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September 10, 2024

How fintechs are helping banks accelerate innovation while navigating global regulations

4 min read - Financial institutions are partnering with technology firms—from cloud providers to fintechs—to adopt innovations that help them stay competitive, remain agile and improve the customer experience. However, the biggest hurdle to adopting new technologies is security and regulatory compliance. While third and fourth parties have the potential to introduce risk, they can also be the solution. As enterprises undergo their modernization journeys, fintechs are redefining digital transformation in ways that have never been seen before. This includes using hybrid cloud and…

September 9, 2024

IBM Cloud expands its VPC operations in Dallas, Texas

3 min read - Everything is bigger in Texas—including the IBM Cloud® Network footprint. Today, IBM Cloud opened its 10th data center in Dallas, Texas, in support of their virtual private cloud (VPC) operations. DAL14, the new addition, is the fourth availability zone in the IBM Cloud area of Dallas, Texas. It complements the existing setup, which includes two network points of presence (PoPs), one federal data center, and one single-zone region (SZR). The facility is designed to help customers use technology such as…

September 4, 2024

Apache Kafka use cases: Driving innovation across diverse industries

6 min read - Apache Kafka is an open-source, distributed streaming platform that allows developers to build real-time, event-driven applications. With Apache Kafka, developers can build applications that continuously use streaming data records and deliver real-time experiences to users. Whether checking an account balance, streaming Netflix or browsing LinkedIn, today’s users expect near real-time experiences from apps. Apache Kafka’s event-driven architecture was designed to store data and broadcast events in real-time, making it both a message broker and a storage unit that enables real-time…

September 4, 2024

Primary storage vs. secondary storage: What’s the difference?

6 min read - What is primary storage? Computer memory is prioritized according to how often that memory is required for use in carrying out operating functions. Primary storage is the means of containing primary memory (or main memory), which is the computer’s working memory and major operational component. The main or primary memory is also called “main storage” or “internal memory.” It holds relatively concise amounts of data, which the computer can access as it functions. Because primary memory is so frequently accessed,…

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