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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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Database Technology in a Blockchain World
It’s just about official—blockchain has taken over the world. Or, to be more accurate, the idea of blockchain has taken…
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The Humble Cloud Architect: What is your Cloud Database Strategy?
In 1972, Dr. Edsger Dijkstra wrote “The Humble Programmer,” in which he laid out his ideas about how to best…
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Is “Translytics” Just Rebranded “OLTP”?
Recently Forrester group has started to talk about “translytics” and Translytical Databases – databases that can “Deliver Analytics At The Speed…
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What Makes a Good Translytics Platform?
Previously, I critiqued the Forrester Wave Translytical Data Platforms Q4 2017 report. At the end, I promised to provide a…
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Volt Active Data Releases V8
Volt Active Data is pleased to announce V8. Our engineering team has spent the last year adding features across the…
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Solving Lambda Architecture’s Fast Layer Problem
Getting up to date answers about recent events and asking the same question about older data is really hard to…
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The State of Database Technology, Part 1: Scaleability
Editor’s note: This post is re-posted here by permission from the author. The original post was on LinkedIn on December…
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Oracle vs. NoSQL vs. NewSQL — Comparing Database Technology
The world has changed massively in the past 20 years. Back in the year 2000, a few million users connected…
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NewSQL in Plain English
Editor’s note: This post is re-posted here by permission from the author. The original post was on LinkedIn on January 10, 2018.…
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QuickStart Video: Using Volt Active Data With Docker
Docker is a powerful tool that many of our customers and community members use for the development and testing of…
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Database Resolutions for 2018
The New Year brings about the perfect time to start fresh and set some new goals. So, in the spirit…
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“Forrester Wave Translytical Data Platforms Q4 2017” Puts a Good Foot Forward But Doesn’t Take Users Far Enough on the Selection Criteria
Forrester recently published a new Wave™ report on Translytical Data Platforms. In it, they define a Translytical Data Platform as:…
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