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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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New Go language driver available for Volt Active Data
I’m happy to introduce a fully featured, high-performance Volt Active Data client for the go language. The golang client is…
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Fast Data vs. Big Data – Is it the classic case of David vs. Goliath?
I recently joined Volt Active Data as the lead Solutions Architect responsible for helping prospects, customers and partners in the…
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Lies, Damned Lies and “Eventual Consistency”
Let me start by making an arrogant statement: There is no such thing as eventual consistency. There is only ‘Immediate…
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Volt Active Data 6.4 Passes Official Jepsen Testing
Volt Active Data hired Kyle Kingsbury, creator of the Jepsen Tests, to build a new, stronger, Jepsen test especially for…
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The two types of databases: Defines the World, or Reacts to the World
There’s a very simple distinction in the database world that tends to be ignored. Your database either: Or, it If…
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The role of a fast database in the NFV revolution
Innovation in the telecommunications industry has been led primarily by hardware vendors, offering differentiating capabilities to carriers. This has created…
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From the Internet of People to the IoT and the Analytics of Things – industry examples
This post is a contribution from Cheryl Wiebe, Partner of Advanced Analytics at Teradata West Region. If you follow Gartner,…
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Do you have an IoT checklist?
This blog was adapted from a post that first appeared on LinkedIn. There’s an interesting article in The Economist on consumer IOT.…
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A Question of Degree: Thoughts from the In-Memory Computing Summit
Volt Active Data was a sponsor of the recent In-Memory Computing Summit in San Francisco. I always enjoy going back…
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Introducing our new eBook, Architecting for the Internet of Things
Ryan Betts is one of Volt Active Data’s founding developers, and is currently our CTO. He’s been designing and building…
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Volt Active Data Cross Data Center Replication
Check out or documentation site to learn more about Volt Active Data Cross Data Center Replication. In section 11.3, you’ll…
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Continuous queries on streams in Volt Active Data using materialized views
We’ve added a new feature in Volt Active Data v6.6: support for joins in materialized views. We’re very pleased to…
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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.