Winning now and in the future: where Volt Active Data shines
2015 was a big year for Volt Active Data. Our product improved as we added exciting features and invested in making the product more robust. Our team has grown, as have the number of users, customers and revenue. However, three things stand out that really make 2015 for me. The kinds of customers we are […]
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 by incumbent infrastructure and applications? Or are you working on a new application and feel free to consider the newest, hottest technologies – but then you need to decide which to use? Wading through available […]
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. Volumes of data are pouring into enterprises, drowning them in the details about their customers, their products, and their networks. Market disrupters have figured out how to harness this inflow of data to create business […]
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 from, strong ACID transactions. With that out of the way, we can now get to the fun bits. Today’s claim: most databases that claim to be 100% ACID compliant fudge definitions, goof up, or deliberately […]
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 delivery. It provides CDN services to digital advertisers, ad networks, publishers, hosting providers, gaming companies, and mobile providers. The company’s business challenge was to provide customers with real-time analytics of content delivery in addition to […]
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 be useful to describe three fully implemented enterprise-class applications, and one example application, that need ACID transactions. These descriptions should make an abstract concept a bit more concrete. “The Last Dollar Problem” Airpush is a […]
