CLOUD APP DEVELOPMENT, CLOUD APP MANAGEMENT, CLOUD DEPLOYMENT MODELS
Prnewswire | May 05, 2023
Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), the cloud database platform company, today announced the Couchbase Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Starter Factory. The new program supports ISVs with additional tools and resources required to build and monetize their applications with Couchbase Capella™ Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Couchbase and AWS have invested resources into the ISV Starter Factory including technical proof-of-value workshops, proofs of concept (PoCs), training, certifications, best practices and aligning System Integrators (SIs) that are part of the AWS Partner Network program.
The unique combination of a cloud database vendor, cloud services provider and select SIs provides an end-to-end program for ISVs that streamlines ISV migration efforts to Capella on AWS. The ISV Starter Factory builds on the momentum from Couchbase's recently enhanced ISV Partner Program in conjunction with Couchbase's expanded relationship with AWS, which offers customers integrated go-to-market activities, commercial incentives and technology integrations including support for migrating workloads to the Capella offering on AWS.
"With Capella on AWS, we benefit from lower total cost of ownership and increased efficiency for our development team. The cost savings, ease of use and scalability of Capella on AWS allows us to perform frequent software releases so we can stay ahead of competitors while exceeding our customer expectations," said Mike Orlando, CEO at Yapstone. "With the launch of the ISV Starter Factory, app builders will now be able to leverage benefits such as custom PoCs and specialized training and certifications in a programmatic manner to give their application a fast start to monetization. This will help developers to locate the resources needed to quickly and easily build applications that deliver immense value to their customers."
According to a McKinsey study, companies with high developer velocity grew revenue four to five times faster than those with low velocity. For ISVs, developing market-leading apps that need to evolve rapidly can be difficult. Adding features and increasing differentiation can be at the expense of developer agility when the database does not perform or scale to meet their needs. Additionally, some vendors provide limited services for ISVs, which are typically disaggregated and can end up creating more roadblocks for their development teams.
Couchbase's ISV Starter Factory reduces this complexity, making it easier to modernize and migrate apps. It is a single place for organizations looking for a developer-friendly solution to build applications. Capella also addresses challenges around cloud infrastructure and migration services. Couchbase's flexible and cost-efficient cloud database Capella, paired with AWS's scale and compute power, allows ISVs to establish and expand their business at a compellingly low total cost of ownership. Customers' development speed and agility are also enhanced as Capella enables teams to consolidate their solutions — saving time and budget.
Carol Potts, Head of North America Independent Software Vendor and Digital Native Business Segments at AWS, said, "In today's digital economy, applications are the modern framework for all commerce. We are delighted to be working with Couchbase to help customers build modern applications that are always on and can extend anywhere — from cloud to edge to mobile and IoT devices and anywhere in between."
Couchbase ISV partners can take advantage of the capabilities of Capella and Capella App Services on AWS, including:
SQL-like experience for modern applications: With a familiar foundation, developers aren't required to learn new coding languages and processes, which helps close the skills gap.
Securely sync data from any cloud to the edge: Capella App Services allows developers to store, query, search and analyze data in the cloud, at the edge or on IoT devices regardless of internet connectivity and speed. This enables applications that are always fast and always on.
Multi-data models: Capella makes development faster and easier by providing multiple services within one platform including document, key-value, full-text search and eventing.
"As part of our growing momentum with AWS, we're excited to equip our ISV partners with industry-leading resources to help propel their application development journeys forward, turning theory into action," said Matt McDonough, senior vice president of business development and strategy at Couchbase. "Support from AWS and participating SIs enables our ISV Starter Factory to provide ISVs with programmatic support to productionize and monetize their applications with faster time to market."
To enroll in Couchbase's ISV Starter Factory with AWS, interested parties can reach out here.
About Couchbase
Modern customer experiences need a flexible database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase's mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and consume modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers – all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com and follow us on Twitter @couchbase.
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Accela | March 15, 2023
On March 14, 2023, Accela, a leading cloud solutions provider reported successful cloud migrations for five Florida cities and counties using its suite of cloud solutions. Charlotte County, Hillsborough County, Polk County, Tampa, and Weston are just a few of these local and state governments.
As digital transformation continues to accelerate across governments, agencies are turning to modern govtech solutions that can help them deliver essential services faster, easier, and more cost-effectively. Accela's SaaS platform and cloud solutions make things easier for residents and staff and create new digital efficiencies that save time and money when doing things like opening and running a business, applying for permits, and scheduling inspections.
Jonathon Knight, Chief Customer Officer at Accela, said, "When I speak with our government partners, I consistently hear they are passionate about finding solutions that help them deliver essential services faster, easier and more cost-effectively – and this is all possible with the cloud." He also said, "Migrating to the cloud is one of the most responsible uses of IT funds and plays a critical role in building stronger, more resilient communities. It breaks down organizational barriers and establishes a 'one-stop-shop' to best service agencies and residents alike."
