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Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced a new solution designed to help enterprises provide fast, scalable, secure and always-on applications to their global and mobile field workforce in partnership with Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, and next generation services. Powered by the Couchbase Data Platform, the Field Service solution with offline capabilities will enable enterprises to develop and implement an “offline-first” strategy while modernizing their application landscape to deliver exceptional user experiences and support a more effective workforce.

The Field Service solution is designed to ensure businesses can remain agile by leveraging applications that are “always-on” to keep pace with accelerating digital transformation that would otherwise leave them behind. Based on the Couchbase Data Platform, organizations can avoid many issues that have previously affected global field application deployment, such as limited or no capability when the network connection drops, or applications that cannot match their development performance when rolled out at scale.

The new solution will create faster time-to-value for enterprises by accelerating the entire development process from initial proof of concept to final roll-out. Enterprises in all industries can therefore concentrate on creating applications that make the most out of their data and empower field workers, including:

• Real-time crew management, allowing airlines to ensure they always have the right crew, in the right place, for the right aircraft, with the right information

• Reduced service downtime, giving utility company field engineers the information and support they need to fix issues first-time, no matter the location

• Powering the industrial internet, allowing machine-to-machine communication in manufacturing lines and creating the foundations for a massively interactive enterprise

• Mobile lending, enabling the bank mobile lenders to have an informative discussion with their potential customers

• Sales Rep for store calls, improve productivity of sales reps by significantly reducing manual data entry

“One of the greatest challenges that large enterprises face in their digital journey is to develop applications, for their field workforce, that can provide the same user experience irrespective of whether they are online or not. By partnering with Couchbase, we can help our customers develop applications with an ‘offline-first’ approach thereby enabling their field work force improve customer reach and be able to cover the last mile. Lack of connectivity will no longer be an application exception.”
– Gautam Khanna, VP and Head of Modernization Practice, Infosys  

“Digital transformation initiatives are being driven by companies around the world as they aim to use technology to get closer to their customers and change the way they do business. And those organizations that struggle to transform risk being left behind. The aim of the Couchbase Data Platform is to enable massively interactive enterprises to provide revolutionary customer experiences. With this new solution and the strong partnership between Couchbase and Infosys, we can help enterprises realize the potential of their digital strategies to enable their competitive advantage.”
– Matt Cain, President and CEO, Couchbase

Resources

Watch Infosys’s presentation at Couchbase Connect SV
Read about Couchbase Data Platform

About Infosys Ltd.

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Visit https://www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 2, 2018– Couchbase, Inc. today announced that David Scott has joined its board of directors as an Independent Board Member. Scott brings decades of experience leading both emerging and established companies– from president and CEO roles through various Board chair positions. His background in creating world-class enterprise technology companies within hypergrowth markets coupled with his extensive experience scaling innovative and multi-billion dollar enterprise businesses makes him an ideal Board Member for Couchbase.

Scott brings more than 35 years of experience in the enterprise IT infrastructure industry to the Couchbase board, where he joins Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase, Kevin Efrusy of Accel Partners, Rob Rueckert of Sorenson Capital, Paul Santinelli of North Bridge Venture Partners, Robin Vasan of Mayfield Fund, and Independent Board Member, Jeff Epstein.

From 2001 to 2010, Scott served as President and Chief Executive Officer of 3PAR, Inc., a data storage company that created and defined the market for utility storage designed for service provider IT models. While President and CEO of 3PAR, Scott oversaw the company’s evolution from a venture backed private company to being publically listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2007, then finally through its acquisition by HP in 2010 for $2.5 billion. Scott spent the next five years as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the global HP Storage business before focusing on Board work. He previously served on the Boards of Veritas and AppDynamics, and is currently a Board Director at OverOps, Token, Nebulon, and AntemetA.

“David combines world-class experience in building multi-billion dollar companies with a unique ability to identify and align with winning companies in the right space at the right time,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO, Couchbase. “The expertise he’s amassed from leading companies through times of rapid growth and market transitions at data-focused companies is a great fit for Couchbase as we continue to expand our reach among enterprises around the world. We are thrilled to welcome him to our Board.”

“Couchbase is in a unique position within the multi-billion dollar database industry to create seemingly endless opportunities for the massively-interactive enterprise,”  said Scott. “As the shift to deploy new applications that are built on modern, faster, more flexible NoSQL databases continues, Couchbase continues to be the database of choice for the most customer-focused brands today. It’s an exciting time to be part of the team that will guide Couchbase as it continues to innovate and grow.”

