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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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Volt Active Data v8.1 Released
We are pleased to announce Volt Active Data v8.1. This release includes features that can reduce the total cost of…
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What Is Thought-Provoking to Our Readers?
Database Blog Trends, First Half 2018 Looking back over the first half of the year, we notice three trends in…
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Data Strategies for 5G: BSS Transformation Q&A
As we enter the 5G era, strategic telcos are digitizing their infrastructures to not only handle the explosion of data…
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6 Reasons Why Your Machine Learning Project Will Fail to Get Into Production
There is a massive difference between generating the input data needed by a Machine Learning model once (to prove a…
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How Volt Active Data Serves Machine Learning Models in Real-Time
In my previous blog on big data analytics, we discussed how to apply your big data analytics to real-time applications. The…
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The 3 Horsemen of the Legacy System Apocalypse
The world is speeding up; people expect customized information and services immediately. In these tumultuous times, some companies are clinging…
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Volt Active Data Innovation Week: Driving Product Roadmap
Recently we held our Q1 Innovation Week, culminating in presentations and voting on the innovation projects created by our engineering…
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How Real Time Are Your Analytics?
Not surprisingly, your business has collected a lot of data over the past few years, and you have used some…
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Data Strategies for 5G – A Closer Look at Policy Rules and Charging
Editor’s Note: This was originally posted by VanillaPlus, regarding a webinar VanillaPlus hosted featuring Beccham Research and Volt Active Data.…
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The Arrival of 5G — Do You Have a Fast Data Strategy?
5G isn’t just an incremental increase in speed and bandwidth, it’s the new face of the network and a key…
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How to Increase Player Retention and ARPU in a Free-to-Play Market
2017 was a breakout year for mobile gaming. Even though games only accounted for 40% of the total mobile app…
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Strategy Q&A from the Humble Cloud Architect
Recently, we hosted a webinar entitled “The Humble Cloud Architect: What is Your Database Strategy?” We had a number of…
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