James Oquendo on February 19, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 19, 2020 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced CFO Greg Henry will be presenting at the seventh annual JMP Securities Technology Conference at the Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, on February 24-25, 2020.
Henry is scheduled to present on Tuesday, February 25th at 10:30 a.m. PT. For additional information, please contact IR@couchbase.com
James Oquendo on February 13, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 13, 2020 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Matt McDonough, Vice President of Business Development, to its 2020 list of Channel Chiefs. This annual list recognizes the top vendor executives who continually demonstrate exemplary leadership, influence, innovation, and growth for the IT channel.
Matt McDonough, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and also Harvard Business School, has brought more than a decade of experience in business development, strategy, product management, and marketing to Couchbase. He is responsible for Couchbase’s worldwide partner strategy and execution across technology partners, solution partners, systems integrators, cloud service providers, and channel partners.
“For two years in a row now, Matt has been named to CRN’s Channel Chiefs List, and that’s an impressive achievement for both him and Couchbase,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. “Matt’s leadership has driven success of our global partners though Couchbase’s PartnerEngage program, equipping them with the technology, the skills, and the opportunities to grow their businesses and those of our end customers. CRN has recognized Matt as an elite channel leader, and we look forward to his continued success and that of our channel partner community.”
CRN’s 2020 Channel Chiefs list honors the distinguished leaders who have influenced the IT channel with cutting-edge strategies and partnerships.
The 2020 Channel Chiefs have shown outstanding commitment, an ability to lead, and a passion for progress within the channel through their partner programs. The Channel Chief honorees were chosen by the CRN editorial staff for their dedication, industry prestige, and exceptional accomplishments in driving the channel agenda and evangelizing the importance of channel partnerships.
“The IT channel is undergoing constant evolution to meet customer demands and changing business environments,” said Bob Skelley, CEO of The Channel Company. “CRN’s Channel Chiefs work tirelessly, leading the industry forward through superior partner programs and strategies with a focus on helping solution providers transform and grow. Our team here at The Channel Company congratulates these outstanding individuals for their dedication to the channel.”
CRN’s 2020 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the February 2020 issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.
James Oquendo on February 4, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 4, 2020 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today introduced Couchbase Cloud, a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS). Couchbase Cloud enables enterprises to host their data within their own Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for greater control and ownership, and pay for only what they use. Customers can now experience best-in-class performance and availability from the most powerful NoSQL database technology available to the market as a fully managed service. With this announcement, Couchbase becomes the first SQL-on-NoSQL DBaaS that supports multiple cloud providers. The service will launch this summer on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, followed by Google Cloud Platform. Early access is available by registering here.
The Architectural Difference: Greater Control and Ownership
A key difference between Couchbase Cloud and other DBaaS solutions is the separation of the control plane and data plane, resulting in more flexibility and better economics.
Cost Performant: Flexible Procurement Options to Optimize TCO
Couchbase Cloud decouples DBaaS from the underlying cloud infrastructure, which enables customers to purchase IaaS directly from their Cloud Service Provider and leverage reserved instance pricing to optimize total cost of ownership.
Couchbase Cloud also provides users with flexible packaging options to optimize solution costs based on business requirements. One option is on-demand hourly pricing, and another is the ability to purchase Couchbase Credits that can be used over a one year period. The use of credits is fully flexible with no usage limitations during the one year period.
The Couchbase Difference: Best-In-Class Availability Within Any Cloud
Couchbase Cloud offers best-in-class availability that is unique to Couchbase Server. Thanks to its powerful cross datacenter replication (XDCR) capability, Couchbase is able to distribute across public cloud regions in an active-active configuration while providing data locality and disaster recovery. Built on the most powerful NoSQL technology, Couchbase Server delivers unparalleled performance at scale, in any cloud. With features like memory-first architecture and multidimensional scaling, Couchbase Server excels at supporting business-critical applications at scale while maintaining submillisecond latencies and 99.999% availability. Plus, with the most comprehensive SQL-compatible query language (N1QL), indexing, full-text search, eventing, analytics and support for multi-document ACID transactions, among other services, Couchbase Server offers the broadest range of capabilities to enable application modernization and migration from RDBMS.