Couchbase today also announced the departure of Bob Wiederhold, Executive Chairman and former President and CEO, from its Board of Directors. “We would like to thank Bob for his leadership and contributions as Executive Chairman of the Board for the past year and a half, as well as the seven years prior as Couchbase’s President and CEO. Couchbase would not be the company it is without all that Bob has done, and we’ve learned an incredible amount from him. We wish him the best,” Cain continued.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Couchbase Connect SV, September 19, 2018 — Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced the latest version of the Couchbase Data Platform with Couchbase Server 6.0. The latest release delivers new Analytics Services that enable organizations to derive real-time insights from operational data with quick setup in five clicks. With new features including an industry-first capability to circumvent the ETL transformation process, the first commercial implementation of the SQL++ language in N1QL for Analytics, and Autonomous Operator for Analytics, enterprises can get faster access to data and  insights from operational data with minimal effort.

The Couchbase Data Platform supports hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database requirements that allow business users to run ad-hoc analytical queries leveraging a massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture, without impacting operational application performance. Couchbase Server 6.0 provides immediate availability of operational data for analytical processing by enabling enterprises to run analytical queries on JSON data without the delay or complexity of schema re-design and data transformation that occur with relational databases.

Click to tweet: #Couchbase brings #NOETL to #NOSQL with New Analytics Service in Latest Release of Couchbase Data Platform https://bit.ly/2phUDz9

From providing real-time game statistics at sporting events to making historical data comparisons against real-time data on the spot, Couchbase Server 6.0 has already seen its way into various enterprise use-cases where insights are being derived from operational data to make immediate business decisions that improve customer and employee experiences.

Some of the new features and associated benefits in Couchbase Server 6.0 include:

Analytics Service:

• NoETL for NoSQL: Process JSON data in its natural state without the need for any transformation or schema design
• Fast ingest: Availability of data for analytical processing in milliseconds
• Ad-hoc querying: Allows business users to explore data and perform complex joins and aggregations
• Workload isolation: Run ad-hoc queries without impacting application performance
• SQL for JSON: SQL-inspired language for working with nested, schema less world of modern NoSQL systems
• N1QL for Analytics: First commercial implementation of the SQL++ language for querying schemaless semi-structured JSON data

Autonomous Operator for Analytics:

• Auto provisioning, auto scaling, auto recovery of analytics nodes with Couchase Autonomous Operator

Analytics Technology Partners:

• BI visualization tool: Knowi
• ODBC/JDBC connector: CDATA
• Integration with: Spark

Quotes:

“With Couchbase, we can review all sorts of data analytics in milliseconds to offer fans options to help them enjoy the game more, including the ‘nasty factor’ of pitches, which we push to fans instantaneously. The functionality we’ve built with Couchbase allows us to do things at speed, in real-time with analytics in the background at the same time that older technologies could never do. Our future is bright for engaging with fans in ways we haven’t in the past.”
–Steven Wyant, Data Architect, Cincinnati Reds

“Enterprises continue to possess an insatiable appetite for analytics and that includes carrying out analytics on operational data, often referred to as hybrid workloads. Couchbase’s new Analytics Service is an example of such a system targeting hybrid workloads, giving enterprises the opportunity to react quickly to incoming operational data.”
–James Curtis, Senior Analyst, Data Platforms and Analytics, 451 Research

“For years, Couchbase has been helping enterprises run operations of massive scale by providing database infrastructure all the way from the edge to the cloud. Today, with the new Analytics Service in Couchbase Server 6.0, enterprises can get operational and analytical capabilities within one database platform under one programming model, N1QL, an extension of SQL. Now enterprises can find insights on what to change in their operations and what to change to–in real time. The unique way in which this is done eliminates the complex and time-consuming ETL process, which substantially reduces both the ‘path to insight’ as well as ‘total time to insight.’”
–Ravi Mayuram, CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Couchbase

Couchbase Server 6.0 will be generally available in the 4th calendar quarter of 2018.

Additional Resources:
Couchbase Analytics Service
Couchbase Server
Eventing
N1QL
Couchbase Data Platform Interactive Architecture Graphic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Couchbase Connect SV, September 19, 2018– Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced another first with the launch of N1QL for Analytics, the industry’s first commercial query language implementation compatible with the SQL++ language framework. SQL++ specifies how to create principled, next generation query languages that bring together the full power of SQL with the flexibility of JSON, helping advance the adoption of document-oriented data and the JSON data format. The development of the SQL++ framework began nearly a decade ago as UC San Diego’s NSF-funded FORWARD project with subsequent contributions and funding from Couchbase and Informatica, and support from UC Irvine and UC Riverside.

