IBM Cloudant

What is IBM Cloudant?

The IBM Cloudant is a highly scalable and resilient NoSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that is optimized for managing the heavy workloads typical of large, fast-growing web and mobile applications. Its distributed architecture allows it to elastically scale throughput and storage independently, ensuring that your data can handle the demands of your growing business. Cloudant offers both a fully-managed cloud-based service, as well as an on-premises version called Cloudant Local, providing flexibility to deploy on the platform that best suits your needs. Its RESTful API makes it easy to access from any language or platform, simplifying data management and application development

Highlights

• JSON data store: Flexible document-oriented data model that can easily handle multi-structured data and adapt to changing schema requirements
• Distributed replication and synchronization: Ability to distribute readable and writable copies of data across data centers and devices, with automatic handling of data changes
• Real-time indexing and querying: Incremental MapReduce capabilities for creating secondary indexes and performing advanced data aggregation
• Integrated full-text search: Powerful Apache Lucene-based search functionality, enabling precise querying and relevance-based results.