| When Oracle announced in 2005 that it was | | | | of business information. One application that |
| acquiring an in-memory database provider, the | | | | benefits from the speed and accuracy of an |
| term "real time" had become an industry standard. | | | | in-memory database is call accounting |
| But with the way technology has progressed and | | | | software.Ten years ago the communications |
| broadband driving the demand for speed, the | | | | industry that provides call accounting and billing |
| term has now taken on a new relevance. | | | | services to organizations and multi-national |
| In-memory databases can speed transaction | | | | companies, was faced with requests for |
| times and give immediate access to real time | | | | immediate access to the wealth of untapped |
| data, making this a requirement in the gathering | | | | information in call detail records. |