Early Access Program
Couchbase will be running an early access program this spring. For more information on the product or to sign up for the invite-only early access program, please register here.
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“As long-time Couchbase customers, we’ve evolved and grown with Couchbase. We are very pleased to have worked closely with Couchbase’s product management team over the past year to provide feedback and insights that have helped shape the direction of Couchbase Cloud. We look forward to the availability of Couchbase Cloud to support our cloud initiatives.”
— Julien Charlot, Database Leader, Adeo
“We are just now beginning to see people thinking about moving classic on-prem applications to the cloud. When that happens, substantial redevelopment is necessary, especially if the application is to be cloud native. With that level of change, all the components come into question, including the database management system, and there is greater openness to changing that technology than we have seen before. In this respect, Couchbase’s timing is just right. The market is ready for a fully managed, enterprise-class NoSQL database built for a multicloud environment.”
— Carl Olofson, Research Vice President, IDC
“As enterprises continue to move their applications to the public cloud to increase business agility, they are looking for enterprise-class solutions that can deliver on their business-critical application requirements. These requirements include security, high availability, reliability, manageability, performance at scale, and more. And in not just one cloud, but in multiple clouds, across clouds, and in hybrid cloud configurations. Working closely with our enterprise customers over the past two years, we’ve designed a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service offering that meets their most stringent requirements, leveraging the latest generation of open source technologies while retaining all the value of self-managed Couchbase Server, to deliver a uniquely powerful and differentiated offering to the market.”
— Scott Anderson, SVP, Product Management & Business Operations, Couchbase
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James Oquendo on January 28, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2020 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced that it has reached a settlement with Redis Labs, Inc. (“Redis”) in connection with Couchbase’s trade secret litigation pending in the Superior Court of the State of California (Case No. 1-17-CV-307618).
In March 2017, Couchbase filed a lawsuit alleging that current and former Redis employees misappropriated Couchbase trade secrets; Redis and the individual defendants denied Couchbase’s allegations. Under the parties’ settlement, Redis has agreed to return any Couchbase confidential and trade secret information in its possession and is permanently barred by Court order from soliciting, possessing, or using Couchbase trade secrets or confidential information in the future; the remaining terms of the parties’ settlement are confidential. The litigation has been dismissed.
“At Couchbase, we believe in acting with uncompromised integrity, period. We also believe in attacking hard problems, driven by customer outcomes. We invest significant resources to both develop industry-leading innovation and to bring that innovation to the marketplace. We hope that this settlement will serve as a reminder that integrity counts in the pursuit of building a great company.”
— Matt Cain, President & CEO, Couchbase
James Oquendo on January 22, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 22, 2020—Couchbase today announced it has been named a winner in the 2020 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group.
Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database that drives the operations of more than 30% of the Fortune 100, was recognized for outstanding innovation in mobile technology. As enterprises look to accelerate the innovation of their enterprise critical applications, they rely on Couchbase’s cloud-native distributed database architecture that combines the best of NoSQL with the power and familiarity of SQL– all in a single, elegant platform spanning from any cloud to the edge.
Couchbase Mobile extends the power of Couchbase Server to the edge of the network with an embedded NoSQL database solution that powers mobile and non-mobile embedded platforms and a data sync solution that is scalable, flexible and performant to meet the needs of a broad range of offline-first applications.
Couchbase Mobile has been on the forefront of embedded database and sync technology, delivering a host of innovative industry-first features including Predictive Query. Predictive Query allows mobile applications to use trained Machine Learning (ML) models to run predictive queries locally on mobile devices against data stored in Couchbase Mobile. The predictions in the database can then be correlated with predictions made in real-time from device cameras and other local context sources.
In this retail use-case, for example, Predictive Query empowers employees and customers to easily access detailed inventory and product information using their phone’s camera. For instance, a customer may ask an employee, “What shirts do you have that match these pants I’m wearing?” Using a mobile app with Predictive Query, the employee can take a photo of the pants, the query can correlate the image of the pants with the product catalog stored on their phone, and the employee can answer that question like an expert — anytime and anywhere — online or offline. Read more about this capability in this blog post.
The latest version of Couchbase Mobile, version 2.7, became generally available this week and can be downloaded here with details on “What’s New” found here and product overview here.
