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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 ecosystem strategy takes this even further, combining unrelated capabilities under one roof (eBay buying Skype in 2005, SAP developing HANA in 2010, Facebook buying Oculus in 2014), often justifiable if only because digital commerce is still in its infancy and nobody is really sure what's going to work and what's not.