Cloudy with a chance of databases
Michael Stonebraker is a live legend, godfather of databases, relational patriarch, Miles Davis in the database World. He stood at the database roots in the 70s and to this day he stays on the bleeding edge of data technologies. Today we will review his keynote “The cloud in your feature” from an online conference Postgres Build 2021. All goes to the clouds When you try to hide hardware, wires and pipes under the floor in your office in central London or Frankfurt, cloud guys from Microsoft Azure box up data centers in standard 40 foot shipping containers and drop them around the World in places with cheap power. Guess who will win? On-Premise data centers are very expensive, but cloud solutions become cheaper and cheaper everyday. You have no chance to win these guys. ...