PingCAP
PingCAP is the company behind TiDB, an open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility.
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Overview
PingCAP started in 2015 when three seasoned infrastructure engineers decided to build a database solution themselves, the open-source way. With the help of hundreds of global contributors, PingCAP is building TiDB, an advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. TiKV, TiDB's Key-Value storage layer, is a CNCF Graduated project.
History
PingCAP started in 2015 when three seasoned infrastructure engineers were dissatisfied with the way databases were managed, scaled, and maintained while working at leading Internet companies. Seeing no good solution on the market, they decided to build one themselves — the open-source way. With the help of hundreds of global contributors, PingCAP is building TiDB, an advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. TiDB is described as one of the most popular open-source database projects in the world, and TiKV, TiDB's Key-Value storage layer, is a CNCF Graduated project.
Products and positioning
TiDB
An advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility.
TiKV
TiDB's unique Key-Value storage layer; a CNCF Graduated project.
TiDB Cloud
A cloud offering of TiDB referenced in customer migration stories.
Recent events
Reported
PingCAP launches TiDB Cloud Developer Tier[5]
PingCAP announced the availability of the TiDB Cloud Developer Tier, which lets developers launch a small TiDB cluster for free for up to one year. The tier is available on Amazon Web Services, with Google Cloud Platform access planned for the second half of 2022.
Reported
PingCAP and Fosun form strategic partnership[6]
PingCAP and Fosun reached a strategic partnership covering technology products and solution provision. PingCAP will provide core database solutions for Fosun's multi-industry data-platform strategy.
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Reported
Yipay signs cooperation agreements with more than 20 partners[7]
Yipay and more than 20 partners signed cooperation agreements covering UnionPay cooperation, inclusive finance, a benefits alliance, and technology cooperation.
Sources7 sources
- 1Database for AI Agents | TiDB Distributed SQL | TiDBpingcap.com
- 2Amazon Aurora Alternative: How Plaid Migrated to Distributed SQLpingcap.com
- 3Modernizing MySQL: Bolt Scales 1000s of Microservices with TiDBpingcap.com
- 4About PingCAP | TiDBpingcap.com
- 5PingCAP推出TiDB Cloud Developer Tierprnewswire.com
- 6PingCAP与复星达成战略合作finance.sina.com.cn
- 7翼支付与20余家合作伙伴签署合作协议finance.sina.com.cn
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