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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

Advancements in technology have allowed attackers to take fraud to a new level, turning it into both a science and an art form. Resolution: In 2018, consider leveraging technologies that enable real-time predictive fraud detection and prevention. Detect and Prevent Fraud Before It Occurs. No More Eventual Consistency.

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

Advancements in technology have allowed attackers to take fraud to a new level, turning it into both a science and an art form. Resolution: In 2018, consider leveraging technologies that enable real-time predictive fraud detection and prevention. Detect and Prevent Fraud Before It Occurs. No More Eventual Consistency.

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Are Microservices to Ecosystems as Core Competencies were to Conglomerates?

The Agile Manager

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.