Category: Volt Capabilities
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8 Tips for Evaluating a Database in 2022
Read more: 8 Tips for Evaluating a Database in 2022It’s that time of year — the “wrap up/planning” blogs are among us as we look to a new year. With that, Volt Active Data has decided to put together a few tips and recommendations to consider when evaluating database technologies in…
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Microservices – What CSPs can Learn From IT
Read more: Microservices – What CSPs can Learn From ITCSPs are in a critical period of transformation right now. Omnipresent connectivity is driving new disruptive business models which are further driving up demands on the networks. Virtualization of appliances and systems is seen as a necessary step to add the agility…
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The Changing Landscape of Databases in Financial Services
Read more: The Changing Landscape of Databases in Financial ServicesFor decades, relational databases was the de-facto choice for financial service companies, until the 2000s where systems started to face challenges with scalability and availability as the amount of data being processed and consumed shaped how companies conducted their business. NoSQL databases…
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Volt Active Data Bonded Network Compatibility
Read more: Volt Active Data Bonded Network CompatibilityIn this post we describe Volt Active Data’s high availability architecture and how it interacts with bonded networks. Together they offer protection and continuity against network failovers. How do we know? Because we tested it and describe the tests we ran to…
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Key Considerations for a Modern Database to Operate at Scale
Read more: Key Considerations for a Modern Database to Operate at ScaleModern applications have two primary needs: Performance The performance consists of two aspects: throughput and latency. Both are driven by applications becoming machine-driven i.e. API-driven. Humans will wait much longer than an API will since APIs have strict latency expectations due to…
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Questions and Answers about Modern Database Architecture
Read more: Questions and Answers about Modern Database ArchitectureVolt Active Data and DBTA teamed up to host a webinar in October titled “Architectural Considerations for a Modern Database to Operate at Scale”. We had a number of excellent questions during that session, which are reproduced below. Editor’s Note Unless otherwise…
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The Open Source Real-Time Question (and Fast Data Answers)
Read more: The Open Source Real-Time Question (and Fast Data Answers)Rising Amounts of Information As we look at total amount of information created world wide, we see an exponentially rising curve. According to the 2017 Internet Trends study, the amount of total information generated in the world today is about 16 zettabytes…
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What Real-Time Application Pattern Works for You?
Read more: What Real-Time Application Pattern Works for You?3 common real-time application patterns that require a real-time decision Editor’s note: This blog post first appeared on the InfoWorld blog on September 29, 2017. At first glance, building a real-time application may sound like a daunting proposition, one that involves technical…
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Improving Initialization — An Intern’s Story
Read more: Improving Initialization — An Intern’s StoryMy three-month-long internship at Volt Active Data was meaningful and unforgettable. By working with all the talents in this company, I’ve learned countless coding techniques, which deepened my knowledge of software engineering, and sharpened my communication skills. My main work at Volt…
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Improving SQL Execution – An Intern’s Story
Read more: Improving SQL Execution – An Intern’s StoryMy name is Dinesh Majeti and I am a Ph.D. student from the University of Houston in the field of Computer Science. It is an exciting moment when you start to work in the industry for the first time, especially as a…
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Using UDF for Machine Learning
Read more: Using UDF for Machine LearningWe added support for scalar user-defined functions in our recent release, Volt Active Data V7.6. With this feature, users can write their own SQL functions in Java and load them into Volt Active Data. Those functions, once loaded, can be used in…
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Announcing Volt Active Data v7.7
Read more: Announcing Volt Active Data v7.7As summer comes to a close, we’ve posted another monthly Volt Active Data release, now available for download. Volt Active Data v7.7 introduces several features that improve usability and performance. The release adds: More Details Learn more on our product news page,…
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