October 2024 Summaries

On October 22, 2024, Aiven announced that it has achieved the prestigious AWS Retail Competency in the category of Advanced Data Insights. This recognition highlights Aiven's expertise in providing software solutions to retailers, enabling them to gain valuable data insights and drive business success. By using the Aiven Data and AI Platform on AWS, retailers can obtain advanced real-time data analytics capabilities without managing the underlying infrastructure. The result is actionable insights that lead to better shopping experiences, more satisfied customers, and increased revenue. Achieving the AWS Retail Competency differentiates Aiven as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member with demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success in running cloud solutions on AWS for the retail industry.

Aiven for Metrics, a Prometheus-compatible solution powered by Thanos, is now generally available. The service provides aggregated metrics and cost-effective retention through automatic content migration to low-cost object storage. It also integrates with other Aiven services and can send data to Aiven for Grafana for pre-built visualizations. Users can launch the service from their Aiven console, and tools are available for migrating existing metrics from Aiven for M3 or Aiven for InfluxDB.

Google Cloud and Aiven have partnered to enable the deployment of AlloyDB Omni, a high-performance PostgreSQL-compatible database, across multiple clouds including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This partnership combines Google Cloud's advanced database technology with Aiven's fully managed multi-cloud data infrastructure platform, allowing organizations to run transactional, analytical, and vector workloads on any cloud through a single management platform. The collaboration aims to empower businesses to leverage the full potential of AlloyDB Omni in a multi-cloud environment, offering unmatched performance, AI innovation, true multi-cloud freedom, and enterprise-grade security.