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My three-month-long internship at Volt Active Data was meaningful and unforgettable. By working with all the talents in this company, I’ve learned countless coding techniques, which deepened my knowledge of software engineering, and sharpened my communication skills. My main work at Volt…
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My name is Dinesh Majeti and I am a Ph.D. student from the University of Houston in the field of Computer Science. It is an exciting moment when you start to work in the industry for the first time, especially as a…
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We added support for scalar user-defined functions in our recent release, Volt Active Data V7.6. With this feature, users can write their own SQL functions in Java and load them into Volt Active Data. Those functions, once loaded, can be used in…
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As summer comes to a close, we’ve posted another monthly Volt Active Data release, now available for download. Volt Active Data v7.7 introduces several features that improve usability and performance. The release adds: More Details Learn more on our product news page,…
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Introduction NoSQL databases, such as Apache Cassandra, are often used in operational applications. However, a new breed of databases, such as Volt Active Data, are revolutionizing the fast data landscape. Volt Active Data is an in-memory NewSQL transactional database for fast data…
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Digital has become the new mantra for success and every Enterprise across the globe wants to ‘go digital’. As more companies embark on their digital transformation journey, they often need to build new fast data applications that rely on cutting edge technology.…
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The financial industry is undergoing a fast data revolution and we hear from a lot of our clients about why fast data is becoming an increasingly critical requirement in their IT infrastructure. This blog looks at some of the key trends for…
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Telco networks have always generated fast data at line speed. In telco use cases like policy management, decisions are already made on that data in near real-time. In many other cases, network and customer data is backhauled into a data lake and…
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Several days ago, I saw a tweet fly by in my stream. The creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl, was recommending Golang for any new server-side projects. While Node.js is still very popular, the growth in microservices has been driving a more wide-spread…
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Last Monday on August 28th, a number of the Volt Active Data staff attended the Kafka Summit in San Francisco. This one-day event brought in over 700 attendees from the developer audience to attend 30+ valuable technical talks and breakout sessions, and…
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We’re ending the summer 2017 season with a bang – our new release, Volt Active Data v7.6, totally eclipses all other Volt Active Data releases with the introduction User Defined Function (UDF) support, a new performance Analysis tab in our Volt Active…
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Credit card fraud is ever-growing and ever-present. According to the 2016 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud study, the total cost per dollar of fraud losses has reached $2.40. The total cost of fraud as a percentage of revenue has continued to rise…