// Enabling the Real-Time Enterprise

Real-time information processing, a concept that has been around for a long time, has been in vogue lately. One reason for its popularity is the fact that real-time capable technology and online services have become very affordable, even for small businesses. Another factor is that real time has the attention and interest of the boardroom and executive suite. The idea of being able to instantaneously sense and respond to threats and opportunities has a lot of appeal for business leaders vying for an edge in a fiercely competitive global economy. With technology chipping away at the time it takes to gather relevant and accurate data, there’s less need for bureaucratic, hierarchical decision-making structures. Emerging technologies are now becoming part of the enterprise scene—such as in memory technology, cloud, mobile, and NoSQL databases—are bringing more real-time capabilities to the fore.

Table of Contents for the Best Practice Series Include:

• 7 Qualities Of Highly Effective Real-Time Enterprises by Joe McKendrick
• Reale Mutua Simplifies Back Office Management with CA ERwin® Data Modeler by CA Erwin® Modeling
• NoSQL Databases in a World of Big Data by Couchbase
• Demand for Fast Data Renews the Need for In-Memory Databases by Aerospike