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Insights on building, scaling, and enforcing real-time decisions in modern data-driven systems.
The current discourse around AI is fixated on the "Brain" – Large Language Models (LLMs) and the generative capabilities of agents. But for the enterprise, a brain without a nervous…
In 2025, real-time decisioning shifted from a technical ambition to a business requirement. As streaming, AI, and edge computing matured, organizations were forced to rethink how quickly, consistently, and safely…
In mid-October 2025, a single race condition in the DNS automation layer behind Amazon DynamoDB triggered one of the largest cloud outages in recent memory. Tens of thousands of businesses…
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How Volt Active Data Complements Vertica for Network Intelligence and Automation Applications
To deliver reliable, fast, and responsive services, providers demand real-time automation informed by actionable insights gleaned from the torrents of…
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What is real-time billing mediation?
Real-time billing mediation is the process of using up-to-the-second data usage information to proactively identify errors, prevent inaccurate invoicing, notify…
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Do NoSQL databases need DBAs?
In last week’s blog I questioned the need for DBAs, concluding that yes, DBAs are still valuable in the current…
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Whither DBA: Will we still have them in 2026?
I recently fielded a question from a former co-worker who works as a senior Oracle Database Administrator (DBA). I spent…
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The Four Things You Need for Contextual Decision-Making
Why Enterprises Need Contextual Decisioning The world today is faster-paced than ever before, and the explosive growth of both 5G…
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Why We’re Excited About the Anthos Partnership
Recently we announced we had joined Google Cloud’s 5G Edge/ISV partner initiative, and that we would be available in Google…
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MWC21: Boots, or in Our Case, ‘Robot Wheels’, on the Ground in Barcelona
This was a Mobile World Congress (MWC) like no other. Thanks to COVID, I was not there with a team…
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How to Use Contextual Decisioning to Optimize Business Outcomes
More and more organizations are seeking to operationalize their decisions into software-enabled platforms as part of their digital transformation. These…
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What’s an in-memory database?
An in-memory database is a modern data management system that stores data in the system’s main memory (most often RAM),…
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Why “Unstructured Data” is a Very Relative Term
80% of your data will be unstructured within four years, according to Data Management Solutions Review. Perhaps not surprisingly, the…
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What is Network as a Service?
Network as a Service is a cloud computing model in which managed cloud vendors provide virtualized network equipment and networking…
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Why ‘Digital Transformation’ for Telcos Means Stack Simplification
5G promises a brave new world of connectivity. Be it life-saving remote surgery, immersive learning, intelligent fraud detection, or predictive…
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If your system cannot tolerate delayed enforcement, inconsistent behavior, or reconciliation after the fact, let’s start a conversation about whether a dedicated decisioning layer makes sense for your architecture.