
ensure	O
durability	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
which	O
Starcounter	B-Application
utilizes	O
,	O
is	O
to	O
write	O
transaction	O
logs	O
to	O
a	O
disk	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
it	O
's	O
done	O
in	O
traditional	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
maintains	O
ACID	O
compliance	O
by	O
using	O
transactional	O
scope	O
and	O
transactional	B-Operating_System
memory	I-Operating_System
which	O
allows	O
for	O
long-running	O
transactions	O
,	O
nested	O
transactions	O
,	O
and	O
parallel	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
Model	O
–	O
View	O
–	O
ViewModel	O
(	O
MVVM	O
)	O
pattern	O
where	O
the	O
view	O
model	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server-side	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
using	O
C#	B-Application
since	O
the	O
platform	O
is	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
communication	O
between	O
the	O
client	O
and	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
done	O
using	O
a	O
thin	O
client	O
library	O
that	O
sends	O
JSON-patches	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recommended	O
way	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
view	O
in	O
Starcounter	B-Application
applications	O
is	O
to	O
use	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
Polymer	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Web	B-Language
Components	I-Language
,	O
with	O
as	O
little	O
logic	O
as	O
possible	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
can	O
be	O
likened	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
TimesTen	B-Application
in-memory	I-Application
database	I-Application
and	O
SAP	B-Application
HANA	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
these	O
have	O
in	O
common	O
is	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
all	O
based	O
on	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
technology	O
and	O
are	O
often	O
targeted	O
towards	O
customers	O
that	O
use	O
real-time	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
HANA	I-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
column-oriented	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TimesTen	B-Application
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
uses	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
is	O
unique	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
an	O
object-oriented	O
approach	O
that	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
application	O
(	O
VMDBMS	O
)	O
with	O
an	O
underlying	O
RDMBS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
AB	O
was	O
established	O
and	O
started	O
its	O
development	O
of	O
Starcounter	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Starcounter	B-Application
2.0	O
beta	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
bundles	O
a	O
web	O
application	O
framework	O
with	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
AB	O
was	O
named	O
a	O
"	O
Cool	O
Vendor	O
"	O
in	O
In-Memory	B-General_Concept
Computing	O
Technologies	O
for	O
2015	O
by	O
Gartner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Starcounter	B-Application
AB	O
took	O
in	O
35	O
million	O
SEK	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
existing	O
investors	O
and	O
an	O
anonymous	O
investor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Starcounter	B-Application
AB	O
won	O
a	O
2.2	O
million	O
Euro	O
prize	O
in	O
the	O
competition	O
"	O
SME	O
Instrument	O
-	O
Open	O
Disruptive	O
Innovation	O
Scheme	O
"	O
organized	O
by	O
Horizon	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcounter	B-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
enterprise	O
installations	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
application	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Swedish	O
superstore	O
Gekås	O
Ullared	O
.	O
</s>
