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Wayne Carter is Vice President, Engineering at Couchbase, where he is responsible for leading the vision, strategy, and development for the company's mobile, IoT, and edge computing solutions. Before joining Couchbase, Wayne worked as a leader, architect, and engineer at Oracle and Siebel Systems.

Starlink and Couchbase – Accelerating Innovation To The Stars

Starlink and Couchbase – Accelerating Innovation To The Stars

If data is the lifeblood of enterprise applications, networks are the arteries. Networks are so vital because they enable business, human and mission-critical processes by connecting organizations with customers, employees and partners, increasing efficiency, powering automation, driving engagement and accelerating...

Wayne Carter August 8, 2022
5G and Edge Computing: The New Battleground in Database Tech

5G and Edge Computing: The New Battleground in Database Tech

On the MongoDB earnings call last week, president and CEO Dev Ittycheria gave some huge forward guidance – he’s betting big on mobile, 5G, and edge computing. One of the killer features that we will be [releasing next year, is]...

Wayne Carter December 15, 2020
Couchbase Mobile Wins IoT Breakthrough Award’s 2018 Health and Wellness Product of the Year

Couchbase Mobile Wins IoT Breakthrough Award’s 2018 Health and Wellness Product of the Year

As the healthcare industry recently wrapped up its biggest event of the year, HIMSS19, we’re thrilled to announce that Couchbase was awarded the IoT Health & Wellness Product of the Year for its support of a mobile diabetes management app...

Wayne Carter February 25, 2019
Addressing decentralized data security concerns with Couchbase Mobile

Addressing decentralized data security concerns with Couchbase Mobile

In today’s mobile-driven world, there’s an expectation that apps should always work – with and without an internet connection. Delivering on this expectation requires access and storage of decentralized data directly on device. This is very different from just a...

Wayne Carter September 27, 2016
I use Parse. They’re shutting down. What should I do?

I use Parse. They’re shutting down. What should I do?

Yesterday Parse, one of the leading mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) offerings, announced that they would be closing their doors. This leaves the 600,000 developers that use their service with one question:  What should I do?  Option 1: Install...

Wayne Carter February 9, 2016
Web, Mobile and IoT distributed database requirements

Web, Mobile and IoT distributed database requirements

Excitement and interest in mobile apps and the Internet of Things continues to grow at an accelerated pace. Vendors are rushing to lay claim to these terms in any way they can. Today DataStax is the latest to jump on...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015
Couchbase Mobile Mini-Hack Challenge

Couchbase Mobile Mini-Hack Challenge

If there is one thing you should learn this year, it’s how to build mobile apps that work both online and offline.  You will be blown away with how awesome your apps are once you start building them this way. ...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015
Couchbase Mobile Holiday Mini-Hack Challenge

Couchbase Mobile Holiday Mini-Hack Challenge

Have some downtime during the holidays? Then you should join the Couchbase Mobile Holiday Mini-Hack Challenge and build an online/offline app in 30 minutes. That’s right – 30 minutes! We created the mini hack to give mobile developers a fast,...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015
Security Concerns for Mobile Data Synchronization

Security Concerns for Mobile Data Synchronization

Yesterday, Vormetric released their 2015 Insider Threat Report. As they point out, “In 2014, the U.S. saw some of the worst data breaches in recent memory with household names Sony, Home Depot, J.P. Morgan Chase and Supervalu experiencing massive financial...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015
Let’s Build Mobile Apps That Always Work

Let’s Build Mobile Apps That Always Work

So let’s just put it out there.  I want to build great apps and I know you want to build great apps.  We both know that apps that don’t always work and aren’t always fast just aren’t great.  They just...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015
Announcing Couchbase Mobile for Unity!

Announcing Couchbase Mobile for Unity!

This morning we announced Couchbase Mobile support for Unity, the most popular cross-platform gaming development platform on the market. Couchbase Mobile for Unity will help the millions of Unity developers go to market faster and focus more on user experience...

Wayne Carter December 16, 2015