As the first commercial implementation of the SQL++ framework, Couchbase N1QL for Analytics serves as the query language for the new Analytics Service that was also announced today as part of the latest release of the Couchbase Data Platform. As a language deriving from SQL++, Couchbase N1QL for Analytics is easy to learn, especially for developers who are familiar with the syntax of SQL due to the similarities. With developers not having to “learn from scratch,” adoption of semi-structured and NoSQL databases by enterprises with existing investments in relational systems becomes a much simpler process.

The road to SQL++ began nearly a decade ago when the limitations of SQL, the most common database query language, were realized, as SQL does not provide a complete and efficient solution for querying JSON or semi-structured data in JSON form. Semi-structured data accounts for 85% of all business data and will continue to grow as machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) gain momentum.

To address this gap, Couchbase developed N1QL to provide a comprehensive query language that combines the query power of SQL with the flexibility of JSON data, while independently, UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering Professor, Yannis Papakonstantinou, and his team developed SQL++, a formally-defined, declarative language framework for semi-structured data, specifying a range of possibilities for future languages. Also contributing to the advancement of SQL++ was the NSF-funded AsterixDB project with contributions from UC Irvine and UC Riverside, led by UCI professor Mike Carey. AsterixDB initially had its own query language, AQL, but has now embraced SQL++.

Click to tweet: #Couchbase Announces First Commercial Implementation of SQL++ with #N1QL for #Analytics https://bit.ly/2pf8ne0

To learn more about SQL++, download the latest book by Don Chamberlin, one of the principal designers of the original SQL language specification, titled, SQL++ for SQL Users: A Tutorial. Attendees of Couchbase Connect SV this week will receive a complimentary copy for Chamberlin to sign during the closing reception.

“With the SQL++ framework you can make a declarative query language that queries semistructured data, like JSON, while drawing on SQL. Couchbase N1QL for Analytics aligns with the SQL++ framework and the requirements of querying semi-structured data. It is a query language for the new era of big data, because it operates on semi-structured data but is fully declarative, as SQL is, giving you the best of both worlds.”
–Yannis Papakonstantinou, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego

“It’s been very exciting to be part of the community that has been driving the future language of the NoSQL world, and it’s equally exciting to see the fruits of those efforts – especially with the first commercial implementation of SQL++ being derived from the Apache AsterixDB query engine. Since the turn of the millennium, enterprises have been asking for declarative queries on semi-structured data. And today, it’s here.”
–Mike Carey, Bren Professor, UC Irvine

“We started the journey to develop a SQL for JSON some four years ago. Our mission was to not develop yet another query language, but preserve and advance one of the most important contributions of the relational systems: SQL for flexible data model in JSON. We called it N1QL, which is short for non-1st normal form query language – essentially for JSON. Hundreds of enterprises have developed mission critical apps using N1QL and got the attention of like minded academics and database experts. With the launch of N1QL for Analytics, we have advanced and refined N1QL to be the first commercially available implementation of SQL++.”
–Ravi Mayuram, SVP of Engineering and CTO, Couchbase

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 17, 2018 – Couchbase Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Couchbase in its 2018 Cloud Partner Program Guide, a list of leading technology vendors with cloud-related partner programs that enable and accelerate the growth of solution providers’ cloud initiatives.

The CRN 2018 Cloud Partner Program Guide serves as a valuable resource for solution providers navigating the growing cloud marketplace, assisting them in finding technology suppliers with ground-breaking cloud offerings and partner programs. To meet the requirements for inclusion in the Cloud Partner Program Guide, tech vendors must have unique partner program benefits that deliver cloud infrastructure or applications.

Couchbase’s PartnerEngage launched in January to give resellers, consultants, and technology providers an inroad in harnessing the fast-growing Engagement Database market. The program offers partners more opportunities to unlock enterprise-scale revenue streams from the ongoing delivery of consistently brilliant, personalized and responsive digital experiences. Cloud partners are listed on the partner locator in a dedicated area, have access to a partner portal for many sales and marketing resources, and are eligible for discounts or commission for registered opportunities.

Click to tweet: @CRN has recognized #Couchbase in its 2018 #Cloud Partner Program Guide https://bit.ly/2Qwrehj

“With so many options available in the cloud marketplace today, solution providers often have a difficult time deciding which vendors offer the best program to complement their business strategy,” said Bob Skelley, CEO of the Channel Company. “The CRN Cloud Partner Program Guide helps to simplify the process by researching and identifying the cloud partner programs with the most comprehensive combination of resources, support, training, and financial incentives. Our 2018 guide includes a strong combination of innovative companies who support their partners needs and help them to succeed.”

