New Gartner Paper Discusses How to Plan for IT Resiliency
Many enterprises strive to differentiate themselves from their competitors by providing jazzy new features and functionality. But it’s the businesses that are on 24 x 7 x 365 that get (and retain) the most customers, and they do this by having data centers and databases that can support always-on mission-critical applications. To put it simply, [...]
Volt Active Data Partners With AWS to Bring Decision Intelligence to the Edge
Volt Active Data and AWS have partnered to make the Volt Active Data Platform available in AWS Wavelength, a new and already publicly available AWS Infrastructure offering optimized for mobile edge computing applications and designed to drive and enable ultra-low latency on 5G devices. “We’re thrilled to offer the Volt Active Data Platform in AWS [...]
What is Cross Data Center Replication (XDCR)?
Cross Data Center Replication (XDCR) is an essential technology that facilitates data failover and disaster recovery. By replicating data across multiple data centers in different geographical locations, XDCR guarantees continuous service delivery to the end user by always having the backup of data in case one of the data centers is adversely affected. XDCR is [...]
What is Streaming Data?
Streaming data is data that flows in continuously from highly distributed sources. These data streams are constantly feeding data that data platforms can use or act upon dynamically and in real time, without the need to download or batch it first. Data streams come from a wide variety of sources and in many different formats, [...]
Why the Telco World Needs a New Form of Cross Data Center Replication
Today’s telco operators have two key needs: the need for their applications and data need to be in multiple physical locations at once to prevent data loss, and the need to respond within single-digit milliseconds to customer requests in order to maintain customer loyalty. But since geographic separation causes latency, there’s an inherent conflict in [...]
What is a microservices architecture?
A microservices architecture is a modular approach to application development that allows developers to deliver large, complex applications reliably and swiftly. Applications—such as those for customer management, charging, or billing—consist of many interconnected sub-tasks that work in tandem to deliver the desired business outcome. In the past, applications were designed as one whole piece—aka a [...]
