Tag: real-time analytics
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Why Retailers Need Real-Time Data Processing
Read more: Why Retailers Need Real-Time Data ProcessingThe big shopping season may be over, but it’s never too late for retailers to prepare for the next big shopping surge – before it has a chance to break their stacks. Many if not most retailers and ecommerce businesses depend heavily on…
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Database Revolutionizers Reviewed
Read more: Database Revolutionizers ReviewedRecently, data warehouse architect and industry expert, John Ryan, wrote an article about the evolution of database architecture. In it, he reviews traditional database and machine architectures (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM), then more interestingly goes on to detail the main solutions for shared…
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What the **** is Translytics / a Translytical Database?
Read more: What the **** is Translytics / a Translytical Database?Data is often repeated as the lifeblood of modern business. Companies use data to drive decisions and strategies, as well as run applications based off those decisions (which in turn generates new data for decisions and strategies, which new applications are based…
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5 Fast Data Trends in Financial Services
Read more: 5 Fast Data Trends in Financial ServicesThe financial industry is undergoing a fast data revolution and we hear from a lot of our clients about why fast data is becoming an increasingly critical requirement in their IT infrastructure. This blog looks at some of the key trends for…
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Beyond Analytics to Real-time Decisions
Read more: Beyond Analytics to Real-time DecisionsCompanies and business leaders are increasingly realizing the advantages and opportunities provided by implementing real-time decision making and action on streams of data. Joe McKendrick, writing for the DBTA thought leadership series, sees the trend as well — and has the evidence…
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Fast Data Pipeline Design: Updating Per-Event Decisions by Swapping Tables
Read more: Fast Data Pipeline Design: Updating Per-Event Decisions by Swapping TablesVolt Active Data was one of the first companies to enable a new modern breed of applications, applications that combine streaming, or “fast data”, tightly with big data.We call these applications Fast Data Pipelines. First, a quick high-level summary of the fast…
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Fraud – Five Takeaways from our Analyst Webinar
Read more: Fraud – Five Takeaways from our Analyst WebinarMany Volt Active Data customers are creating externally-facing applications which face the potential of being hacked, with the applications and/or data being used in some fraudulent manner that can cost the businesses considerable time, effort and money. In addition, some of our…
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Why Telcos Need a Real-Time Analytics Strategy
Read more: Why Telcos Need a Real-Time Analytics StrategyHistorically, telco analytics have been limited and difficult. Telco networks and the systems that support those networks are some of the most advanced technology solutions in existence. The performance requirements for telco networks are staggering – the ability to process millions of…