“Couchbase has a rich history of innovation, right from the development of the cloud-versatile Couchbase Server through to Couchbase Mobile and Couchbase Autonomous Operator,” said Ravi Mayuram, SVP of Engineering and CTO, Couchbase. “We’re honored to be recognized for innovating the next generation of mobile database capabilities that we expect will enable businesses to deliver game changing applications to their customers.”
“Innovation has become a major theme for organizations across virtually all industries and this year’s winners are a testament to the creativity, passion and perseverance of individuals worldwide,” said Maria Jimenez, chief operating officer of the Business Intelligence Group. “We are thrilled to be honoring Couchbase as they are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many.”
Organizations from across the globe submitted their recent innovations for consideration in the BIG Innovation Awards. Nominations were then judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteer their time and expertise to score submissions.
James Oquendo on January 7, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 7, 2020 –Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced CFO Greg Henry will be presenting at the 22nd Annual Needham Growth Conference taking place January 13-15, 2020 at the Lotte New York Palace in New York City.
Henry is scheduled to present on Tuesday, January 14th at 10:40 a.m. Eastern with one-on-one meetings to be held throughout that same day. For additional information, please contact IR@couchbase.com
James Oquendo on November 26, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 26, 2019 –Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced CFO Greg Henry will be presenting at three technology investor conferences taking place in December:
–Jefferies Public Cloud Summit, Tuesday, December 3, Las Vegas, NV
–Wells Fargo TMT Summit, Wednesday, December 4, Las Vegas, NV
–Barclays Global Tech Conference, Thursday, December 12, San Francisco, CA
At the Jefferies Public Cloud Summit, Henry will be presenting between 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the Alsace Room at the Wynn Hotel. At the Wells Fargo TMT Summit, he will be presenting between 9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. And during the Barclays Global Tech Conference, Henry is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat session between 3:30 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. at The Palace Hotel.
For additional information, please contact IR@couchbase.com.
James Oquendo on November 11, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — November 11, 2019 — Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced it has again been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. Couchbase grew 312% from 2015 to 2018.
As enterprises move to support Internet, mobile and IoT applications, they require a purpose-built database optimized for the most business-critical use cases. Couchbase, with its cache, key value store, and document database capabilities, is a multi-model database built for business-critical applications in the enterprise–from public cloud to hybrid cloud to edge deployments. Thanks to its unique cloud-native architecture, Couchbase is positioned to scale, perform at scale, and do so reliably, making it a popular choice among some of the biggest brands in the world.
“We continue to execute against our vision to become the next great enterprise software company by delivering sustained differentiation, driving long-term profitable growth, and building a world class team,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. “We are very proud to be named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for the third consecutive year, and we remain relentlessly focused on enabling our customers to run their most demanding applications on our industry leading database. With spending in this market set to reach $29B by 2023, we are looking forward to many more years of extraordinary growth.”
Couchbase’s inclusion on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 comes on the heels of its recent announcement in which the company declared a strong first half of FY2020, with milestones including:
70%+ new business growth
100%+ growth in total contract value
55%+ billings growth
50%+ growth in average deal size
Customers now include 30% of the Fortune 100
“This year marks the 25th anniversary of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, so we are especially pleased to announce and congratulate the 2019 winners,” said Sandra Shirai, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP, and U.S. technology, media and telecommunications leader. “Once again, we saw innovation across the board, with software companies continuing their dominance of the top ten. It’s always inspiring to see how the Fast 500 companies are transforming business and the world we live and work in.”
“As technology innovation trends towards ‘everything as a service, it’s no surprise that software companies dominate the winners list yet again this year,” said Mohana Dissanayake, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications, within Deloitte’s audit and assurance practice. “What’s exciting about celebrating 25 years of the Tech Fast 500 is we now have a quarter century of innovation stories to draw and reflect upon. These are the companies that push boundaries, help organizations become more efficient and productive, and ultimately enable businesses to drive growth and revenue. We congratulate all the well-deserving winners.”
About Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™
Now in its 25th year, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies — both public and private — in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2015 to 2018. In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $US50,000, and current-year operating revenues of at least $US5 million. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years and be headquartered within North America.
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James Oquendo on October 23, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — October 23, 2019 — Couchbase today announced accelerated adoption of its enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database as the company closed a record total of new logo bookings during the first half of fiscal 2020. Product innovation and strategic partnerships, together with a growing number of enterprises with specific requirements for their business-critical applications, were behind the strong customer interest and adoption.
As enterprises move to support Internet, mobile and IoT applications, they require a purpose-built database optimized for the most business-critical use cases. Couchbase, with its cache, key value store, and document database capabilities, is a multi-model database built for business-critical applications in the enterprise–from public cloud to hybrid cloud to edge deployments. Thanks to its unique cloud-native architecture, Couchbase is positioned to scale, perform at scale, and do so reliably, making it a popular choice among some of the biggest brands in the world.
Key Business Highlights
In the first half of FY2020, Couchbase delivered:
70%+ in new business growth
100%+ growth in total contract value
55%+ billings growth
50%+ growth in average deal size
Office expansion: Couchbase increased its footprint in Manchester, UK, and San Francisco with expanded new offices, more than doubling its office space in both locations to accommodate continued employee growth.
Other key business milestones for the period include:
Innovation
Combining the best of NoSQL with the power and familiarity of SQL, Couchbase’s strength in innovation continues to redefine the NoSQL space. Product momentum remained strong during the first half for Couchbase, on the heels of announcing two first-to-market technologies in FY2019: Couchbase Autonomous Operator, and the first commercial deployment of SQL++. Innovations in the first half of FY2020 include:
Couchbase Server 6.5: delivers multi-document ACID transaction support and query enhancements for feature parity with relational databases, which allows developers to use their existing database skills to support new application development and migration to NoSQL.
Couchbase Mobile 2.5: introduces new functionality for enterprises capitalizing on business-critical information at the edge with Predictive Queries for applications, and Delta Synchronization for bandwidth constrained environments. These updates enable developers to create mobile applications and manage data with secure embedded local device storage, advanced sync capabilities, and Machine Learning (ML) queries.
Couchbase Autonomous Operator 1.2: includes production certification for cloud-managed Kubernetes services – Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE–giving developers the freedom to deploy, manage and move applications in a cloud-agnostic manner, reducing lock-in, costs, and complexity.
Customers – New and Expanded Relationships
Couchbase marked the first half by closing its largest single new logo in company history and can now call 30% of the Fortune 100 customers. Also during this period, Couchbase added multiple new logos, including AppDynamics, Trendyol, SafeCharge, 2K Games, VuBiquity, and Age of Learning. At the same time, the company grew existing customer relationships, some of which include eBay, Royal Caribbean, UPS, Verizon, and Visa.
Couchbase powers engaging customer experiences for travel and hospitality, including 3 of the top 3 cruise lines in the world, the top 3 global distribution systems, and 4 of the largest 10 airlines in the world. Couchbase also enables 5 of the top 10 retailers in the world and 5 of the top 10 U.S.-based e-commerce companies to create extraordinary shopping experiences.
Partnership Momentum
Partner-sourced and influenced deals during the period grew to more than 25% of new business bookings while partner count grew to more than 280. Other highlights include:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Couchbase was a launch partner with Oracle for its Paid Listing and Stack launch in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Marketplace.
Infosys: Couchbase collaborated with Infosys on OpenHack, a global hackathon sponsored by Infosys’s Modernization practice in which more than 190 teams of Infosys developers created 70+ solutions to address the next generation of enterprise data migration and app development challenges.
Red Hat: For the second year in a row, Couchbase was recognized as a strategic ISV by Red Hat during Summit 2019, earning the “Partner Technology Innovation Award” for Couchbase Autonomous Operator on Red Hat OpenShift and RHEL.
Additions to the Leadership Team
Denis Murphy was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. As CRO, Murphy leads the company’s go-to-market optimization and expansion activities to capitalize on the $45B+ database market.
Chris Galy was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. As CPO, Galy is responsible for all aspects of Couchbase’s people strategy and company culture.
