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We’ve been writing a lot about challenges lately. We recently wrote about API challenges – now we’re discussing challenges with Kafka Streams. Volt is very big on Kafka, as we specialize in complementing it in a really powerful way to allow enterprises to get the most…
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Imagine the digital world as a bustling highway, where data packets are vehicles racing to their destinations. In this fast-paced ecosystem, two vital elements determine the efficiency of this traffic: latency and throughput. Let’s unravel the mystery behind these terms and examine…
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Enterprise customers that require ‘five nines’ availability need it as a guarantee, not just a vague promise. That’s why we’ve introduced Volt In-Service Upgrade “Active(ISU)”, which allows you to upgrade clusters without having to shut anything down. When all the nodes have…
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) has become a major headache for most tech companies whose product and/or services rely on being fast while staying reliable and accurate. It’s wonderful if your applications run at the speed of light, but what’s that worth…
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Volt has been involved with the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark (YCSB) for some time. Every now and then we re-run the benchmark to see how we’re holding up. We recently re-ran it against newer Amazon hardware and discovered that: We’ve also made it possible…
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In 2021, the fantasy sports market brought in an impressive $24 billion. By 2030, that number is projected to increase to $78.5 billion, growing nearly 14 percent each year. This growth is due to a confluence of factors, including relaxed government regulations and the emergence of…