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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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Top 5 Real-Time Data Processing Trends of 2023
2023 was a huge year for real-time data processing. Enterprises are more focused than ever using real-time data to guide…
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Everything You Need to Know About AI Democratization
Over the last year or so, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from something most people consider science fiction to an…
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New Benchmark: Volt Very Cost-Effective at Scale on Amazon Hardware
Volt has been involved with the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark (YCSB) for some time. Every now and then we re-run the benchmark…
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Why Volt is the OLTP Data Platform of Choice
A lot of companies use Volt Active Data for classic Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), but why would you pick Volt…
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Why the Edge/IoT Convergence Calls for a New Type of Data Platform
The convergence of two powerful technologies — edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) — is transforming the way organizations generate, process, manage,…
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TechSparks 2023 – The Great Indian Techade
TechSparks’23, organized by YourStory Media, was an amazing three-day conference covering valuable insight and learnings from the very top of the…
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How Volt and Redpanda Help Companies Take Real-Time Actions on Streaming Data
THIS BLOG IS PART 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES. PART 1 DELVED INTO BENCHMARK DATA. PART 3 WILL DISCUSS SPECIFIC…
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Cloud, AI at Scale, and Telco to Techco: Digital Transformation World 2023 Takeaways
My colleagues and I just got back from TM Forum’s Data Transformation World (DTW) 2023 in Copenhagen. This was our second year attending and…
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Volt + Redpanda: 100K complex decisions per second for <$13 an hour
INTRODUCTION The desire and need to use data in “real time” is driving an evolution from slow, batch-oriented processing to…
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Why Private Networks Require Real-Time Data Processing
In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital connectivity, private networks are emerging as a critical solution for organizations and industries…
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Volt Achieves 4.1 Million TPS on Supermicro Edge Hardware
We’re excited to announce very strong results from benchmarking Volt Active Data on Supermicro edge hardware. Supermicro is a global technology…
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5 Tech Stack Mistakes Companies Need to Avoid
Here at Volt we see a lot of customers who come to us having devoted heartbreaking amounts of time, energy,…
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Volt is the real-time decisioning layer for mission-critical systems, ensuring decisions are made and enforced immediately against accurate state, even under sustained load.
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.