In a challenging market made more complex by the pandemic and upheaval in business dynamics, companies face higher expectations and competition. Both developers and business leaders must adapt to greater infrastructure resilience and scalability in order for their businesses to survive and thrive.
As every seasoned developer knows, the biggest enemy of innovation is a dying data platform. Just as traditional proprietary systems are no longer technologically superior and cost effective, IT executives and developers alike are realizing the enhanced functionality and potential cost savings of adopting a cloud-centric open source approach to their database management systems (DBMSS). In the coming years, fully managed databases on the cloud, or database as a Service (DBaaS), will become the standard.
Understand mixed and cloudy clouds
Time and cost savings are factors that motivate enterprises to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based computing. This is borne out by Gartner's prediction that 75% of the world's databases will be on the cloud by the end of this year. This may be a bold prediction, but the market will see most enterprises move to at least a hybrid cloud environment, meaning some applications remain in-house while new applications are built in the cloud.
In addition, the multi-cloud approach will continue to evolve as more enterprises need to distribute applications and services across cloud portfolios, including public, private, and edge clouds. Multi-cloud management helps to create a unified and consistent cloud workflow and application management framework; It organizes huge amounts of data. A key incentive for enterprises to adopt a multi-cloud approach is that it can help them avoid over-committing to a single cloud provider. Decentralizing the system to multiple vendors may facilitate separation of data ownership and workflow, rather than having valuable data subject to one vendor.
More choices, more obstacles
In this new agile environment, developers drive decisions. IT architects, database administrators (DBAs), and IT directors still play important roles in the software ecosystem, but developers are increasingly involved in application-specific decisions. But while cloud applications offer tremendous benefits, it also presents a unique set of challenges for developers, including vendor lock-in, database innovation and performance, and asset compliance, not to mention a plethora of options. These challenges are likely to intensify when enterprises adopt a multi-cloud management strategy.
Developers and business leaders seeking ownership and control of data simply don't have the time or money to waste. Unfortunately, many of these decision makers eventually realized, often too late, that new cloud vendors were imposing similar dependencies on traditional proprietary systems. The new cloud vendors are core data center infrastructure and hardware experts who have now moved into the software business. However, these vendors are not database experts, and therefore, their limitations may prevent hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. This means that businesses seeking freedom in the cloud may find themselves and their databases still controlled by a single company.
Open source is a good way to do that
Fortunately, there is a solution that provides flexibility, scalability, and cost to developers. Open source technologies like PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, are inherently cheaper because development costs are spread across the global community. In addition, the Postgres license is extremely lenient, allowing developers to use every cloud, every deployment technology, and every virtualization method. It is also possible to run the same Postgres database anywhere, whether in-house, in multiple clouds, or in a hybrid approach, which can be very beneficial for enterprises that need a consistent experience across all platforms.
In any case, Postgres overcomes the hurdles associated with cloud and multi-cloud applications and outperforms other databases in the most critical cases. This includes the widest range of technical performance flexibility for mission-critical enterprise applications.
This also makes Postgres ideal for building new, modern open source applications in the cloud. Open source is at the heart of Postgres. Because it is a true open source database, it is available on all key public clouds and operating systems relevant to modern development. At the same time, Postgres has accelerated significantly in recent years, especially through enhanced management tools that allow developers to easily run high-availability applications at scale.
So it's no wonder Postgres is called Stack Overflow's most used, favorite, and desired database by developers.
Building the road to the future
Database expertise should be a major factor when an enterprise considers adopting a multi-cloud approach. Done right, enterprises can experience the freedom and flexibility, scalability, and cost savings of the cloud without having to manage their own servers. Leveraging Postgres' capabilities means developers and business leaders can take advantage of database performance improvements, security, and reliability. Avoiding vendor lock-in allows greater flexibility in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, so developers can focus on building at a faster pace and innovation
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