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Harmonic Adds Google Cloud Support to VOS360 SaaS Platform

Harmonic | September 05, 2022 | Read time : 02:19 min

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Harmonic today announced that its VOS360 SaaS platform is now available on Google Cloud, bringing additional infrastructure options to media and entertainment companies. By running on Google Cloud, the VOS360 SaaS platform reinforces benefits for video service providers, including unparalleled agility, resiliency, security and scalability for a superior viewing experience.

"Google Cloud's highly performant and trusted infrastructure is helping media and entertainment companies develop and distribute content intelligently and at great scale, By bringing its innovative VOS360 platform to Google Cloud, Harmonic enables these businesses to deliver differentiated broadcast and direct-to-consumer streaming experiences that contribute to agrowing ecosystem of cloud-native, flexible, and agile media supply chains."

Kip Schauer,Global Head of Media and Entertainment Partnerships at Google Cloud

As an end-to-end SaaS solution, the VOS360 platform simplifies all stages of media processing and delivery. The VOS360 platform speeds up the creation of linear channels as well as delivery of sports events and live streams directly to consumers or syndication partners. Using the SaaS platform, operators have creative control over content ingest, scheduling, playout, branding, encoding, monetization and the creation of channel variants, with real-time agility.

"We're thrilled to announce that we can now offer our market-leading VOS360 SaaS platform on Google Cloud for a wide range of applications," said Shahar Bar, Senior Vice President, Video Products and Corporate Development, at Harmonic. "Not only is our full tech stack available on Google Cloud, but so are our full DevOps capabilities, providing customers committed to Google Cloud the ability to deploy our full suite of services and cloud technologies. In recent years Google Cloud has placed a strong focus on the Media and Entertainment market, and we're excited to partner with them to bring more customers to the Cloud."

Harmonic will showcase the latest cloud innovations for its VOS360 SaaS platform at IBC2022. To schedule a meeting with Harmonic, in stand 1.B20, visit https://info.harmonicinc.com/ibc-2022. Further information about Harmonic and the company's solutions is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

About Harmonic
Harmonic the worldwide leader in virtualized cable access and video delivery solutions, enables media companies and service providers to deliver ultra-high-quality video streaming and broadcast services to consumers globally. The company revolutionized cable access networking via the industry's first virtualized cable access solution, enabling cable operators to more flexibly deploy gigabit internet service to consumers' homes and mobile devices. Whether simplifying OTT video delivery via innovative cloud and software platforms or powering the delivery of gigabit internet cable services, Harmonic is changing the way media companies and service providers monetize live and on-demand content on every screen.

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MariaDB’s New SkySQL Release Reimagines How Companies Control Cloud Database Spend

