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Every application is unique. Some prioritize cost-efficiency. Others demand peak performance at any scale. That’s why Akamai offers flexible managed database service plans. Responding to a need from our customers, we’re introducing a premium option purpose-built for the most demanding workloads.  Developers rely on Akamai’s managed database services for simplicity, reliability, and built-in scale. Our […]

There is virtually no application without a database in one form or another. User data and behavior, product information, and operational details all need to be stored and made available for retrieval and manipulation. There are different databases for different needs, but we can say the most broadly used ones are relational databases. MySQL and […]

Managed database services (DBaaS) provide a powerful and scalable approach to deploying and managing databases without the overhead of manual maintenance. However, fine-tuning advanced parameters can enhance performance, security, and reliability.  In this blog, we’ll take a look at the Akamai Managed Database Services powered by Aiven. Our solution offers developers the ability to customize […]

If you use managed database services, you know it’s great for the maintenance and administration of your databases, allowing you or your team of developers to focus more on building applications. But provisioning, enforcing policies, and managing cloud services still require additional tools to streamline operations. Terraform enables infrastructure as code (IaC), allowing developers to […]

Akamai has partnered with Aiven, a leading global managed database provider, to offer customers a streamlined way to offload the complexities of database setup, configuration, patching, backups, and scaling. This partnership enables businesses to concentrate fully on core application development, knowing their database infrastructure is in expert hands. Almost all applications rely on databases in […]

In-memory data management caching tools store frequently accessed data in memory, which significantly improves performance by reducing how often the database needs to be accessed. There are so many different in-memory data management caching tools available that it’s worth taking a look at the strengths and weaknesses of each. In this guide, we’ll compare and […]

Couchbase is a high performance NoSQL database designed for the kind of dynamic scaling necessary in today's complex cloud ecosystem.

Handling large volumes of unstructured data, along with storing it and managing access, are just some of the challenges you might face. In this post, we’ll explore these data management challenges.