Predictions at the Speed of Data

This post is by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of the Data Group at Microsoft. Online transaction processing (OLTP) database applications have powered many enterprise user-cases in recent decades, with numerous implementations in banking, e-commerce, manufacturing and many other domains. Today, I'd like to highlight a new breed of applications that marry the latest OLTP advancements with advanced insights and machine learning. In particular, I'd like to describe how companies can predict a million events per second with the very latest algorithms, using readily available software. Take credit card transactions or loan applications, for instance.