Tag: real-time

How Will Edge and IoT Converge?

How Will Edge and IoT Converge? These Use Cases Provide Some Hints

April 19, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
In recent years, two rapidly developing technologies have been transforming the way organizations build and use applications: edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT).  In the simplest terms: edge computing refers to processing data at or very close to where it’s generated; IoT refers to physical objects connected to the Internet. IoT devices have [...]
2 Key Real-Time Data Processing Use Cases to Know About

The Power of Real-Time Data Processing

April 13, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
Over the last ten years, there’s been a lot of talk about real-time data and real-time decisioning, and how they promise to transform how organizations operate.  Up until recently, however, “real time” didn’t actually mean “real time” — it meant something closer to “as fast as is possible with current technology.” Fast-forward a decade, and [...]
Top 5 Apache Kafka Use Cases

Top 5 Apache Kafka Use Cases: When to Use Kafka

March 23, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
Apache Kafka is now the official gatekeeper of streaming data. It’s a distributed data store designed and perfectly calibrated to ingest and process streaming data (ie, data continuously generated by thousands of sources) in real time.  As both the amount and value of streaming data rapidly grow, it’s becoming increasingly important for companies to start [...]
5 Things to Know about Open API

5 Things to Know About Open API Adoption

March 09, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
The adoption of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), open and otherwise, has become a ‘topic du jour’. API usage continues to surge and many API-based tools are emerging to help developers and engineering teams take full advantage of APIs.  At the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, for example, APIs and API adoption was oft-discussed topics [...]
Kafka Event Stream Processing at Scale: Common Kafka Challenges

Kafka Event Stream Processing at Scale: Common Kafka Challenges

February 23, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
Everyone has Kafka issues. Well, maybe not everyone, but most companies that end up using Apache Kafka in any meaningful way do end up facing certain Kafka challenges, most of which aren’t necessarily easy to resolve.  First off — why are companies even using Kafka in the first place?  In today’s real-time era, more and [...]
Why Monetizing 5G is Becoming a Reality Blog

Why Monetizing 5G is Becoming a Reality

February 16, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
Last week I had the chance to speak in two separate panels at RCR Wireless’s 5G Monetization Forum: “Creating a Win-Win Business Model for all Players in the Value Chain“ and “Scaling with Flexibility. Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) - Monetizing a world of Capabilities”.  The common thread? 5G and its use cases.  Ever since 5G [...]
5 Data Trends to Watch for in 2023

5 Data Trends to Watch for in 2023

January 05, 2023
By: Briana Matejcik
As 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 going.  As it turns out, 2022 turned out to be a [...]
What is an Event-Driven Microservices Architecture

What is an Event-Driven Microservices Architecture?

October 19, 2022
By: Briana Matejcik
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: Event producers, which detect and send events to routers when they occur, Event routers, which analyze events and determine where to send them, and [...]
what is eventual consistency

What is Eventual Consistency?

September 20, 2022
By: Briana Matejcik
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 database products were built upon the eventual consistency model, there are a number [...]
difference between a customer data platform and a regular data platform

Difference Between a Customer Data Platform and a Regular Data Platform

September 01, 2022
By: Briana Matejcik
While customer data platforms (CDPs) and “regular” data platforms, or data management platforms, might sound similar and might provide organizations with similar benefits, they are not the same. They can, however, be used in conjunction with one another in order to enrich company data and target customers more effectively. Keep reading to learn more about [...]

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