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INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business

OVHcloud partners with Aiven to enhance its Database-as-a- Service offer

OVHcloud is accelerating the development of its Database-as-a- Service ( DBaaS ) offer by partnering with Aiven , a European software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure . This new offer will provide professionals with fully managed database solutions based on a trusted cloud .

According to Gartner , by 2022 , 75 % of databases will be deployed or migrated to a cloud platform .
This partnership will enable OVHcloud to offer an extensive catalogue of DBaaS solutions such as MySQL , PostgreSQL , Redis , Apache Kafka , ElasticSearch , M3 , and Apache Cassandra . This wide range of database management systems will suit a variety of uses , from legacy applications to AI applications , web applications and e-commerce websites .
Database-as-a-Service solutions based on OVHcloud trusted infrastructures will give organisations security , confidentiality and reversibility guarantees for their data . Companies will retain exclusive control over their data and focus on the added value of their applications , as they will no longer have to worry about the configuration , installation and maintenance of the database software , the backups and hardware infrastructure needed to run the service securely . Moreover , companies will get the best price / performance ratio , predictable costs , as well as the power of open source to accelerate their innovation .
“ This partnership with Aiven allows us to accelerate the delivery of a full catalogue of Database-as-a-Service , is Offering OVHcloud customers a wide range of choices to develop and run their applications in the cloud while retaining full control over their data ,” said Sylvain Rouri , Chief Sales Officer at OVHcloud . “ We share with Aiven , a European company , the values of transparency and reversibility enabled by open source technologies , offering companies the ability to accelerate their innovation while protecting themselves from technological lock-in .”
“ We are proud to partner with Europe ’ s leading cloud services provider to enable more organisations to leverage best-of-breed data technologies . Our joint services enable customers to focus on their core business while we manage their infrastructure in an open and trusted cloud environment ,” said Oskari Saarenmaa , CEO at Aiven . p
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