The New Stack Podcast

Couchbase's Ravi Mayuram on the Future of Databases

Episode Summary

We’re moving beyond the idea that every company is a software company, said Ravi Mayuram, Senior Vice President of Engineering and CTO of Couchbase. “Now every company is a data company.” The Couchbase data platform is a unique NoSQL Engagement database, designed for using data to connect customers, employees, and machines.  The goal is to engage customers through exceptional digital experiences, which is rapidly becoming a key differentiator in business across all industries.   To create these experiences, enterprises need to leverage data in an agile, responsive, and scalable manner.  Enter Couchbase’s NoSQL Engagement platform, which Mayuram describes as distributed database that combines the noSQL concepts but adds SQL back into the mix. The whole platform is orchestrated with Kubernetes.

Episode Notes

We’re moving beyond the idea that every company is a software company, said Ravi Mayuram, Senior Vice President of Engineering and CTO of Couchbase. “Now every company is a data company.”

The Couchbase data platform is a unique NoSQL Engagement database, designed for using data to connect customers, employees, and machines.  The goal is to engage customers through exceptional digital experiences, which is rapidly becoming a key differentiator in business across all industries.  

To create these experiences, enterprises need to leverage data in an agile, responsive, and scalable manner.  Enter Couchbase’s NoSQL Engagement platform, which Mayuram describes as distributed database that combines the noSQL concepts but adds SQL back into the mix. The whole platform is orchestrated with Kubernetes.