Industry Recognition
DBTA Readers’ Choice award winner for the Best In-Memory Solution
Awarded 5-Star rating in the CRN 2019 Partner Program Guide (2nd year)
2019 Red Hat Partner Technology Innovation Award recipient
Named “Top Rated” by TrustRadius in the NoSQL database category for 2019
“We will become the next great enterprise software company by simultaneously delivering sustained differentiation, driving long-term profitable growth, and building a world-class team,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. “The first half of our fiscal 2020 demonstrates our continued focus and commitment to all of these areas as we accelerate growth of our technical innovation, our customer base, and our talent. Couchbase has been uniquely architected to enable the most business-critical applications for the largest enterprises in the world. No other database in the market can match our capabilities. The momentum we’ve built so far this year underscores this reality.”
James Oquendo on October 15, 2019 LONDON — October 15th, 2019 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced it is sponsoring and exhibiting at multiple Red Hat events in Europe and Australia. This follows a successful Red Hat Summit earlier this year in San Francisco where Red Hat selected Couchbase for its Partner Technology Innovation of the Year award. The full list of forums Couchbase is sponsoring includes:
Red Hat Forum London, Paris & Melbourne – October 15th, 2019
Red Hat Forum Rome – November 20th, 2019
Red Hat Forum Madrid – November 26th, 2019
Red Hat Forum Milan – December 3rd, 2019
Red Hat Forum Darmstadt – January 14th, 2020
Couchbase is the exclusive Platinum sponsor at the Red Hat Forum London and will be delivering a keynote along with Red Hat and Microsoft. David Haikney, Vice President at Couchbase, will be presenting ‘Making tomorrow better for today’ where he will explore how the partnership between Couchbase NoSQL and Red Hat OpenShift is accelerating digital transformation projects by helping enterprises move critical applications to the cloud faster.
In addition to the seven upcoming events, Couchbase also sponsored and exhibited at the Red Hat Forums in Stockholm and Brussels earlier this month.
Red Hat, a strategic partner of Couchbase, is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform and Couchbase provide an agile and cost-effective framework for efficiently developing and running highly scalable and reliable applications. The combined solution, which has been rigorously tested by Couchbase and fully certified by Red Hat, is ideal for building and scaling web, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, mobile, and other contemporary applications. Red Hat and Couchbase help developers supply highly scalable and reliable database functionality for cloud-based applications and services.
James Oquendo on October 15, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Oct 15, 2019 – Digital architects are struggling to satisfy their organizations’ digital transformation ambitions, research from Couchbase has found. In a survey of 450 heads of digital transformation responsible for managing data architecture at enterprises across the U.S., U.K., France and Germany, 85 percent of respondents were under pressure to deliver digital projects – with 41 percent experiencing “high” or “extremely high” pressure. This is not helped by the apparent scale of the challenge facing architects. Sixty eight percent of respondents said that getting the right technologies in place for digital transformation can seem an insurmountable task, while 80 percent have had to scale back ambitions for new IoT or mobile applications because of challenges with using data. There is a clear need to overcome these challenges as 78 percent of respondents say their organizations have moved beyond planning digital transformation and are actively working on delivering projects.
Against this background, architects are still struggling with their database technology. Sixty percent of respondents stated that too much of the IT team’s time spent working on digital transformation projects is wasted dealing with legacy technologies. In addition:
90 percent of enterprises rely on legacy relational database technology, 38 percent “heavily.”
72 percent of those relying on legacy databases said these databases limit the organization’s ability to implement digital transformation projects.
79 percent of enterprises are actively planning to reduce their reliance on relational databases – with 56 percent aiming to do so in the next 12 months.
At the same time, 74 percent are moving more slowly than they should because they rely heavily on legacy databases for critical applications.
“As digital transformation moves from plans to reality, architects have the critical role of ensuring that business ambitions can be realized,” said Ravi Mayuram, SVP of Engineering and CTO, Couchbase. “In this new era of utility computing powered by the cloud, the architect’s role is even more critical. They have to understand, evaluate and recommend the right technologies and become the essential bridge between the business and developers. They are the ones to future-proof the technology choices that form the foundations of the architecture for digital transformation projects. They are the ones to marry disruptive technologies that are being developed and brought to market with business initiatives that are underway to stay relevant in this modern economy – enabling businesses to transform, compete and win in their markets.”
