5G – VoltDB

Why Milliseconds Matter: The 5G Real-Time Opportunity

May 05, 2021

Advances in 5G have given telecom providers the opportunity to adopt agile, future-proof infrastructures. Organizations that adapt their data platforms as 5G capabilities evolve, or those that anticipate changes, will have an advantage over the competition. However, those that stick with a reactive approach risk falling behind their more proactive peers. On April 20th, 2021, [...]

May 5, 2021
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More than Digital Twins—Today’s Telcos Need ‘Active’ Digital Twins

April 28, 2021

By: Dheeraj Remella

To successfully monetize their infrastructure investments and make 5G-based capabilities a reality, telecom operators need to explore both enterprise and consumer markets. Digital twins have become a common practice for this and for monetizing 5G in the form of keeping customers and subscribers as happy as possible—the discipline of customer management (also known as customer [...]

April 28, 2021
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5G+ is Here? Here’s Why We Agree and What it Means

April 22, 2021

By: Dheeraj Remella

A FutureIoT article published this month by Fuad Siddiqui, senior partner and vice president at Nokia Bell Labs, describes a new era of 5G he calls “5G+”. In this era, industries “assess and implement next-gen connectivity that acts in concert with a broad ecosystem of key technologies”, leading to the next big phase of industrial [...]

April 22, 2021
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How to Drive an Action-Oriented Event-Driven Architecture

April 07, 2021

By: Dheeraj Remella

Recently Gartner issued a newly updated version of its foundational research report, Maturity Model For Event-Driven Architecture (EDA). We believe it is required reading for leaders of any real-time-sensitive digital business. The report presents the business benefits modern EDA provides beyond what is possible using connected APIs, as well as enables readers to assess where […]

April 7, 2021
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Why Modern Telco Policies Require a Modern Data Platform

April 02, 2021

By: Dheeraj Remella

Directing Network Traffic with Telco Policies Imagine a crowded New York street. There are pedestrians shuffling along on the sidewalks, Ubers—yes, Lyfts and yellow cabs, too—jostling ahead, bicyclists weaving through gaps, and pizza delivery guys cursing the 30-minute-or-free guarantee. Suddenly, a wailing ambulance approaches. Instantly, the traffic slows and moves to the sides, opening up […]

April 2, 2021
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Why Monetizing 5G Depends on Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Decisions

March 25, 2021

By: Dheeraj Remella

Telco operators across the globe have been making heavy infrastructure investments to enable 5G rollouts. Boston Consulting Group anticipates that US communications service providers (CSPs) alone will spend more than $250 billion on these rollouts between 2020 and 2025. These investments are primarily geared toward serving the ever-increasing industrial and enterprise needs for connectivity. Doing [...]

March 25, 2021
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The Four Advantages of an Event-Driven Architecture

March 11, 2021

By: Mark Simborg

Big data and analytics offer a key source of revenue for telcos at a time when many are looking for new growth avenues, according to a new report from Research and Markets. In fact, it’s estimated that 22% of carrier app value will come from big data by 2025. At the same time, there remains [...]

March 11, 2021
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Are Your Customer Management Decisions Sub-10 Milliseconds?

March 04, 2021

By: Mark Simborg

Today’s telcos and communication service providers (CSPs) are seeking new ways to monetize their offerings and services, especially in light of 5G, IoT, and industrial IoT. In their quest to help telcos ultimately increase average revenue per user (ARPU), telco software vendors need to think about how they can build applications that enable the best [...]

March 4, 2021
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How HPE’s Communications Technology Group Will Accelerate 5G Adoption and Mastery for Telcos

March 04, 2021

By: Mark Simborg

In February, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) launched a new Enterprise Communications Technology Group (CTG) to help telcos and enterprises capitalize on the 5G opportunity. As a partner of HPE, the VoltDB team couldn’t be more excited about this development and what it means for organizations looking to unlock the full value of 5G. HPE CTG [...]

March 4, 2021
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Why Having a Cloud-Native Data Platform Matters for Telcos

February 25, 2021

By: Mark Simborg

VoltDB was recently added to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a Linux Foundation subsidiary that is committed to building sustainable cloud ecosystems. As big believers in cloud-native technology, we couldn’t be more excited by the news. The CNCF maintains an interactive landscape map that details all the various technology providers that make up the [...]