“We are honored to be recognized by CRN in this year’s Cloud Partner Program Guide,” said Matt McDonough, VP of Business Development at Couchbase. “Couchbase created our cloud-native, flexible and scalable data platform for use in a multicloud universe, and we built our PartnerEngage program with our critical cloud partnerships in mind. We are dedicated to providing our partners with the tools necessary to meet the increasing data needs and complexity of a growing database market, and this recognition further confirms our strength in the space.”

The Cloud Partner Program Guide will be featured in the October issue of CRN and can be viewed online.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—September 13, 2018— Couchbase Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced that it was named to the Constellation ShortList™ for Hybrid- and Cloud-Friendly NoSQL Stores in Q3 2018. The technology vendors included in the Constellation ShortList offer the key requirements for early adopters pursuing digital transformation initiatives.

“Digital transformation dominates the agenda for enterprise organizations around the world, and these initiatives are most successful when underpinned by a flexible, scalable, cloud native database,” said Scott Anderson, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Business Operations at Couchbase. “Couchbase is honored to be recognized on the Constellation ShortList™ for Hybrid- and Cloud-Friendly NoSQL Stores. We view this as a testament to our ability to enable digital transformation and help our customers innovate in the cloud.”

The Couchbase Data Platform provides the leading database technology in the cloud for massively interactive enterprises focused on creating exceptional customer and employee experiences. Companies born in the cloud or looking to improve their strategy for cloud-based data management deploy the Couchbase Data Platform for its unique data model flexibility, elastic scalability, high performance and 24×365 availability, which are all key requirements for building and deploying modern web, mobile, and IoT applications. The Couchbase Data Platform is a distributed, multicloud and mobile NoSQL document database, based on a memory-first, async everywhere architecture. Today, Couchbase powers customer and employee engagement for the world’s most innovative companies, including eight of the top 25 Forbes Global 2000 companies, six of the top 10 broadcast TV companies, three of the top three credit reporting companies, and six of the top 10 U.S. ecommerce companies.

Click to tweet: #Cloud-native #Couchbase named to the recommended list of “Five Solutions to Know” from analyst firm @ConstellationR

“The latest Constellation ShortList updates reflect the leading solutions sought after by both our analysts and early adopter clients. We often work with market leader and fast follower clients to identify the leading solutions that apply exponential technologies to enterprise scale and security requirements. These lists constantly change, and the updates reflect the dynamism in the market and the expertise our analysts have in recommending the best solutions to our clients,” 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 Constellation ShortList is frequently updated as market conditions change.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 10, 2018 – Couchbase, creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced that Couchbase CFO Greg Henry will present at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference taking place September 12-13 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Couchbase’s presentation will take place from 1:50 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. PT on Wednesday, September 12.

Click to Tweet: #Couchbase CFO Greg Henry to Present at the @DeutscheBank #Technology Conference in Las Vegas https://bit.ly/2N0llee

The Deutsche Bank Technology Conference brings senior executives from leading companies in the technology industry together in an intimate fireside chat setting. Keynote presentations and a private company track will also be scheduled.

For additional information or to arrange a one-on-one meeting with Couchbase management, please contact IR@couchbase.com.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — September 06, 2018 — Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced the confirmed speaking roster for its annual west coast user conference, Couchbase Connect Silicon Valley, taking place September 18 and 19, 2018, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose. The two-day conference brings together customers, partners and thought leaders to address challenges preventing massively interactive enterprises from providing revolutionary customer experiences.

“Digital transformation initiatives continue to challenge organizations globally, as they struggle to transform or risk getting left behind,” said Matt Cain, CEO of Couchbase. “At Couchbase Connect Silicon Valley, we’ll gather many of the organizations that are successfully tackling transformation, learn from their experiences, and discuss how a next generation database supports their competitive advantage by enabling agile application development and helping them create exceptional digital experiences.”

What: Couchbase Connect is a regional user conference where Couchbase customers, partners, industry analysts, press and company executives share their insights on how enterprises are radically transforming customer engagement, accelerating innovation, and lowering infrastructure and operations costs. Now in its seventh year, Connect Silicon Valley will feature 2 hands-on workshops, 4 role-based tracks, and more than 24 technical and business sessions to illustrate how organizations are revolutionizing customer experience and achieving digital transformation at a time when 95 percent of IT decision makers believe that digital transformation seems an insurmountable task.

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The Silicon Valley event will offer sessions and workshops focused on:

• Exploring how the path of digital transformation is evolving, and how companies are rethinking their enterprise IT architecture to prepare themselves for the new era of the massively interactive enterprise

• Unveiling the latest Couchbase innovations, including Couchbase Analytics, through in-depth workshops, live demos, and face-time with engineers in breakouts

• Learning how cloud-native architectures and microservices enable high availability and data portability across multiple cloud platforms

Who: Keynote speakers and sampling of presenters include

• Matt Cain, President and Chief Executive Officer, Couchbase

• Ravi Mayuram, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Couchbase

• Mike Carey, Bren Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at UC Irvine

• Customer presentations from enterprise leaders including Cincinnati Reds, UPS, Comcast, and Carnival Cruise Line.

