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InsightsMay 5, 2014

Bridging the LAN and the WAN: Our WAN Bridge IoT Hack

At last week’s Hackendo, we bridged the LAN and the WAN, connecting devices on the Wide Area Network securely and reliably with a WAN bridge

Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsJan 3, 2014

Peer-to-Peer Meets Authoritative Control: CTO Stephen Blum

Check out PubNub CTO Stephen Blum’s entire talk at HTML5 Dev Conf from this past October! “A New Development Model for Real-Time Apps: Peer-to-Peer meets Authoritative Control”

Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsSep 21, 2013

How PubNub Takes WebSockets to the Next Level

If you want to add real-time functionality to your web or mobile app, you may have considered using the WebSockets protocol to push data between the server and the client’. In our “What are WebSockets?” blog post published last week, we looked at what WebSockets are and why you might use them. In the...
Markus Kohler
Markus Kohler
Developer Advocate, PubNub
Real-time Business Intelligence
InsightsAug 30, 2013

Five Innovative Real-Time Business Intelligence Tools

This week, we published “Why Business Intelligence Tools Need a Real-time Service Provider,” looking at the emergence of real-time business intelligence tools as the industry standard. Business decision makers no longer have time to request and wait for data. They need the information as...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsAug 30, 2013

Why Business Intelligence Needs Real-time Service Providers

Business intelligence has evolved dramatically as a system over time. As a result of this evolution, along with the exponential development of real-time technology, real-time business intelligence has emerged as one of the most innovative and effective business intelligence systems out there today. Real-time...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsAug 23, 2013

Smart Homes: 4 Awesome Home Automation Solutions

Earlier this week, we rolled out our blog entitled, “Why Home Automation Needs a Real-time Service Provider,” discussing why a data stream service provider is essential for any home automation solution. The following four home automation solutions offer unique and innovative ways to make...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
InsightsAug 16, 2013

Top 10 Real-Time Web Analytics Services

The days of static web analytics and metrics are dwindling. In an era where trends move at the speed of light and turn on a dime, you need to have access to metrics in the moment. And with the rise of global data stream network service providers, this data is made available to users in milliseconds. The...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsJul 23, 2013

CTO Stephen Blum at DevCon Tel Aviv

Last month, PubNub Founder and CTO Stephen Blum traveled overseas all the way to Israel to present at DevCon Tel Aviv. In his 20 minute presentation, Blum demonstrated the capabilities of using the PubNub Data Stream Network integrated with any HTML5 app through a series of demos and case studies. Blum...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
InsightsJul 8, 2012

Are HTML5 WebSockets the Panacea for Real-Time Data Push?

As consumers expect more from their websites and apps, a majority of newer sites and mobile apps are adding features that require publish-subscribe. Everything from financial apps, business collaboration, real-time social sharing and newsfeeds, to multiplayer games, chat, and voting apps all require...
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub