Blog
Scale & Resilience
Cloud Journeys: Getting to Hybrid with Distributed SQL
To showcase how the cloud has worked for companies across the globe and across industries, we’re kicking off a new blog series: Cloud Journeys with Distributed SQL. In this first post we will share some stories of how enterprises have moved from on-premise legacy database solutions to hybrid or single region cloud deployments by leveraging our distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.
Becca Weng
October 15, 2024
Engineering
Culture
Inside Cockroach Labs’ Software Internships with Jasmine Sun
We’re delighted to feature Jasmine Sun’s experience on our SQL Foundations team. Jasmine Sun is a current junior at the University of Waterloo and joined Cockroach Labs for the Winter 2024 Cohort. We sat down with Jasmine to talk about CockroachDB, cats, and her tips for applying to our software engineering internship program.
Leslie Niiro
October 11, 2024
Mainframe to Distributed SQL, Part 1: Understanding Mainframe Database Architecture
Mainframe systems have long been the backbone of enterprise computing, known for their reliability, scalability, and unmatched processing power. As businesses strive to modernize their IT infrastructures, understanding the fundamentals of mainframe database architecture becomes crucial.
Amine El Kouhen
October 10, 2024
AI/ML
Scale & Resilience
Celebrating 12 Cameos from 50 Big Ideas in App Architecture
Each week, listeners can tune into Big Ideas in App Architecture, our podcast for architects and engineers who are building modern, data-intensive applications and systems. To honor the 50th episode release, and all the guests who have shared their insights and experiences with us along the way, we’re looking back at 12 of our most popular episodes spanning topics like navigating industry changes, building efficient engineering organizations, tackling the new world of AI, and building reliable, distributed systems.
Becca Weng
October 4, 2024
AI/ML
Generative AI
Introducing Vector Search with pgvector in CockroachDB
We are thrilled to introduce Vector Search in the 24.2 release of CockroachDB in preview. Vector Search is essential for enhancing functionalities such as semantic search, recommendation systems, and natural language processing, which are critical for AI-driven applications, including Large Language Models (LLMs).
Dikshant Adhikari
October 2, 2024
Events
RoachFest24 New York | Rewind
RoachFest 2024 in NYC has wrapped, the first year of Cockroach Labs’ popular event going global. Following successful deployments in Menlo Park and London in June, our packed NYC gathering on the waterfront was the optimal outro for RoachFest24.
David Weiss
October 1, 2024
Product
The New CockroachDB Cloud Platform: Powering Your Entire Application Lifecycle
We’re excited to introduce our latest addition to the CockroachDB Cloud database platform: the new Standard plan. The Standard plan delivers the perfect balance of cost efficiency, scalability, and security, completing our vision for an all-encompassing enterprise-grade cloud platform.
Lakshmi Kannan
September 27, 2024
Events
Product
New Product Announcements Kick Off RoachFest 2024
During RoachFest NYC we unveiled new product capabilities to meet the evolving challenges of the data landscape – as industries move towards more cloud and AI-driven solutions.
Ray Austin
September 26, 2024
Mainframe to Distributed SQL, An Introduction: What is a Mainframe?
This post is first in a series about Mainframe Migration from Cockroach Labs, exploring the fundamentals of mainframes and the evolution of today’s distributed database architecture.
Amine El Kouhen
September 17, 2024