SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yugabyte, the modern transactional database company, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data & Analytics Competency status.
Yugabyte earned this designation in the NoSQL/NewSQL category for its industry-leading distributed database YugabyteDB. This designation recognizes that Yugabyte has demonstrated proven cloud native relational database technology that helps customers achieve their goals of running business-critical workloads on AWS.
YugabyteDB is the leading PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for modern transactional applications. It is essentially distributed PostgreSQL with built-in resilience and seamless scalability. Global enterprises that are modernizing their transactional databases, and digital-native companies building modern applications, use YugabyteDB.
Achieving the AWS Data & Analytics Competency differentiates Yugabyte as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member that provides a modern, transactional database designed to help enterprises adopt, develop, and deploy complex projects on AWS. To receive the designation, APN members must possess deep AWS expertise and deliver solutions seamlessly on AWS.
“YugabyteDB is distributed PostgreSQL that scales and never fails,” said Karthik Ranganathan, CTO and co-founder, Yugabyte. “We have fully embraced PostgreSQL while eliminating known limitations and turbocharging it to handle the needs of modern, cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is designed to run on industry-leading cloud platforms like AWS. YugabyteDB provides an infinitely scalable, geo-distributed, resilient database with flexible deployment options for any transactional workloads built on AWS. We are proud to be an AWS partner and to have further demonstrated this by achieving the notable Data & Analytics Competency.”
The new Data & Analytics Competency evidences Yugabyte’s commitment to the AWS ecosystem and adds to Yugabyte’s existing AWS service validations, including the AWS Graviton Ready Product and AWS PrivateLink Ready Product validations.
AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions from startups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify Consulting and Technology APN Partners with deep industry experience and expertise.
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About Yugabyte
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the PostgreSQL-compatible, high-performance, distributed SQL database for building global, cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB serves business-critical applications with SQL query flexibility, high performance and cloud-native agility, thus allowing enterprises to focus on business growth instead of complex data infrastructure management. It is trusted by companies in cybersecurity, financial markets, IoT, retail, e-commerce, and other verticals. Founded in 2016 by former Facebook and Oracle engineers, Yugabyte is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Dell Technologies Capital, Sapphire Ventures, and others. www.yugabyte.com
