Silk Launches Cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) to Optimize Database Management

Silk’s solution is designed to empower customers by delegating day-to-day database management tasks to skilled Database Administrator (DBA) teams.

Silk, a prominent player in cloud data solutions, has introduced its new Cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) offering as part of the Silk Cloud Data Platform. This innovative solution is designed to empower customers by delegating day-to-day database management tasks to skilled Database Administrator (DBA) teams, allowing businesses to concentrate on strategic projects. The new offering guarantees customers the same exceptional performance, resilience, and cost-efficiency associated with Silk in the public cloud.

Silk's fully managed cloud database service encompasses patching, monitoring, updates, and tuning for major database platforms. Customers gain flexibility in choosing cloud VM instance types and supported database versions, while Silk oversees the entire database stack, from the database to the host VMs to the Silk Cloud Data Platform. With a dedicated 24/7/365 DBA team and Silk's proactive self-healing architecture, customers can be confident in the expert management of their databases.

Tom O'Neill, VP of Product at Silk, emphasized that by outsourcing daily database management tasks, customers are liberated to focus on innovation and impactful business endeavors. Silk aims to serve as an extension of customers' DBA teams, providing expert support and service.