“A picture is worth a thousand words”. This is as true for data as it is for art. With the advent of big data, there is a tremendous need to manage, interpret and communicate it effectively – because ...

Building a distributed database is complicated and needs to consider many factors. Previously, I discussed two important techniques, sharding and partitioning, for gaining greater throughput and ...

Acquirers are starting to leverage the power of massive—and diverse—pools of information. The challenge lies in unlocking big data’s full potential. Big data has been a hot topic for years as ...

Visualizing the power of blockchain: a decentralized, transparent ledger redefining how digital transactions are recorded and verified. Let’s begin by considering a basic money transaction. When you ...

Imagine if, a decade ago, your retail business could have seen how and where consumers were adopting e-commerce. Imagine if you could have observed how adoption patterns differed by age group and by ...

Public ledger transactions, also known as on-chain transactions, entail recording data directly into a blockchain, such as Bitcoin’s on-chain data. The fact that these transactions are public and ...