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Couchbase Managed Cloud – Simplifying your journey to the cloud<\/h4>\n

Today we are excited to launch a new addition to our product portfolio – the Couchbase Managed Cloud – a fully managed<\/a> cloud database as a service<\/a> (DBaaS<\/a>) that will free you up from the burden of managing and operating your database infrastructure in public cloud environments. It provides complete management of the end-to-end database lifecycle from the initial cluster sizing, infrastructure (compute and storage) provisioning, database install and setup, to managing the day-to-day operations like upgrades and patching, backup, restore, cluster expansion, and data replication, all performed for you by Couchbase and cloud-certified experts you can rely on. <\/span><\/p>\n

To bring this product to market, we are combining the Couchbase Data Platform – the world\u2019s most powerful NoSQL technology, with the capabilities and expertise of Rackspace – the number one managed cloud provider, under a single unified solution \u2013 managed, operated, and supported as one. You can rest easy knowing that your cloud database infrastructure is being managed and operated by the very database experts who built the technology and is being supported by the cloud and devops expertize of an organization known for their Fanatical Support\u00ae and results-obsessed customer service. <\/span><\/p>\n

This best-of-breed combination of database technology and managed cloud services, delivered and built as one, will help you simplify your journey to the cloud. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why Couchbase Managed Cloud?<\/b><\/h4>\n

With the explosion in the amount and variety of data along with the race towards digital transformation, we see the challenges and pressures that our customers face in order to balance their traditional IT operations with the need to drive new strategic initiatives. Digital transformation often involves moving from rigid business processes supported by the existing system of records to a more dynamic infrastructure, driven by managing vast amounts of data from multiple sources. This translates to a need for a new category of database technologies that can manage data at the point of interaction and capture those engagements – it requires an Engagement Data Platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the IT and database administrator, this means additional infrastructure to maintain, operate and manage. While public clouds provide agile and flexible environments, managing a cloud database is not trivial. Figuring out instance types and storage and scaling in real-time to account for bursts in demand is critical to the success of businesses running in the cloud. This translates to a need for expertise on newer technologies like cloud integrations and NoSQL, both of which may be expensive and difficult to acquire and hire for. \u00a0As IDG\u2019s 17th annual CIO\u2019s State of the CIO<\/a> survey points out – nearly three quarters (73%) of tech leaders say they find it a challenge to strike the right balance between business innovation and operational excellence. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was these set of challenges that we set out to address while building the Couchbase Managed Cloud so that we can bring operational efficiencies to your database infrastructure and let you focus on driving your business initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n

Core Design Tenets\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

Based on these trends and feedback, we had a few core tenets in mind as we started building this product offering around: <\/span><\/p>\n