John Piekos
Want to Join?
Opinions expressed by ICN authors are their own.
John Piekos heads up VoltDB’s engineering operations, including product development, QA, technical support, documentation, security and field engineering. He has more than 25 years of experience leading teams and building software, delivering both enterprise and Internet-based solutions, and he uses that knowledge to ensure that VoltDB remains the fastest, coolest database on the planet.
John has held tech leadership positions at several companies, most recently at Progress Software where he led the OpenEdge database, ObjectStore database and Orbix product lines. Previously, John was vice president of Web engineering at EasyAsk, and chief architect at Novera Software, where he led the effort to build the industry’s first Java application server. John holds an MS in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a BS in computer science from the University of Lowell.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of John Piekos and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
4 sources of latency and how to avoid them
Even Google and Amazon can’t process data instantly—here’s how to combat latency in your real-time application
What real-time application pattern works for you?
3 common real-time application patterns that require a real-time decision
Measuring real-time
I explore the different types of real-time applications and how real-time is measured based on the application need