It is clear that organizations are still heavily invested in their relational databases. Thirty nine percent of enterprises said they continue to use them over newer alternatives because of the architecture built up around the database itself. Thirty percent do not want to retrain or up-skill their staff after already making significant investments, and 29 percent say it would be too complex to replace relational databases. However, capability is less of an issue – only 15 percent don’t trust newer databases with business-critical data or applications. There is also the issue of increasingly sprawling database architecture. Sixty three percent of respondents say their organization is using more databases than it should be, and 20 percent say it’s hard to cope.
While they are facing challenges, there are also signs that data architects, and their organizations, are exploring new ways of deploying databases, and looking to take advantage of transformative technologies. The most commonly supported deployment model for database infrastructure is private cloud (used by 50 percent of enterprises) – followed by fully flexible hybrid cloud (used by 45 percent), on-premises (39 percent) and public cloud (34 percent). Thirty one percent use Database-as-a-Service. When asked what transformative technologies they are using, or plan to use, 80 percent are already using mobile, or plan to use it within the next 12 months. In contrast, 50 percent are using, or will be, edge computing; 42 percent augmented or virtual reality; and 51 percent blockchain. However, respondents are less clear on which technologies will have the most revolutionary impact on digital transformation projects – AI, cloud computing and big data analytics were all similarly rated.
“Taking advantage of new technologies requires new ways of approaching architecture,” continued Mayuram. “Realizing the full potential of modern databases; microservices; AI technologies; and edge computing – such as in mobile apps and IOT – to name a few, requires serious thinking. Architects are tasked with making the right technology choices and picking the right vendors that will guarantee their initiatives’ success. In this developer-driven economy, architects will lead this digital transformation by evolving the application and system architectures in a responsible manner, whereby businesses can make a quantum leap with minimum disruption.”
Watch report highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrui9tkXAw
The report is based on an online survey conducted in summer 2019 by Vanson Bourne, an independent market research organization. The survey included 450 heads of digital transformation responsible for digital architecture, such as CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs, in organizations with 1,000 employees or more in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany.
James Oquendo on September 18, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO, September 18, 2019 –Oracle OpenWorld, Booth #610—Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced new features in Couchbase Server that include support for multi-document ACID transactions and a host of query enhancements. Couchbase Server 6.5 will deliver feature parity with SQL and relational database management systems (RDBMS), making it easier for enterprises to develop business-critical applications on Couchbase. Couchbase Server 6.5 is currently in beta and will be generally available this winter.
As enterprises continue to create new applications to maintain competitiveness in a fast-moving digital environment, there is an increased need for a more agile, performant, and scalable database on which these applications are built. With Couchbase Server 6.5, developers already accustomed to working with the SQL open standard can leverage these same skills within a NoSQL environment to address the requirements of today’s web, mobile and IoT applications.
Key highlights of Couchbase Server 6.5 include:
Distributed ACID transactions
While Couchbase Server has always supported single document transactions, Couchbase Server 6.5 will offer distributed ACID transactions across multiple documents and multiple nodes. As a distributed scale-out data platform, Couchbase has a long-standing distinction of being a leader in scalability, performance, and high availability. With multi-document distributed transactions, Couchbase remains true to those tenets. The addition of multi-document distributed transactions allows Couchbase to provide transactions semantics without compromising performance and scale it has always been known for.
Query enhancements
Couchbase Server 6.5 delivers numerous query enhancements, including RDBMS ANSI standard equivalent window functions, which simplify complex queries and reduces code complexity, particularly for financial and statistical reporting. In fact, in a forthcoming report titled Database Query Comparative Analysis, IT consultancy Altoros compares the query capabilities of Couchbase against two other approaches. Across the nine business scenarios Altoros tested against, Altoros found that Couchbase’s declarative approach versus a leading competitor’s procedural approach resulted in significantly less code developers must write when creating applications.
Couchbase also introduces and previews query optimization for NoSQL. The patent-pending cost-based query optimizer, much like in RDBMS, helps developers eliminate time spent on tweaking queries by using a rule-based optimizer to choose the optimal execution plan.
