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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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Before & After – using Volt Active Data in Financial Services
Choosing a database is a complex affair. Is performance the most important factor in the decision? Is the selection constrained…
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Disrupters Use Fast Data to Create Advantage – So Can You
The overwhelming availability of fast data, the datafication of humanity, is igniting a new era of innovation and reshaping industries.…
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ACID: How to screw it up!
In my previous post, I described four applications (three implemented, one an example) that require, or at least strongly benefit…
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Managing Fast Data in a Content Delivery Network
MaxCDN is a content delivery network (CDN) provider that emphasizes reducing the latency and increasing the reliability of its rich-content…
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Apps that need ACID
There’s a lot of discussion about the value of consistency and ACID transactions in data management. I thought it would…
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451 Research Report “Points & Polygons: Volt Active Data adds Geospatial Support with v6.0”
Jason Stamper, lead analyst at 451 Research, reported today on Volt Active Data’s newest software release, v6.0. As Stamper points…
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Why the Innovators of Data-Intensive Apps Use the Cloud
I recently met with a bunch of Volt Active Data customers. These are companies in the business of data and…
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Introducing Geospatial Capabilities in Volt Active Data v6.0
As part of our 6.0 release, we’ve added new data types and functions that let you work with geospatial data…
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Introducing Volt Active Data v6.0
Volt Active Data is already the go-to product for developing fast data applications because of its unparalleled performance, availability, and…
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Fast Data Recipe: Design Data Pipelines
Processing big data effectively often requires multiple database engines, each specialized to a purpose. Databases that are very good at…
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Openet uses fast data to drive down TCO and support mobile data in real-time
Openet, a leading independent supplier of real-time business support systems (BSS), ensures that more than 600 million mobile telecommunications users…
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Fast Data Recipe: Integrate Streaming Aggregations and Transactions
In the Volt Active Data ebook, “Fast Data: Smart and at Scale,” Ryan Betts and I outline what we have…
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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.