What is an Event-Driven Microservices Architecture?
An event-driven microservices architecture is an approach to software development where decoupled microservices are designed to communicate with one another when events occur. These architectures are comprised of three critical features: Event producers, which detect and send events to routers when they occur, Event routers, which analyze events and determine where to send them, and [...]
DTW 2022: APIs, 5G, and Moving on From Legacy
My colleagues and I just got back from TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2022 in Copenhagen. It was the first in-person DTW in three years and my first time attending. If you’ve never been, it’s kind of like a boutique Mobile World Congress (MWC). Perhaps the most noticeable thing about this conference was how [...]
What is Eventual Consistency?
Eventual consistency is a data modeling concept that ensures that updates made to distributed NoSQL databases will eventually be reflected across all nodes. This ensures that identical database queries will return the same results after some period of time. While many new database products were built upon the eventual consistency model, there are a number [...]
Difference Between a Customer Data Platform and a Regular Data Platform
While customer data platforms (CDPs) and “regular” data platforms, or data management platforms, might sound similar and might provide organizations with similar benefits, they are not the same. They can, however, be used in conjunction with one another in order to enrich company data and target customers more effectively. Keep reading to learn more about [...]
Top 4 Trends in Multi-Access Edge Computing
Over the last few years, the market for multi-access edge computing (MEC) has changed considerably. In 2020, just 7% of communications service providers (CSPs) had deployed MEC solutions commercially, according to a new report from TM Forum. Fast-forward to today, and more and more CSPs are investing in the edge—and even prioritizing such investments above [...]
5G Orchestration: A Critical Enabler of New Revenue Streams (Webinar Q&A)
This blog provides the Q&A from the Jun. 21 STL Partners and Volt Active Data webinar, “5G Orchestration: A Critical Enabler of New Revenue Streams”. Some of the webinar’s insights were based on a survey of 146 executives from telcos, vendors, and application providers across Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and Latin America. We’ve also published [...]
