For the first meeting of 2024, our topic is databases in the cloud. Applications cannot run without a database and they are often the bottleneck that needs to be scaled. In our talk you will learn about the scaling opportunities the cloud offers for databases and our experiences with our customers.

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**Fully-managed Cloud-native Databases: The path to indefinite scale by Dirk**

When it comes to the question: “Where do we actually store our application data?”, we are spoilt for choice, especially when it comes to the major cloud providers.

The simple and often completely valid answer is still the classic relational database! It is very suitable for many areas of application, as the technology is tried and tested and can cover a very broad spectrum. It is therefore not surprising that all major cloud providers offer this as a “managed service”.

For some years now, however, there have also been so-called cloud-native databases that have been specially developed for the requirements of the cloud. The big promise: “Infinite scalability”

In a large customer project, we have been using such a database productively for over 4 years with Azure CosmosDB.
The presentation will deal with the following questions, among others

– What does “upscalability” mean in practice ?
– What do you have to pay attention to when designing?
– What are the actual limits?
– What other special features do I get?
– When do I need a cloud-native database?

But that’s not all! We also look beyond Azure to the other two major cloud providers: AWS and Google Cloud. With DynamoDB and Datastore/Firestore, they have similar products on offer.