When:
Workshops/Pre-Conference: Tuesday, September 18, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Conference: Wednesday, September 19, from 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Where:
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
150 West San Carlos Street
San Jose, CA 95113

For more information and registration for Couchbase Connect, please visit us at: https://connect.couchbase.com/us/silicon-valley

5 September 2018, Mountain View, Calif.— Couchbase today announced that it has been named one of the first companies in the “GSMA 100,” a global innovation discovery initiative developed by the GSMA to identify and advance the next generation of connectivity and digital services. Comprised of the world’s most promising growth-stage companies and selected by mobile operators and investment partners, the GSMA 100 represents operator innovation priorities in key areas such as 5G and networking; artificial intelligence and machine learning; consumer experience; data and analytics; the Internet of Things; media and entertainment; and security, among others.

“Congratulations to Couchbase for their selection into the GSMA 100. The GSMA 100 is designed to identify those companies with the most compelling use cases and innovative business models,” said Ed Barker, Head of Innovation Strategy and Partnerships, GSMA. “We look forward to working with Couchbase and other GSMA 100 companies in accelerating business development, commercial partnerships and investment with mobile operator and key partners and, ultimately, in the deployment of next-generation networks and digital services that will benefit billions of subscribers around the world.”

“Couchbase is honored to be recognized by the GSMA, the organization behind the world-renowned Mobile World Congress, as one the first companies in the GSMA 100,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. “The GSMA embodies the future of mobile technology by fostering fruitful relationships between the operator community and emerging technology providers like Couchbase. Through our Mobile Database technology, Couchbase puts the power of data and analytics into the hands of mobile users for faster and smarter decisions, thus driving customer and employee experience within the massively interactive enterprise.”

The GSMA 100 are nominated by GSMA operator members, ecosystem companies and leading technology investors and primarily include growth-stage, venture-backed companies from their portfolios, partnerships or interest areas. Following a competitive review process, the nominations are evaluated and narrowed to yield the final cohorts. Couchbase was among the first 29 companies named to the GSMA 100; the remaining two cohorts for the GSMA 100 will made public in February 2019 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and in June 2019 at Mobile World Congress Shanghai.

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. Key operators and partners contributing to the GSMA 100 include Amadeus Capital, América Móvil, AT&T Foundry, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital, BT, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, EIT Digital, Ericsson Ventures, Forgepoint Capital, GE Ventures, GV, IQT, KDDI, KPN Ventures, Lumia Venture Partners, Mayfield, MTN, Orange, Rogers Communications, Safaricom, Sony Innovation Fund, Telefónica, Telenor Group, Telstra Ventures, Telus, the UN World Food Programme, US Cellular, Verizon Ventures and Vodafone, among others.

For further information on the GSMA 100, visit: www.gsma.com/aboutus/gsma-100.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—August 30, 2018—Couchbase Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced the launch of the first NoSQL autonomous operator for Kubernetes. Now available, the Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes is an application-specific controller that vastly reduces complexity, human error and manual management of database services, resulting in streamlined operations, more efficient consumption of resources and cloud portability. 

Couchbase Autonomous Operator extends the Kubernetes API to create, configure and manage instances of complex stateful applications on behalf of a Kubernetes user. It builds upon the basic Kubernetes resource and controller concepts, but also includes domain or application-specific knowledge to automate common tasks better managed by computers. Whether an enterprise is using a single-provider, hybrid cloud or cross-cloud strategy, Couchbase Autonomous Operator is deployment agnostic, thereby enabling multicloud deployment and migration seamlessly.  

As Kubernetes continues to gain momentum and IT organizations increasingly adopt cloud computing and embrace newer technologies like microservices, mobile, IoT and more, Couchbase identified the following key roadblocks that hinder progress:

• High operational costs: Manually deploying and managing hundreds of database instances across multiple geographies increases cost, effort and complexity.
• Vendor lock-in: A lack of standardization to ensure data can be moved freely and safely between cloud providers has made it difficult to switch providers quickly or work with multiple providers.
• Delayed time to market: Customers with applications using microservice architectures have difficulties managing and scaling database clusters in siloed systems, extending development times and making it harder to support their applications.

The Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes was built to address and overcome these challenges for the enterprise by providing:

• Automated operations: Beta users report reductions of up to 95 percent of the operational complexity, which lowers operational costs.
• Cloud-agnostic deployment and management: Offers enterprise customers with multicloud strategies the ability to deploy, manage and move their applications to and from any cloud, at any time.
• Unmatched agility and flexibility: Allows customers who have adopted microservice architectures to run their database next to their application, reducing the DevOps cycle and decreasing time to market.

“As a software engineer, one of the things I am least excited about is managing shell scripts. The Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes alleviates that pain and completely automates management of Couchbase on our Kubernetes cluster. It’s a game changer.”
–David Downey, Software Developer, BD Global Health

“The Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes is a marvelous addition to the Couchbase ecosystem, reducing our IT administration overhead by at least 80 percent. It sets the bar for all other clustered databases in any cloud environment.”
–Brant Burnett, Systems Architect, CenterEdge

“Couchbase is collaborating with Red Hat to bring the benefits of the Operator Framework to applications like the Couchbase Data Platform. With Couchbase’s distributed NoSQL database on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, customers have even more options to provide modern application portability across hybrid and multicloud environments. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a strategic deployment platform for the Couchbase Autonomous Operator, which is now available in the Red Hat Container Catalog registry.”
–Jack Baratta, Senior Director, Global ISVs and Alliances

“The Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes sets a new standard for Kubernetes in production deployments. For the first time, a fully distributed, scalable, enterprise-class database that can be orchestrated by Kubernetes is generally available to enterprises wishing to automate the deployment, monitoring, scaling and managing of database applications both on-premises and in public cloud environments seamlessly. By automating these traditionally manually intensive services, enterprises can significantly compress their ‘time to market.’”
–Ravi Mayuram, SVP of Engineering and CTO, Couchbase
 
Resources:

• Read the blog
• Couchbase Autonomous Operator product page

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — August 29, 2018 — Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, announced today that it has been selected as the winner of the Database Trends and Applications (DBTA) Readers’ Choice award in the Best In-Memory Solution category. Couchbase was also selected as a finalist in the Best NoSQL Database and Best Database (Overall) categories.
 
“Couchbase is honored to be recognized by DBTA readers in this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards,” said Peter Finter, CMO at Couchbase. “We are truly grateful to our community of customers, developers and partners at the massively interactive enterprises that we support, as well as our employees and the editorial team at DBTA.”
 
A recent Couchbase survey found that 88 percent of organizations have had a digital project fail, suffer a reduction in scope, or experience significant delays, because today’s data requirements — from rapidly changing schemas to performance at scale — cannot be supported by legacy databases. That is why leading interactive enterprises bolster their competitive advantage by using a next gen database to enable agile application development and create exceptional digital experiences. The Couchbase Data Platform is a distributed, multicloud and mobile NoSQL document database, based on a memory-first, async everywhere architecture. Today, Couchbase powers customer and employee engagement for the world’s most innovative companies, including the top 3 global distribution systems, 6 of the top 10 U.S. ecommerce companies, 3 of the top 10 international airlines, and eight of the top 25 Forbes Global 2000 companies.
 
“Today, more than ever, businesses are looking for ways to manage and leverage their information resources to create new opportunities and deliver a real competitive advantage,” said Tom Hogan, Group Publisher of Database Trends and Applications magazine. “There is an expanding array of solutions for storing, protecting, integrating, enhancing, and analyzing data. The DBTA Readers’ Choice Awards play a key role in spreading information about products that are providing a unique value to customers.”
 
DBTA created the Readers’ Choice Awards to help add perspective and acknowledge the products and services that have been deemed by our readers to provide unique value. Vendors are nominated in 28 different categories, and winners are chosen through reader voting. 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif – Aug 14, 2018 – Organizations risk wasting millions of dollars in the next 12 months as they rush into flawed digital projects, research from Couchbase has found. In the survey of 450 heads of digital transformation in enterprises across the US, UK, France and Germany, 52 percent said a fixation on digital transformation had raised the risk of rushing into ill-thought-out projects, meaning that much of their average planned spend of $28 million in the next 12 months could be wasted. This risk of rushing in is being driven by mounting pressure to transform: 85 percent of respondents said disruption in their industry has accelerated over the past 12 months, and 86 percent believe businesses will have to adapt to providing digital services in the next 12 months, or accept they will become less relevant. However, businesses that can adapt to this pressure can show significant success: 6 percent have completely revolutionized digital experience to the extent it’s now unique in their industry.
 
