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In the first part of this series, I argued that Databricks and Snowflake are not walking away from Apache Kafka. They are targeting a narrower and more commercially interesting problem,…
Introducing the Volt Active Data Developer Hub – three guided paths for Kafka, SQL, and AI-agent builders, a browser sandbox backed by a live cluster, and everything in between to…
If you work in network operations, financial services, or any environment running at enterprise scale, you have invested heavily in observability (Dashboards, alerts, correlation rules, etc.) with Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace,…
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Announcing Volt Active Data v7.7
As summer comes to a close, we’ve posted another monthly Volt Active Data release, now available for download. Volt Active…
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Comparing Fast Data Performance: A comparison of Volt Active Data and Cassandra Benchmarks
Introduction NoSQL databases, such as Apache Cassandra, are often used in operational applications. However, a new breed of databases, such…
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What the **** is Translytics / a Translytical Database?
Data is often repeated as the lifeblood of modern business. Companies use data to drive decisions and strategies, as well…
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Announcing Volt Active Data Enterprise Lab Program
Digital has become the new mantra for success and every Enterprise across the globe wants to ‘go digital’. As more…
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5 Fast Data Trends in Financial Services
The financial industry is undergoing a fast data revolution and we hear from a lot of our clients about why…
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How is Fast Data Transforming the Telco Landscape?
Telco networks have always generated fast data at line speed. In telco use cases like policy management, decisions are already…
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Go Faster!
Several days ago, I saw a tweet fly by in my stream. The creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl, was recommending…
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Kafka Summit 2017 – Key Takeaways and Commentary
Last Monday on August 28th, a number of the Volt Active Data staff attended the Kafka Summit in San Francisco.…
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Volt Active Data Announces v7.6
We’re ending the summer 2017 season with a bang – our new release, Volt Active Data v7.6, totally eclipses all…
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Part 2 in Series: Unanswered Q&A from Webinar — “Surviving IoT: How Telcos Can Thrive in the Next Industrial Revolution”
For part 1 of the series, click here. The Internet of Things (IoT) will be a fundamental shift from the…
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Measuring Real-Time
Editor’s note: This blog post first appeared on the InfoWorld blog on August 28th The term “real-time” is thrown around…
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What’s Missing from Your Fraud Detection Strategy?
Credit card fraud is ever-growing and ever-present. According to the 2016 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud study, the total cost…
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