Mitigating Disaster with Massive Scale Simulation Unfortunately, disasters are an inevitable phenomenon. And there is often little we can do to prevent them. Instead, steps must be carried out to prepare and plan our responses. Scenarios that fall under the umbrella...
Agent Based Simulation in Volatile Markets Recent events surrounding GameStop have shown that traditional financial forecasting is ripe for disruption The 1,700% surge in GameStop’s share price last month represented one of the most significant developments in Wall...
Adding Intelligence to Service Discovery Service discovery identifies which IP address a client should connect to. In a typical distributed architecture, a key value store such as etcd acts as a single source of truth and stores the addresses, redirecting any...
Reimagining Virtual Events for Thousands of Attendees Since being placed under lockdown in March, many of us have turned to the freedoms of the virtual world. Imaginations have been captured and it has borne rise to a diverse set of events and activities including...
How Can MMOs Better Prepare for their Own Popularity? Last month, Media Tonic’s Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout got off to a bit of a false start. 1.5 million users tried to connect within the first 24 hours and the game couldn’t handle the weight. Even more...