Other findings include:

• 95 percent of respondents believe that digital transformation can seem an insurmountable task – meaning projects are more likely to be unsuccessful
• Organizations spent an average of $24 million on digital transformation projects in the last 12 months
• 35 percent say the primary driver for digital transformation is advances made by competitors, 23 percent changes in regulation, and 19 percent pressure from customers – meaning digital transformation is mostly being driven by reactive needs, instead of proactive ideas
• Businesses have limited time to get this right: 64 percent believe those that can’t keep up with digital innovations will go out of business or be absorbed by a competitor in fewer than four years
• There are personal consequences of failed digital projects: 83 percent of respondents said they would face being fired if a project fails
• Despite these pressures, organizations are not standing still: 25 percent have either completely revolutionized (6 percent) or transformed (19 percent) digital experience in the last year, compared to 15 percent in 2017
   

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“We are entering the era of the massively interactive enterprise where every part of an organization, from sales and marketing, to HR, finance and logistics, is built around engaging digital experiences,” said Matt Cain, CEO of Couchbase. “The revolutionary potential of digital transformation will have a hugely positive impact for those organizations that can do it well. However, the pressure to transform at speed means organizations have a higher risk of taking a rushed, reactive approach, driven by the fear that the organization will lose relevance, that results in substandard experiences and wasted investments. Transformation is not a destination. It’s a continuous process that, at its best, is proactive, driven by the needs of the business as a whole, and underpinned by the right data infrastructure. By adopting this approach, and not letting the pressure faze them, organizations can join the ranks of the leading 25 percent.”
 
Digital transformation has been mostly driven by the IT function: 76 percent of organizations rank it in the top three business functions driving their digital transformation in the last five years. Business executives also have a substantial say, with 47 percent placing them in the top three. However, other functions are far less represented, suggesting that transformation is still seen as the domain of IT instead of something that should concern the entire organization.
 
Digital transformation is also still being held back by technology. Eighty-eight percent of organizations have had a digital project fail, reduce in scope, or suffer significant delays because their legacy database couldn’t support it. Indeed, this reliance on legacy databases and competing priorities has raised a number of issues, including:
 

• 87 percent of organizations find they have to scale back ambitions for new applications and services so that they will work with IoT or mobile devices – since these devices cannot match the data processing power of larger servers, and cannot guarantee a consistent connection
• Only 29 percent of organizations say they can use data in real-time, limiting the end-user experience and the types of services they can offer
• 74 percent of organizations rely so heavily on their legacy databases that they cannot adopt newer database technology as quickly as they would like
• 83 percent of respondents are under increased pressure to secure their organizations’ database – laying bare the threats organizations face and taking attention away from transforming new services

 
“Data is at the heart of the massively interactive enterprise,” continued Matt Cain. “Customer and employee-facing, and even machine-to-machine, applications need to access the right data, in real-time, even when there is limited access to a central server. This doesn’t necessarily mean organizations should simply throw out their legacy technology and start over. However, they do need to ensure that they have the right data architecture for their needs. One that can handle sudden changes in direction, that can perform at scale, and that is secure. With the right technology at hand, organizations will be ready to weather the growing pressure and take part in a real digital revolution.” 
 
The full 2018 Couchbase CIO survey report is available to download here.

The report is based on an online survey conducted in June and July 2018 by Vanson Bourne, an independent market research organization, of 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.
 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — August 6, 2018 — Couchbase, creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced that Couchbase CFO Greg Henry will present at the Oppenheimer 21st Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference taking place on August 7-8 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA.

Couchbase’s presentation, which will focus on the company’s growth strategy, will take place from 1:05 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 7th. On the same date, Henry will participate in a panel discussion around Next Gen Data Management from 10:25 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET.

The Oppenheimer Technology conference provides a broad look across the supply chain at existing and emerging technologies, and offers investors the opportunity to evaluate companies at the forefront of these innovations.
 

For additional information or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Couchbase management, please contact IR@couchbase.com.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — August 1, 2018 — Couchbase, Inc., creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named CEO Matt Cain to its 2018 list of Top 100 Executives, specifically among the Top 25 Innovators. This annual list recognizes leaders from the technology industry who have played an integral role in shaping today’s IT channel, whether by driving huge cultural shifts, creating rich new opportunities or forging innovative routes to success.

As President and CEO, Cain plays an integral role in driving strong growth and momentum for Couchbase. After expanding its executive leadership team, launching PartnerEngage, and introducing world-class brands such as YapStone, SyncThink and Norwegian Cruise Lines to its customer base, Couchbase is paving the future of a $40+ billion database market by creating exceptional customer and employees experiences through Engagement Database technology like the Couchbase Data Platform. 