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“Couchbase is bringing together features of NoSQL with the familiarity and query power of SQL, making it easy for RDBMS developers to adopt and create new applications. So it’s not a matter of either/or, it’s ‘this’ and ‘this.’ Today’s developers are creating a different class of application using the agility of NoSQL, but increasingly find that they also require the integrity and consistency of relational, including support for transactions. Couchbase 6.5 marries SQL and transactions with NoSQL quite nicely.”
–Carl Olofson, Research Vice President, IDC
“Recently, at the latest edition of OpenHack – a hackathon by Infosys, hundreds of our developers experienced Couchbase. The response has been enthusiastic since Couchbase is SQL-based and is easy to learn and develop on. I’m confident that Couchbase’s support for multi-document ACID compliance and several other exciting new features will uncover a broad range of data use cases for our clients.”
–Gautam Khanna, VP and Head, Modernization Practice, Infosys
“When I was introduced to SQL for JSON, I quickly realized I had the flexibility to query with a language that looks 99 percent the same as SQL. So for all of our developers, it was an easy transition. With the new query enhancements planned for 6.5, we are excited to see Couchbase continuing to widen the opportunities for our SQL developers to leverage the promises of NoSQL.”
–Buddhika Rathnayaka, Lead Senior Engineer, American Express
“Today’s market reality is that NoSQL databases are critical for modern business applications. Enterprises are looking to NoSQL databases to provide equivalent relational database functionality that they still depend on. With support for multi-document transactions that we are delivering in 6.5, we are addressing this need whereby Couchbase can be relied on for both NoSQL advantages — schema flexibility, scale and performance– as well as relational database mainstays such as SQL and transactions. Bridging traditional databases to modern NoSQL database in this unique way, Couchbase Server 6.5 will exponentially accelerate application development, delivery, deployment, and scaling.”
–Ravi Mayuram, SVP of Engineering and CTO, Couchbase
Resources
Download Couchbase Server 6.5 beta here
Read more about Couchbase Server 6.5 in our dedicated blogs
Read about ACID Transactions in Couchbase
James Oquendo on September 12, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sept. 12, 2019 – Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced it will be exhibiting at booth #610 (South Hall) during Oracle OpenWorld, which takes place September 16-19, 2019 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
A Signature Sponsor, Couchbase will be presenting alongside customer, Alliance Data, a provider of loyalty and marketing services, in a joint session titled, “How Alliance Data modernized its application configuration management with NoSQL and Couchbase.” The session takes place on Monday, September 16, in the Exchange Theater 4 (Moscone South) from 1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Booth visitors can experience live demos and learn how Couchbase can complement an Oracle relational database to provide performance, scalability and flexibility. Couchbase is also a participating vendor in the OpenWorld scavenger hunt taking place throughout the duration of the event.
James Oquendo on September 4, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Sept 4, 2019 – Despite rising optimism in digital transformation, the vast majority of organizations are still suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital transformation projects, research from Couchbase has found. In the survey of 450 heads of digital transformation in enterprises across the U.S., U.K., France and Germany, 73 percent of organizations have made “significant” or better improvements to the end-user experience in their organization through digital innovation. Twenty-two percent say they have transformed or completely “revolutionized” end-user experience, representing a marked increase over Couchbase’s 2017 survey (15 percent). However, organizations are still experiencing issues meeting their digital ambitions, including:
86 percent said factors including reliance on a legacy technology, complexity of implementing technologies, and lack of resources and skills had prevented them from pursuing a new digital service or other transformation project that their organization wanted
55 percent said that their reliance on relational databases “somewhat” limited their ability to implement digital transformation projects, while 17 percent said “severely”
81 percent have had a digital transformation project fail, suffer a significant delay, or be scaled back in the last 12 months
42 percent said they were behind schedule, or at risk of falling behind, on their most significant digital transformation project
73 percent said that, while the huge potential of digital projects is often talked about, most of the time they fall short of being truly transformational or revolutionary – albeit a fall compared to the previous two years
At the same time, transformation is not slowing down. Ninety-one percent of respondents said that disruption in their industry has accelerated over the last 12 months, 40 percent “rapidly.” And organizations plan to spend $30 million on digital transformation projects in the next 12 months, compared to $27 million in the previous 12.
