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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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MWC is Back! Top-Four Takeaways From the Return of the Leading Telco Event
If, like me, you’re a regular attendee of Mobile World Congress (MWC), you probably devoted a lot of time and…
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What Is a Cloud-Native Network Function?
A cloud-native network function (CNF), also known as container(ized) network function, is a network function designed to run inside containers,…
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As of Today, We Are Volt Active Data
It is my pleasure to announce that, as of today, we are no longer VoltDB and are now Volt Active…
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Introducing Volt Active Data
As of today, VoltDB is no longer VoltDB, we are Volt Active Data—a name-modification that’s been a long-time coming and has…
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New Report: The CIO’s guide to 5G as a business growth engine
5G offers telecom carriers a golden opportunity to move up the value chain from mass-scale, standardized B2C commodity products to…
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New Gartner Report Discusses Key Considerations and Actions for Data Management at the Edge
Edge computing has been around for a while now, but the arrival of 5G has opened another door to take…
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Our Top-Five Telco Trend Predictions for 2022
This year saw a more-rapid-than-ever growth in the telco 5G ecosystem. With bigger investments in research and development, improved network…
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How PCF Needs to Evolve With 5G
Can 5G change the world and our lives? Not surprisingly, Volt Active Data and our 5G technology partner Hewlett Packard Enterprise…
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Why Streamlined Billing is Now a Must-Have for Telco Digital Transformation
Streamlined billing hasn’t really been “a thing” until recently, thanks to the ever-more-complicated operational ecosystems of communications service providers (CSPs). …
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5G as a growth engine: How do telco IT systems need to evolve? (Webinar Q&A)
NOTE: THIS BLOG IS A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE Q&A SESSION FROM OUR RECENT WEBINAR WITH STL PARTNERS, “5G AS A…
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Five Things We Are Very Grateful For
One great thing (of many) about working in the data management space: there’s never a lack of twists and turns…
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Real-Time Decisioning for 5G Billing and Charging
The communications industry has evolved quite a bit over the last few years with the proliferation of 5G networks and…
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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.