“Visionary and strategic leadership can make the difference between just surviving and actually excelling in this period of disruptive change for the IT channel,” said Bob Skelley, CEO, The Channel Company. “In order for technology suppliers and solution providers to thrive and stay ahead of the competition, they need leaders who are able to envision both the future of the channel and the role their organization needs to play in order to create that reality. CRN’s 2018 Top 100 Executives embody these qualities. They are change agents who deliver unwavering guidance to their companies, always asking where are we headed and not being afraid to take the necessary steps to get there.”

“Matt’s leadership and positive influence is felt in the office day in and day out, and we’re thrilled that he has been honored as a Top 25 Innovator within CRN’s Top 100 Executives listing,” said Peter Finter, CMO at Couchbase. “He has led Couchbase through massive growth in the past year, and we look forward to his steadfast leadership and innovative vision as we continue our journey to revolutionize digital experiences for customers and employees.”

The Top 100 Executives list will be featured in the August 2018 issue of CRN and online at www.crn.com/top100.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—June 10, 2018– Couchbase, creator of the world’s first Engagement Database, today announced another excellent year of growth and accelerating momentum following its East Coast user conference, Couchbase Connect New York, which included more than 400 customer, partner, and developer attendees, and the launch of Couchbase Managed Cloud and Couchbase Server 5.5. Couchbase also announced its first office in Paris to support significantly increasing sales in this region.

Today’s enterprises seek competitive advantages by using a modern database to underpin application development and create engaging digital experiences. And as this demand for highly agile, scalable database technology surges, Couchbase’s success has grown commensurately.  Over the past year, the company continued to grow headcount aggressively and achieved 60% percent year-over-year revenue growth by delivering major product updates to the Couchbase Data Platform, launching the company’s formal global partner program, expanding its leadership bench, and expanding its marquee customer base. Key business highlights include:

Expanded World-Class Executive Leadership Team

Couchbase further expanded its executive bench with the  appointments of Robin Schulman as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, and Jessica Yuen as Chief People Officer.

Expanded Couchbase Customer Base

New logos from around the world include: YapStone, a leading provider of online and mobile payment solutions for global marketplaces; SyncThink, a world leader in neuro-technology; The Cincinnati Reds, 5-time World Series champions; FSI FM Ltd., a global-leader in CAFM software; and Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Introduced exciting new products to market

Couchbase uniquely helps enterprises create exceptional engagements for customers and employees with its unmatched developer agility, flexibility, and unparalleled performance at any scale on the easiest platform to manage. Latest innovations include:

• Couchbase Mobile 2.0 enables enterprises to extend business-critical applications to the edge quickly, easily, and securely to deliver exceptional experiences across all mobile touchpoints.
• Couchbase Managed Cloud, a fully-managed database service that allows IT teams to solve cloud and database infrastructure challenges and reallocate resources towards business initiatives that drive growth.
• Couchbase Server 5.5, the latest version of the Couchbase Data Platform, combines the power of SQL and the flexibility of JSON to offer simplified application management and operational agility.

Launched Global Partner Program to Accelerate Adoption of Engagement Database Technology

Couchbase PartnerEngage gives resellers, consultants, and technology providers a head-start in harnessing the fast-growing Engagement Database market.

Earned respected industry recognition

• Red Hat’s 2018 Summit “Land and Expand” Growth ISV Partner of the Year Award – Couchbase was recognized by Red Hat and the OpenShift team for its technical vision and leadership.
• CRN’s 2018 Partner Program Guide 5-Star rating – Couchbase was recognized alongside an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.
• CRN’s 2018 Women of the Channel – Couchbase’s Lauren Duda, Senior Director, WW Partner Marketing and Development, was named to its prestigious 2018 Women of the Channel list.
• Constellation ShortList™ for Hybrid- and Cloud-Friendly NoSQL Stores – Couchbase was named for offering the key requirements for early adopters pursuing digital transformation initiatives.
• Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ – Couchbase ranked No. 120 for its revenue growth of 1,000+ percent on Deloitte’s 2017 listing
• Datanami Readers’ Choice Award – Couchbase was recognized with four honors by Datanami’s readers: Best Big Data Product or Technology: Operational Platform (NoSQL), Top Big Data Achievement: GE Predix’s implementation of Couchbase Mobile, Top 5 Vendors to Watch,  Top 5 Open Source Projects to Watch

“As we reflect on Couchbase’s accelerating momentum over ten consecutive quarters, we are both thrilled and humbled by our success, and we are even more excited for the opportunities that lie ahead for the rest of 2018,” said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. “Our company’s leading position and product innovation is truly a function of our people, our customers and our partners, and we look forward to continuing our journey to become the next great enterprise software company.”

The success of Couchbase Connect NY will be replicated for Couchbase Connect EU, taking place in London this week.