Category: Telco/5G
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The 8 Challenges of Cloud-Native Deployments for BSS Applications
Read more: The 8 Challenges of Cloud-Native Deployments for BSS ApplicationsCloud-native deployments have transformed software development. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s 2021 Annual Survey, 96% of organizations are using or evaluating Kubernetes. More specifically, 5.6 million developers are using Kubernetes, too — a 67%increase from just last year. Cloud-native architectures enable loosely…
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What is Convergent Charging?
Read more: What is Convergent Charging?Convergent charging is a solution that enables telco operators to offer and manage a variety of different services — including voice, video, data, and multimedia — and charge customers on a prepaid or post-paid basis. With a convergent charging solution in place,…
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What is Quality of Service (QoS)?
Read more: What is Quality of Service (QoS)?Quality of Service (QoS) encompasses the tools and technologies that enable telco operators to ensure networks, applications, and services are highly performant regardless of network capacity. By giving network admins visibility into important metrics and allowing them to allocate bandwidth to mission-critical…
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What is High Availability and Why Do You Need it?
Read more: What is High Availability and Why Do You Need it?High availability describes systems or networks that can operate continuously, with minimal downtime, even during peak usage. The advent of 5G has made high availability more important than ever as it has significantly increased the volume, variety, and velocity of data flowing…
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The (Very Important) Difference Between ‘Reacting’ and ‘Responding’ to Data
Read more: The (Very Important) Difference Between ‘Reacting’ and ‘Responding’ to DataThe data world is changing faster than ever—but it’s always changing faster than ever. The speeds and volumes at which data now enters enterprise systems are of course far greater than even a year ago, and a year ago it was far greater than…
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What is Network Slicing?
Read more: What is Network Slicing?Network slicing is the process of dividing physical networks into several smaller virtual networks that can be configured to support unique architectures, rules, performance characteristics, and security features based on predetermined KPIs and service-level agreements (SLAs). With network slicing, telecom operators can…
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Making Network Slicing A Reality: How Should Telcos Transform? (Webinar Q&A)
Read more: Making Network Slicing A Reality: How Should Telcos Transform? (Webinar Q&A)NOTE: SINCE THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE, VOLTDB HAS CHANGED ITS NAME TO VOLT ACTIVE DATA. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHY, PLEASE SEE AN EXPLANATION AROUND THEIR RENAMING IN THIS BLOG POST. On Feb. 15 we hosted a webinar with STL Partners…
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MWC is Back! Top-Four Takeaways From the Return of the Leading Telco Event
Read more: MWC is Back! Top-Four Takeaways From the Return of the Leading Telco EventIf, like me, you’re a regular attendee of Mobile World Congress (MWC), you probably devoted a lot of time and energy to set up meetings for MWC 2020, only to see it all evaporate before your eyes over the course of a…
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As of Today, We Are Volt Active Data
Read more: As of Today, We Are Volt Active DataIt is my pleasure to announce that, as of today, we are no longer VoltDB and are now Volt Active Data. It’s an important move that reflects how we’ve grown as a company and also how the 5G-enabled, real-time data universe has…
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Introducing Volt Active Data
Read more: Introducing Volt Active DataAs of today, VoltDB is no longer VoltDB, we are Volt Active Data—a name-modification that’s been a long-time coming and has involved numerous internal discussions, late-night realizations, early-morning coffees, and, potentially, a Slack debate or two. The TL;DR version: we realized we needed…
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New Report: The CIO’s guide to 5G as a business growth engine
Read more: New Report: The CIO’s guide to 5G as a business growth engine5G offers telecom carriers a golden opportunity to move up the value chain from mass-scale, standardized B2C commodity products to higher-value enterprise solutions for B2B and B2B2X (businesses offering services to enterprise or consumer end-customers). Doing so will result in new revenue…
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New Gartner Report Discusses Key Considerations and Actions for Data Management at the Edge
Read more: New Gartner Report Discusses Key Considerations and Actions for Data Management at the EdgeEdge computing has been around for a while now, but the arrival of 5G has opened another door to take edge computing capabilities (and results) to an unprecedented level—IF you can properly manage your edge data. A new Gartner report, Get Ready For…