February 2022 Summaries

A tier-1 telecommunications (telco) company faced challenges due to massive growth in data traffic within their network, which could lead to data congestion and slowdown of mission critical applications. To address this issue, Aerospike introduced Intel® Optane™ PMem technology to handle the required scale while keeping costs low. The results showed that up to 2.3x higher transactions per second were achieved by moving from "Hybrid Memory" to a PMem configuration. Apart from significant improvement on performance, Intel® Optane™ PMem powered Aerospike's data platform brought benefits such as reduced server count, lower capital and operating expenses, and less downtime for the telco customer.

The Aerospike Standup is a developer-focused newsletter that compiles a range of resources such as blog posts, community questions, documentation, releases, and events curated by the Aerospike team. Transitioning to a monthly schedule, the newsletter aims to balance update frequency with detail and actively seeks reader feedback for potential adjustments. Recent community inquiries include technical issues with the Aerospike Python and Java clients, difficulties with older version documentation, and compatibility questions regarding Aerospike Enterprise server 5.7. New content includes articles on Aerospike's AWS Quickstart enhancements, alongside recent release notes covering updates like the Prometheus Exporter, Java Object Mapper, Connect for Spark, Document API, and JDBC Driver.

Telcos worldwide are increasingly deploying AI/ML technologies, but a recent report from STL Partners suggests that they can achieve financial benefits of more than 8% of annual revenues by leveraging analytics, AI, and automation. Aerospike's real-time data platform is designed to ingest large amounts of data in real-time for parallel processing, enabling efficient AI/ML operations. The platform separates compute (Spark) and storage (Aerospike), allowing independent right-sizing for lower TCO. Aerospike also offers a low-latency inference pipeline, Cross Datacenter Replication (XDR), and Spark Connector for AI/ML. Many telecom use cases can benefit from these capabilities, including real-time cross-selling/up-selling in online gaming, fraud detection, and churn prediction.

Aerospike is set to attend WEST 2022, a prominent naval conference and exposition on the West Coast. The event will take place from February 16-18 in San Diego, with sponsorship by AFCEA. It aims to bring together military and industry leaders to discuss recent platforms and technologies, as well as their potential impact on operations. Aerospike's presence at WEST 2022 is significant due to the increasing demand for advanced real-time data technology in federal agencies. The company will be showcasing its Real-time Data Platform, which powers mission-critical applications with predictable performance at petabyte scale. Visitors can find Aerospike's team at the Intel booth and participate in a raffle by collecting a special sticker with a QR code. The grand prize is a LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V Rocket.

The use of cookies and device IDs has become increasingly controversial due to privacy concerns, leading to new global privacy regulations and changes in the ad tech ecosystem. Businesses are now looking for alternative ways to target audiences without relying on third-party cookies or deprecated device IDs. Some potential solutions include first-party data, second-party data, interest-based ads, AI and ML, contextual data/NLP, and other non-cookie based IDs. Aerospike's real-time data platform can help businesses improve customer experience, power AI/ML inference models, store more data, and provide reliability for less money as they navigate the cookieless future.

Aerospike, a real-time data platform company, reported record sales in 2021, doubling growth from the previous year. Sales outside North America tripled and cloud managed service grew by 450%. The company attributes its success to the growing demand for modern data architectures that can handle massive volumes of changing data quickly. To maintain this momentum, Aerospike announced organizational changes including new roles for Founder Srini Srinivasan as CTO, Subbu Iyer as CEO, and Brian Bulkowski stepping up as Chairman of the Board of Directors.