Businesswire | March 31, 2023

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced the immediate availability of a new release of MariaDB SkySQL, a second generation cloud database service. SkySQL offers fully managed databases including its flagship distributed SQL product MariaDB Xpand for maximum resilience and scalability. The release brings new innovation that lets organizations better manage their cloud database costs. SkySQL now enables autoscaling, which scales resources when demand surges and back down when demand normalizes to save costs. SkySQL also introduces serverless analytics to uncover insights on all current data without the need for ETL and all while paying for only what is used. Cloud database services offered by public cloud vendors were the first to bring open source databases, such as MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL, to the cloud over a decade ago. These first generation cloud databases emphasized convenience and price, however, today’s world requires extraordinary resilience, elasticity and performance. Accelerated by the pandemic, at an unprecedented level, people have come to expect more from the services and applications they rely on every day – whether it's travel related, buying tickets to a concert, banking and more. Second generation cloud database services combine deep database expertise and cloud-native technology to run across clouds and achieve unstoppable performance. “At our heart, we are a database company,” said Jags Ramnarayan, SVP and SkySQL general manager at MariaDB plc. “We take that deep-rooted experience and knowledge to offer a cloud database service that is tuned and optimized for the most rigorous of situations. SkySQL brings hard-hitting capabilities such as distributed SQL with our Xpand database and we make it incredibly easy to operate, monitor, run analytics and scale elastically, all while being able to control your cloud spend. With other clouds, costs tend to only go one way, up. With SkySQL, we also let you shrink the cost footprint automatically when demand is low. For everyone looking for exceptional scalability and performance of MariaDB databases in the cloud, MariaDB SkySQL is the solution.” Autoscaling: Dynamically Adjust to Changes in Demand Unlike first generation cloud databases for MariaDB, SkySQL enables autoscaling of both compute and storage in response to changes in demand. Rules specify when autoscaling is triggered, for example when CPU utilization is above 75% over all replicas sustained for 30 minutes, then a new replica or node will be added to handle the increase. Similarly, when CPU utilization is less than 50% over all replicas for an hour, nodes or a replica is removed. Users always specify the top and bottom threshold so there are never any cost surprises. When paired with Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database, autoscaling means never having to worry about unexpected spikes in demand. Double, triple or quadruple the amount of users initially expected? No problem. Xpand on SkySQL with autoscale turned on will automatically add nodes to handle the increase in demand. Once demand is reduced, SkySQL will reduce nodes so you only pay for the resources needed. Serverless Analytics: Analyze All Current Data, Pay Only for What Is Used No ETL is required to do analytics! SkySQL enables operational analytics on active transactional data as well as external data sources using a serverless analytics layer powered by Apache Spark SQL. This approach removes any inconsistencies between an analytical view and a transactional view. Only pay for the CPU consumed for analytics without any need to provision compute. Data scientists also have access to an Apache Zeppelin notebook. The notebook is pre-loaded with examples that demonstrate ways to run analytics on data stored in SkySQL. It can also be used to discover database schemas, running queries on data stored in Amazon S3 and federating queries to join data across SkySQL databases and S3 object storage. Availability The new release of SkySQL is now generally available (GA) on AWS and Google Cloud, and includes updated MariaDB product versions: Xpand 6.1.1, Enterprise Server 10.6.12 and ColumnStore 6.3.1. Sign up for SkySQL. New users receive $500 in credits to start for free. No credit card is required. Supporting quotes "Our first look at the new MariaDB SkySQL release left us very impressed, especially with the user interface and autoscaling capabilities," said John Hundley, principal software engineer at Hughes Network Systems. "Our IoT smart power plugs are distributed nationally across hundreds of locations, collecting data from various plugs at any given time. The number of locations and data rates can vary significantly. The user interface is very easy to use and will give us a better view into our database usage. We expect autoscaling to help us in responding to our workload changes to ensure we have the right resources allocated." “Cloud-native DBMSs, such as MariaDB SkySQL, use dynamic compute and storage, making their use of resources more efficient and enabling them to deliver optimal performance,” said Carl Olofson, senior vice president, IDC. “The choice of which cloud-native DBMS to use comes down to fit. SkySQL offers scale and availability, the ability to run in multiple clouds, and to handle both OLTP and OLAP workloads. It also leverages skills that are transferable to all clouds. If these qualities are important to you, SkySQL is a cloud-native DBMS to consider.” About MariaDB MariaDB is a new generation cloud database company whose products are used by companies big and small, reaching more than a billion users through Linux distributions and have been downloaded over one billion times. Deployed in minutes and maintained with ease, leveraging cloud automation, our database products are engineered to support any workload, any cloud and any scale – all while saving up to 90% of proprietary database costs. Trusted by organizations such as Bandwidth, DigiCert, InfoArmor, Oppenheimer, Samsung, SelectQuote and SpendHQ, MariaDB’s software is the backbone of critical services that people rely on every day.

