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Cloud to Edge AI with a Mobile Database Platform
Edge computing is a technical architecture that extends data processing from the cloud to the edge, moving it closer to the point of interaction, including onto mobile devices. From the database perspective, a typical architecture includes a database in the cloud,...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
October 26, 2023
Offline-first: a mindset for developing faster, more reliable mobile apps
What does offline-first mean? The term “offline-first” describes an app that is built to perform most, or all, of its core functionality without access to the Internet. The concept is simple enough, but all too often this is not how...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
September 18, 2023
Don’t REST – Use a Mobile Database for Apps: Couchbase Webcast Recap
I was recently honored to co-present on a webcast with my colleague and good friend, Aaron LaBeau, Sr. Developer Advocate at Couchbase. Aaron has nearly 30 years of development experience and specializes in building mobile apps, and so seemed the...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
August 17, 2023
So, you want to build a data sync solution….
Mobile apps depend on data to operate, and as a developer, how you decide to handle that data can have huge implications on app performance. To provide the best possible experience, you must ensure fast and ready access to data...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
June 6, 2023
Supercharge your Data Mesh strategy with Couchbase Capella
“Data as a Product” In the face of challenging economics and intensified customer focus, organizations are trying to lower costs and maximize efficiency – and one way they hope to do it is by treating data as a product, that...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
March 6, 2023
The Right Stuff for Edge Computing in Space
AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase Capella = More uptime, lower latency and better bandwidth usage at the edge Apps Must be Always Fast and Always on Suppose you operate popup clinics in rural villages and remote locations where...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
February 8, 2023
What is Native Mobile Development? (Benefits, Tools, Resources)
When talking about native mobile app development, it’s good to first understand the landscape. There are approximately 6.5 billion smartphone users worldwide, and that number is growing. As smartphones become more ubiquitous and, at the same time, more powerful and...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
December 27, 2022
Why You Need a Mobile Database
Mobile app usage is increasing worldwide, not only in user volume, but in daily time spent on apps. TechCrunch recently reported that mobile users now spend between four and five hours – roughly ⅓ of waking hours – on smartphone...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
November 22, 2022
How Couchbase Customers Build Offline First Apps That Work Anywhere, All The Time
Consider the following questions: Are the mobile apps that you deliver suffering poor adoption or bad reviews on app stores? Can the mobile apps that you build be used anywhere, including the middle of nowhere? Are you losing business due...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
October 28, 2022
A Guide to Mobile Cross-Platform Development With Couchbase
Mobile app usage is increasing to an amazing extent worldwide. In fact, TechCrunch recently reported that users now spend between four and five hours on mobile apps every day – that’s nearly a third of most peoples waking hours. And...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
October 19, 2022
Powering the Gaming Industry’s Most Popular Titles with Couchbase
The gaming market is bigger than ever and growing. According to BusinessOfApps, over 55 billion games were downloaded in 2021 between Google Play and the Apple App Store alone, and in a recent blog on mobile gaming industry statistics, mobile...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
September 29, 2022
Introducing Capella App Services – Mobile and IoT Sync as a Fully Managed Service
Today we are excited to introduce the Private Preview of Capella App Services, a fully managed and hosted service for synchronizing data between mobile, web and IoT apps and Couchbase Capella, our Database-as-a-Service. App Services effectively brings mobile support to...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase
June 2, 2022