YugabyteDB 1.1 is now officially available for download, offering improved YSQL capabilities, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. The new release also enhances the YEDIS API with features such as low-latency reads from followers and support for multiple databases or namespaces. In addition to these updates, YugabyteDB Enterprise has received orchestration integration with Pivotal Container Service (PKS) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), as well as read replicas in beta. The company also welcomes Ravi Murthy, VP of Engineering, who brings experience from his previous roles at Oracle and Facebook. Recent customer wins include Xignite and CipherTrace, which will leverage YugabyteDB's features to improve their data architectures. YugaByte will be attending Pivotal's SpringOne conference next week and is running DIY Jepsen tests that have shown no correctness failures detected by the testing framework. The company has also stress-tested high-density database clusters with densities up to 26 TB across four nodes, demonstrating the performance and scalability of YugabyteDB. With these updates and recent hires, YugaByte aims to continue innovating and pushing the boundaries of distributed databases.