There is a massive difference between generating the input data needed by a Machine Learning model once (to prove a concept), and doing it continuously, indefinitely, at scale, and within short time periods. Years of experience working with disparate and imperfect data sets lead me to suspect that people trying to move desktop scale ML […]
In my previous blog on big data analytics, we discussed how to apply your big data analytics to real-time applications. The idea is that, if you have built analytics on your data, the next step is to use the analytics directly in the applications to automate your business workflow and remove the manual components. In this […]
…and What they Say About the Future Happy 2018 everyone! In keeping with the tradition of reflection at the start of a new year, we at VoltDB decided to take a look back at the highlights on our database blog from 2017. Here are the top 5 performers — those most read: Numbers Don’t Lie: […]
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on November 1, 2017 on the InfoWorld blog. It is republished with permission. Even Google and Amazon can’t process data instantly—here’s how to combat latency in your real-time application Despite all the advances we’ve seen in data processing and database technology, there is no escaping data’s Public Enemy No. […]
Gamers want real-time offers and micro-transactions — but only if they are useful. This is a key finding from The Psychology of Waiting, a survey of 2,000 US consumers conducted by VansonBourne and sponsored by VoltDB. Almost 85% of consumers play online games and/or mobile games; approximately 44% of the world’s internet population plays some […]
Modern applications have two primary needs: performance and ease of operations, both at scale. 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 timeouts. When you take a […]
Consumer finances today largely exist online. More than 60% of consumers reported using a banking website and mobile app, according to The Psychology of Waiting survey, commissioned by VoltDB and conducted by VansonBourne. 19% reported using an investment app as well. However, the survey reveals that as finances become digital, consumers expect their banks to […]