(Source - CISION PR Newswire)
The company has reported that it will help over 33 jurisdictions migrate to the cloud from 2021 through the fiscal year 2023. Additionally, 16 other jurisdictions are currently in the migration pipeline. The successful cloud migrations are part of the continued growth of Accela, which closed the last quarter with 17% growth in its annual recurring revenue and outstanding net retention well above 110%.
About Accela
Accela is a provider of cloud solutions that helps governments worldwide to accelerate their digital transformation, deliver vital services, and build stronger communities. The company's purpose-built solutions and platform provide users with a consumer-like experience, data sharing across departments, and world-class security. Accela's government software meets agencies' requirements wherever they are on their modernization journey and helps them prepare for the future. The company has won several awards, including the Microsoft US Partner Award and the Inc.'s Best in Business award for SaaS. It was founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices globally, and over 300 million residents worldwide benefit from their solutions.
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CLOUD APP DEVELOPMENT, CLOUD APP MANAGEMENT, CLOUD DEPLOYMENT MODELS
Businesswire | May 04, 2023
Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company, and Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE), a leading specialized storage platform, announced an expansion of their partnership, now offering a range of integrated solutions of cloud compute and object storage. Customers can utilize high-performance cloud compute instances from Vultr that seamlessly connect with Backblaze B2 buckets via an S3 Compatible API, enabling users to scale their compute and storage needs up or down on demand. The joint solutions also offer predictable billing for compute and storage, with no-cost egress on data transfers between Backblaze and Vultr.
Building on the partnership initiated in 2021, Vultr and Backblaze are providing a developer-friendly alternative to the complex solutions provided by the Big Tech clouds. Customers benefit from local access to high-performance offerings from Vultr, including Cloud GPUs (based on the NVIDIA HGX H100, A100, A40, and A16), Cloud Compute, Optimized Cloud Compute, and Bare Metal, with tight integration with Backblaze B2. Vultr and Backblaze also enable developers to get started and connect go-to software and hardware in minutes. Users can deploy highly customizable and scalable cloud infrastructure, thanks to both partners’ tech stack approach, which is compliant with stringent MACH Alliance standards, and built on API-first, composable infrastructure. These joint solutions are now available across multiple regions worldwide, with local accessibility for developer teams in over 30 Vultr cloud data center locations across six continents.
“Developers need more affordable and better alternatives to the Big Tech cloud providers to scale their applications,” said Gleb Budman, CEO and Chairperson of the Board at Backblaze. “Together, Backblaze and Vultr offer everything developers expect in their cloud stack while freeing them from complex cloud infrastructure and unpredictable costs.”
Vultr and Backblaze have enabled a growing number of customers to achieve workload acceleration at a fraction of the cost provided by the Big Tech clouds. When Can Stock Photo, managing over 70 million images and videos to customers worldwide, needed to scale services and infrastructure to provide seamless end-user experience to creators and agencies worldwide, they opted for the joint Vultr and Backblaze offering. The company moved its image processing application from AWS EC2 instances to Vultr and migrated more than 600 terabytes of data from Amazon S3 and Glacier into Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, with all image and video files now in hot storage, including archived files. By doing so, Can Stock Photo processes videos four times faster while cutting its infrastructure costs by over 50%. Monument, the leader in digital photo management, chose a lean infrastructure stack to run its AI software on Vultr, coupled with Backblaze B2 for its encrypted storage. Thanks to that setup, the cloud service quickly became the company’s flagship offering, drawing 25,000 active users. Black.ai, which builds advanced AI and computer vision systems, leverages cloud compute resources from Vultr for AI analysis and performant video storage, and services from Backblaze B2 to ensure predictable storage and bandwidth as developers build, test, and deploy applications at scale.
“Vultr’s mission is to make high-performance cloud computing easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for businesses and developers around the world,” said J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Vultr. “We are focused on being the cloud infrastructure platform of choice for the composable age, and are committed to open innovation through our ecosystem of like-minded partners such as Backblaze, delivering a best-of-breed alternative to the walled gardens of the Big Tech clouds.”
To learn more about how Backblaze and Vultr are accelerating application development, visit: www.vultr.com/campaign/backblaze.
About Constant and Vultr
Constant, the creator and parent company of Vultr, is on a mission to make high-performance cloud computing easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for businesses and developers around the world. Vultr has served over 1.5 million customers across 185 countries with flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. Founded by David Aninowsky, and completely bootstrapped, Vultr has become the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company, without ever raising equity financing. Learn more at www.constant.com and www.vultr.com.
About Backblaze
Backblaze makes it astonishingly easy to store, use, and protect data. The Backblaze Storage Cloud provides a foundation for businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals to build applications, host content, manage media, back up and archive data, and more. With over two billion gigabytes of data storage under management, the company currently works with more than 500,000 customers in over 175 countries. Founded in 2007, the company is based in San Mateo, CA. For more information, please go to www.backblaze.com.
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