A stat I didn’t realize was that 99% of the web is a refresh experience. Seems logical but not something you think about because we’re so used to it. Delay. Refresh. Delay again. Frustrating at best, particularly when it affects your productivity.
We all want real time however the experience has fallen short until now. Imagine going to Ticket Master and seeing seats disappear and reappear in real time, without a delay, the moment a ticket is purchased or returned.
Imagine Twitter feeds flying through the widget that collects them on various websites and blogs the instant you post something.
Welcome to the world of Groovy Corp. Run by Australian entrepreneurs, it’s a promise I was excited about at this week’s AlwaysOn Stanford Summit.
They focus on delivering database and cloud solutions (hosted DB’s) and appliances for web properties that need a fast real-time experience. Say goodbye to the chunkiness and slowness of legacy relational databases, and hello to Groovy’s SQL switch that scales easily, and improves speed and performance by over 100x.
Today, they’ll announce their SQL Switch’s performance using the Dell DVD Online Store Benchmark.
Below Groovy Corp’s CEO Joe Ward tells us why this is important and how it will change the way corporations work and think, not to mention the experience consumers will have as a result.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