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OneSpan | February 17, 2023

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UBiqube showed off its integrated MSActivator and Cloudclapp solution at Mobile World Congress. This solution is meant to help telecom operators help their enterprise customers extend their CI/CD pipelines by using edge deployment instead of the cloud. With a solution from UBiqube that combines MSActivator and Cloudclapp, telecom operators can easily extend the CI/CD pipelines of their enterprise customers. Edge deployment is an option for the solution, which makes it a great choice for operators who want to improve their cloud capabilities. The solution makes it possible for telecom operators to set up and manage service provider solutions as part of the enterprise DevOps fabric. This closes the gap between building an edge cloud and putting applications on it. The solution from UBiqube makes it easier to deploy applications over an edge cloud by letting service provider solution setup and enterprise DevOps work well together. This can help telecom operators give their enterprise customers better cloud options, which in turn can help those customers improve their CI/CD pipelines. Nabil Souli, founder and CEO of UBiqube, said, "Both hyperscale cloud providers and telcos are developing cloud solutions at the edge." "However, large enterprises are considering edge deployments in the context of their hybrid and multicloud strategies." He also said, "One criteria for hosting an application at the edge could be latency, but the consensus is that this should not come at the expense of vendor and provider neutrality — which is a fundamental driver for transitioning to hybrid clouds." He added, "It is therefore paramount that telcos offer their customers an edge solution that is easy to blend with other cloud alternatives to ensure fast adoption." (Source - Cision PRWeb) MSActivator is an infrastructure-as-code framework that telcos use to automate an edge solution. Cloudclapp by UBiqube, on the other hand, is a layer for hybrid clouds that makes it easy to deploy cloud applications visually. The integrated solution gives developers a simple way to manage different infrastructure environments, making it easy to connect to other cloud options. About UBiqube MSActivator is UBiqube's open automation and orchestration software. For network service providers and large enterprises, the platform automates and reduces network operations. It is in charge of managing physical, virtual, and multi-vendor network infrastructure. Service orchestration, inventory management, network automation, and security automation are all part of UBiqube's MSActivator platform. With a unified view of the network infrastructure, it is possible to deliver and manage services from beginning to end. UBiqube, headquartered in Dublin, has offices in Paris, France, and Sunnyvale, California. Customers include network service providers, managed service providers, and multi-industry large enterprises. UBiqube works with Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Palo Alto Networks to automate and orchestrate networks in an integrated way. In addition, the company is a running member of the Open Networking Foundation and the Open Platform for NFV Project.

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MariaDB’s New SkySQL Release Reimagines How Companies Control Cloud Database Spend

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Accelerated by the pandemic, at an unprecedented level, people have come to expect more from the services and applications they rely on every day – whether it's travel related, buying tickets to a concert, banking and more. Second generation cloud database services combine deep database expertise and cloud-native technology to run across clouds and achieve unstoppable performance. “At our heart, we are a database company,” said Jags Ramnarayan, SVP and SkySQL general manager at MariaDB plc. “We take that deep-rooted experience and knowledge to offer a cloud database service that is tuned and optimized for the most rigorous of situations. SkySQL brings hard-hitting capabilities such as distributed SQL with our Xpand database and we make it incredibly easy to operate, monitor, run analytics and scale elastically, all while being able to control your cloud spend. With other clouds, costs tend to only go one way, up. With SkySQL, we also let you shrink the cost footprint automatically when demand is low. For everyone looking for exceptional scalability and performance of MariaDB databases in the cloud, MariaDB SkySQL is the solution.” Autoscaling: Dynamically Adjust to Changes in Demand Unlike first generation cloud databases for MariaDB, SkySQL enables autoscaling of both compute and storage in response to changes in demand. Rules specify when autoscaling is triggered, for example when CPU utilization is above 75% over all replicas sustained for 30 minutes, then a new replica or node will be added to handle the increase. Similarly, when CPU utilization is less than 50% over all replicas for an hour, nodes or a replica is removed. Users always specify the top and bottom threshold so there are never any cost surprises. When paired with Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database, autoscaling means never having to worry about unexpected spikes in demand. Double, triple or quadruple the amount of users initially expected? No problem. Xpand on SkySQL with autoscale turned on will automatically add nodes to handle the increase in demand. Once demand is reduced, SkySQL will reduce nodes so you only pay for the resources needed. Serverless Analytics: Analyze All Current Data, Pay Only for What Is Used No ETL is required to do analytics! SkySQL enables operational analytics on active transactional data as well as external data sources using a serverless analytics layer powered by Apache Spark SQL. This approach removes any inconsistencies between an analytical view and a transactional view. Only pay for the CPU consumed for analytics without any need to provision compute. Data scientists also have access to an Apache Zeppelin notebook. The notebook is pre-loaded with examples that demonstrate ways to run analytics on data stored in SkySQL. It can also be used to discover database schemas, running queries on data stored in Amazon S3 and federating queries to join data across SkySQL databases and S3 object storage. Availability The new release of SkySQL is now generally available (GA) on AWS and Google Cloud, and includes updated MariaDB product versions: Xpand 6.1.1, Enterprise Server 10.6.12 and ColumnStore 6.3.1. Sign up for SkySQL. New users receive $500 in credits to start for free. No credit card is required. Supporting quotes "Our first look at the new MariaDB SkySQL release left us very impressed, especially with the user interface and autoscaling capabilities," said John Hundley, principal software engineer at Hughes Network Systems. "Our IoT smart power plugs are distributed nationally across hundreds of locations, collecting data from various plugs at any given time. The number of locations and data rates can vary significantly. 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