What the heck is personalization?
What I’ve learned from working in the software industry is that the word “personalization” can mean many different things to many different people. My intent in this blog series is to explore the different meanings as they pertain to various industries: Mobile/Utilities, Gaming, Advertising Technology, Retail/IoT, eCommerce, Loyalty, Energy, and Travel. This edition will be […]
Tech Spotlight: Top customer questions
We recently received a question from a customer who was looking for a quick way to repurpose some Volt Active Data production servers to create a disaster recovery site. The customer had a 5-node cluster with a k-safety factor of 2, which means the cluster maintains three synchronized copies of each record, distributed on different […]
What Do Telcos Look for in a Fast Data Solution?
Telcos run some of the most demanding data management environments in the business world. There’s the network environment: Telco network efficiency guidelines have extreme requirements for the availability and performance of network infrastructure, hardware, and software: known as “six 9s”, or 99.9999% availability. That equates to unscheduled downtime of no more than 31 seconds PER […]
Shocking Fact: Stored Procedures make OLTP faster. Seriously!
There are three ways to interact with the database in client / server computing: Play “Twenty Questions” with SQL statements; Move all the data to the client, and then back again; and, Use a stored procedure to move the problem to the server. Of these, using stored procedures is the most efficient and logical choice […]
Volt Active Data and Amazon EBS – Optimal use of IO devices
Volt Active Data is now available ‘by the hour’ on Amazon EC2. To get best results and optimal TCO from your Volt Active Data cloud instances, users need to understand how Volt Active Data handles IO, which we’ll discuss below. At the close of this blog, we’ll also review available IO options. Why would an […]
Volt Active Data CEO Vision: Listen first to build a legacy
Some time ago, a mentor of mine advised me to listen more than I spoke. He told me the secrets to building a successful company: listen to your customers to understand the true value of what your company offers. Listen to your employees to understand what is necessary to create the best product, and empower […]
