Category: Best Practices and Tutorials
Cloud-Native vs Cloud-Agnostic: Which Approach is the Best Fit?
While there’s no longer a major debate around whether or not you should move to the cloud, there’s still not a consensus around whether or not you should go with a cloud-native or cloud-agnostic approach when building your application. We’re...
Jeff Morris, VP Product Marketing
March 24, 2023
App Development Costs (A Breakdown)
Developing an app can be very lucrative, but it requires some upfront costs. The cost of developing an app can vary dramatically depending on the size and complexity of the app being developed. Some apps cost as little as $5,000...
Couchbase Product Marketing
March 13, 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
How to lower your company’s AI risk in 2023
With the OpenAI’s landmark releases of DALL·E 2, and ChatGPT last year, people have been interacting with artificial intelligence and seeing first hand (a tiny bit of) its potential. These tools can feel like magic. Each takes a textual prompt...
Aaron Schneider - Associate Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
February 21, 2023
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Strategies
In this post, we review some important considerations for planning for business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR). Business continuity needs careful consideration when using Couchbase as a core business service. Today’s focus is on the application layer and the...
Steve Grimwood, Solutions Engineer
January 16, 2023
Our 2022 Hot Topics and Innovations
Over the past year the Couchbase blog has been filled with product announcements, developer tutorials, conceptual introductions, and much more. Here is a look at the most popular posts that we had and why it is still worth reading today....
Tyler Mitchell
December 22, 2022
Why Cloud Lock In is Getting Worse
Almost everything we do, both online and offline, is powered by the cloud. Whether it’s buying groceries at your local supermarket, streaming your favorite TV show or opening an email – you are using the cloud. The computation power, storage...
Aaron Schneider - Associate Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
November 23, 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 to Model Data: A Guide To JSON Data Modeling
When beginning to learn about document databases, it’s nice to have a grasp of JSON data modeling basics. This will help you navigate the space and topics easier having an expanded vocabulary on the subject. Experience with a traditional relational...
Matthew Groves
November 18, 2022
Physical Storage Layer Options for Couchbase as a Persistent System of records
In a previous blog, I talked about various storage strategies that need to be considered when choosing the correct storage to meet your business requirements. This becomes more salient as datasets continue to grow and consistent performance is mandated by...
Steve Grimwood, Solutions Engineer
November 17, 2022
How to Choose a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)
Picking a database is a long-term commitment, whether for an application or a data warehouse project. The database is the foundation of your application and provides secure storage and access to all of your information. And without data, you don’t...
Tim Rottach, Director of Product Line Marketing
September 19, 2022
Couchbase as a Persistent System of Records – Storage Considerations
When using Couchbase as a persistent system of records the underlying storage infrastructure needs to be considered. Infrastructure decisions have an impact on the overall performance and availability of the data store, with the knock-on effect of impacting the data...
Steve Grimwood, Solutions Engineer
June 29, 2022