Today, companies rely on databases to keep business running across a myriad of modern applications. And with cloud databases representing over 49% of all database management revenue (and continuing to rise), we are shining a spotlight on the technology and its impact on the world.
Today, we are celebrating National Cloud Database Day as a registered holiday to be celebrated annually on June 1.
What is it? National Cloud Database Day provides industry professionals with an opportunity to raise awareness for cloud databases – what they are, why they’re crucial to current and future technological innovation and how they can be implemented to better manage and facilitate data for businesses. This is our way of inviting developers, architects, engineers, vendors, influencers and anyone else in the database ecosystem to celebrate cloud-native databases in industries spanning from transportation and package delivery to retail and banking.
Cloud databases are the backbone of modern applications
National Cloud Database Day not only acknowledges the benefits of cloud databases, it also shows appreciation for database engineers, developers and operators. Without these vital players, cloud databases would not be able to deliver the speed and agility that they do.
It’s no secret that the growth of digital business, mobile devices, flexible agile development and microservices have made legacy databases obsolete. Today, companies rely on modern databases to keep business-critical applications running. At Couchbase, we enable customers to perform the functions of traditional databases, including storage, retrieval, modification and deletion to support ACID requirements while adding tremendous flexibility and high performance for enterprise architects and application developers. We empower teams to build, deploy, and run their most mission-critical applications. In fact, many of the world’s largest enterprises rely on us to keep the core applications their businesses depend on up and running. This is why we celebrate National Cloud Database Day.
Celebrate this national day with us!
To raise awareness around National Cloud Database Day, use the hashtags #NationalCloudDatabaseDay and #CloudDBday on social media.
In subsequent years on June 1, companies and individuals are encouraged to continue celebrating National Cloud Database Day through industry events and on social media.
Our DBaaS – Capella – delivers flexibility and drives performance
Speaking of celebrating the benefits of cloud databases, our database-as-a-service Couchbase Capella delivers database flexibility for developers and performance at scale for enterprise applications. It supports a broad set of use cases reducing a customer’s need to buy, deploy and manage additional databases or supporting technologies. Capella offers customers the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to deploy modern databases in the cloud for accelerated application development.
Real world cloud database use cases
Cloud databases touch many aspects of our lives – from ordering food online or searching for people in your professional network, even to watching TV or using your smartphone device.
Quantic is a fast-growing startup on a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses streamline their operations by using a full-featured cloud-based point of sale (POS) platform. When Quantic outgrew its original database, it turned to Couchbase Capella for a simple yet powerful way to keep pace with an expanding number of customers, products, and features. Capella provides easy scalability along with automatic offline sync capabilities and an always-on experience for users. This has resulted in saving priceless developer time and 50% faster querying.
Lotum is one of the world’s leading providers of mobile games and apps for iOS, Android, and the Facebook Messenger platform. When Lotum needed a database that would meet their technical requirements as well as reduce their operational costs, the team unanimously chose Couchbase Capella™. Capella provides a synchronized gaming experience for over ten million monthly active users across all devices, ensuring accurate stats and scores are displayed.
Additional resources
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- Read more about National Cloud Database Day.
- Learn about Capella, our fully managed DBaaS and start your free trial today.
- See how customers are enjoying the benefits of our cloud database while also modernizing with Couchbase.