“Digital transformation has reached an inflection point,” said Matt Cain, CEO, Couchbase. “At this pivotal time, it is critical for enterprises to overcome the challenges that have been holding them back for years. Organizations that put the right people and technology in place, and truly drive their digital transformation initiatives, will benefit from market advantages and business returns.”
Organizations are well aware of the risks of failing to digitally innovate. Forty-six percent fear becoming less relevant in the market if they do not innovate, while 42 percent say they will lose IT staff to more innovative competitors, in turn making it harder to innovate in the future. As a result, organizations are pressing forward with projects, perhaps recklessly. Seventy-one percent agree that businesses are fixated on the promise of digital transformation, to the extent that IT teams risk working on projects that may not actually deliver tangible benefits.
One key to delivering tangible benefits is ensuring that digital transformation strategy is set with the needs of the business in mind. The majority of organizations (52 percent) still have digital transformation strategy set by the IT team, meaning the C-suite is not guiding projects and strategy that should have a major impact on the business. At the same time, the primary drivers for transformation are almost all reactive – responding to competitors’ advances, pressure from customers for new services and responding to changes in legislation were each reported by 23 percent of respondents. Conversely, original ideas from within the business only drive eight percent of organizations’ transformations.
“In order for companies to succeed with their digital projects and overcome the inherent challenges with these new approaches, they have to attack the projects in a comprehensive and systemic way,” continued Matt Cain. “Transformation is ultimately achieved with the right combination of organizational commitment and next-generation technology. Change must be driven across the entire enterprise as a true strategic imperative, not left in the sole hands of the IT team. The best technology will then help companies enable the customer outcomes they desire.”
The full Couchbase report can be found here
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The report is based on an online survey conducted in May and June 2019 by Vanson Bourne, an independent market research organization. The survey included 450 heads of digital transformation, such as CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs, in organizations with 1,000 employees or more in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany.
James Oquendo on August 29, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 29, 2019— Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced it was named to the Constellation ShortList™ for Hybrid- and Cloud-Friendly NoSQL Stores in Q3 2019. The technology vendors and service providers included in the Constellation ShortList offer the key requirements for early adopters pursuing digital transformation initiatives.
Developed as an alternative to traditionally inflexible relational databases, Couchbase architected a SQL-compatible NoSQL database for today’s data-intensive web, mobile and IoT applications. Couchbase’s cloud-native geo-distributed JSON document-oriented database and key-value store provides unmatched developer agility and manageability, as well as unparalleled performance at any scale. And with cross datacenter replication (XDCR) technology, as well as the Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes, Couchbase provides cloud interoperability, giving developers the freedom to pick any cloud.
“Couchbase is honored to be recognized again on the Constellation ShortList™ for Hybrid- and Cloud-Friendly NoSQL Stores,” said Scott Anderson, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Business Operations at Couchbase. “Worldwide, the most successful digital transformation initiatives are being built on flexible, scalable, cloud-native databases that are helping enterprises accelerate the innovation of their business-critical applications. Being named to the Constellation ShortList™is great recognition of our work in enabling digital transformation by helping our customers innovate in the cloud.”
“In our experience working on tens of thousands of vendor selections, we’ve learned that no two organizations have the same requirements. We cut through the clutter and marketing hype and present the top offerings in each of our coverage areas. These vendors have battle tested solutions that our analysts have vetted and approved,” said R “Ray” Wang, chairman and founder at Constellation Research.
Constellation Research advises leaders on leveraging disruptive technologies to achieve business model transformation. Products and services named to the Constellation ShortList meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined through client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share and internal research. The portfolio is frequently updated every six months with the rapidly changing market conditions.
About Couchbase
Unlike other NoSQL databases, Couchbase provides an enterprise-class, multicloud to edge database that offers the robust capabilities required for business-critical applications on a highly scalable and available platform. Couchbase is built on open standards, combining the best of NoSQL with the power and familiarity of SQL, to simplify the transition from mainframe and relational databases.
Couchbase has become pervasive in our everyday lives; our customers include industry leaders Amadeus, American Express, Carrefour, Cisco, Comcast/Sky, Disney, eBay, LinkedIn, Marriott, Tesco, Tommy Hilfiger, United, Verizon, as well as hundreds of other household names. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com.
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