YugabyteDB is an open-source, hybrid, multi-cloud, distributed SQL database that has been adopted by Admiral, a leading Visitor Relationship Management (VRM) platform serving thousands of publishers worldwide. Admiral chose YugabyteDB for its geo-distribution capabilities, low latency, massive scalability, and high performance, which enabled the company to serve 10,000 queries per second across three continents. James Hartig, Co-Founder of Admiral, has been using YugabyteDB Managed since 2019 and has experienced significant improvements in performance and ease of use, allowing him to focus on other aspects of his business. He is looking forward to features such as follower reads in YSQL and improvements to change data capture (CDC) to further simplify the management of his database cluster.