Data complexity and performance needs are the two reasons enterprises will find solace in cloud-borne database technology.
Those businesses that store data in the cloud typically use primitive file storage systems rather than databases. However, these days many cloud computing platforms are adding or enhancing their database offerings, thus becoming more compelling to enterprises.
For example, Google now offers a relational database for its cloud-hosted App Engine application development and a hosting platform called Google Cloud SQL — in short, MySQL in the cloud. Both Oracle and Microsoft have their own cloud-based database offerings. Amazon Web Services offers Relational Database Service (RDS), as well as other popular databases in its IaaS product.
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