The ever-growing amount of relevant data generated in card and mobile payment businesses increasingly needs to be acted upon in real time to maximize operational efficiency and grow profits. However, issuers and acquirers, as well as technology providers to the industry, are playing catch-up in that effort, particularly after they make acquisitions and take ownership of new data centers. These days, large companies might operate a central data repository, multiple remote data centers, hybrid cloud and/or multicloud environments, edge deployments, and Kubernettes (open source platform for ap...