High-performance data management & analysis
A scalable relational database for high performance as
  data volumes grow
The ability to treat streaming and disk-based data as a
  single database for analysis without loss of speed
Analysis response in real-time

Open standards
Open interfaces to C/C++, java, .net

Highly productive programming environment
A single high-level language for programming
  and querying
Built-in time-series functions for fast analysis of
  time-ordered data
Simple administration and tuning
64-bit platform (Linux, Solaris, Windows and
  Mac OS X)