Tag: real-time data
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When Does Streaming Data Become Real-Time Data?
Read more: When Does Streaming Data Become Real-Time Data?We’ve been hearing a lot about real-time data platforms and also about streaming data and streaming data-enabling messaging technology such as Apache Kafka. The idea is to turn your streaming data into real-time data by using it while it still has value.…
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Why Streaming Data Platforms Need True Real-Time Decisioning
Read more: Why Streaming Data Platforms Need True Real-Time DecisioningSimply put: in the year 2023 and for the foreseeable future, businesses need to be able to process and analyze data in real time to remain competitive. Streaming data platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS Kinesis, and…
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Why You Can’t Retrofit Real-Time Decisioning
Read more: Why You Can’t Retrofit Real-Time DecisioningReal-time decisioning has rapidly gained popularity within the tech zeitgeist, especially with its connection to streaming data. It seems like everything these days either happens in real time or it doesn’t happen at all. But companies are starting to run into a major…
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5 Data Trends to Watch for in 2023
Read more: 5 Data Trends to Watch for in 2023As 2023 gets going, most companies are still pretty obsessed with “data”—as we are. Data is “the new oil”. You knew that already. But trends within the vast data realm come and go and some of them are clearly coming while others are clearly…
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What is an Event-Driven Microservices Architecture?
Read more: What is an Event-Driven Microservices Architecture?An event-driven microservices architecture is an approach to software development where decoupled microservices are designed to communicate with one another when events occur. These architectures are comprised of three critical features: What is an event? As the name suggests, an event occurs when some specific action…
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DTW 2022: APIs, 5G, and Moving on From Legacy
Read more: DTW 2022: APIs, 5G, and Moving on From LegacyMy colleagues and I just got back from TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2022 in Copenhagen. It was the first in-person DTW in three years and my first time attending. If you’ve never been, it’s kind of like a boutique Mobile World…
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What is Eventual Consistency?
Read more: What is Eventual Consistency?Eventual consistency is a data modeling concept that ensures that updates made to distributed NoSQL databases will eventually be reflected across all nodes. This ensures that identical database queries will return the same results after some period of time. While many new…
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What is Industrial IoT?
Read more: What is Industrial IoT?Industrial IoT represents the next phase in the evolution of the Internet of Things, wherein smart manufacturers increasingly invest in connected physical products that have embedded computing devices in them in order to drive operational efficiency, reduce manual work, and otherwise accelerate…
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3 Ways Your Hyper-Personalization is Subtracting Value
Read more: 3 Ways Your Hyper-Personalization is Subtracting ValueRecently I flew from Dublin, where I live, to Volt’s new HQ outside Boston. Apart from the usual travel delays and headaches, what made the journey stand out was the significant number of late, delayed, and out-of-context or tone-deaf messages I got…
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How Telcos Can Decide Which Verticals to Target With Edge Computing
Read more: How Telcos Can Decide Which Verticals to Target With Edge ComputingAs telcos focus on unlocking the full value of 5G, leading operators are paying more and more attention to the edge. After all, edge computing promises to deliver transformative benefits to operators, enabling them to build next-generation applications for their customers. For example, instead of…
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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…