I was reading an article in EGR this week about website performance and the challenges that gaming companies face when dealing with spikes in user traffic due to certain events (for example the Grand National or Wimbledon). The article mentioned the fact that the National Lottery crashed when people tried to place bets for the…
Cloud storage is cheap and gets cheaper every day. In January, AWS announced yet another price cut (its 51s to be exact) for select instances. Google hit back criticizing the cut, however even with the January price cuts, Google Cloud Platform is between 15-41 percent less expensive than AWS across several comparable instance types. That’s great…
Event-driven data is data that is sent or received based on something that happens. For computer programming, that could be a click of a mouse, typing, etc. For apps, it can be similar, but we focus on event-driven data as something that happens outside the app, that impacts what the user will do e.g. there…
Just as fax machines have been replaced by email, and floppy disks with USB drives and the cloud, so too will new advancements in technology render aspects of today’s status quo obsolete in 2016. However, the changes on the horizon will first have to overcome the inevitable obstacle of real-time data overload. As today’s connected,…
Last Saturday night I was off to meet some friends for a few drinks. I arrived at Clapham Junction station and headed to the platform I needed. I look up at the platform information and see the following: Immediately, I panicked. What am I supposed to do now? I’m not sure when my train leaves…I…
At Push Technology, we provide a data distribution solution that enables organizations to deliver real-time, high performance, conversational, web and mobile applications. More often than not after I say this, I get the slightly confused head tilt… but what does real-time actually mean? And so this blog post sets out to explain real-time in a…
When I joined Push I was set a challenge – how could I more tangibly demonstrate Diffusion’s core capabilities and performance? I was game… An essential requirement for engineers at Push Technology is, of course, solid knowledge of the company’s products. At core, this means the configuration of and integration with our real time data…
Imagine you’re at the station, waiting for your train. On the wall is a supermarket poster featuring some ready meals and a choice of grocery essentials. Using your phone you scan three items you’d planned to pick up on your way home anyway, requesting a home delivery later that evening. The store already knows your…
Quality of Service (QoS) used to relate to the overall performance of a network or a computer as seen by users. Most QoS technologies help to handle bandwidth, re-routing or data compression so that you can ensure good connectivity and application performance. This however is not enough. To deliver true QoS for mobile and web…
It’s only four months to go before Brazil opens its gates to the rest of the world for the FIFA World Cup. The tourist board anticipates that $10.4 billion will be spent during the month-long event. The same holds true for sports betting. Billions will be spent. Odds are already in favor of Brazil winning…