Startup process modeling services provider ShiftX uses FaunaDB as it looks to go global. Data consistency and speedy builds were factors in the choice.

This article outlines some of the consistency issues NoSQL databases have with distributed transactions, showing how FaunaDB has solved the problems using the Calvin protocol and a virtual clock.

The report reveals that cloud adoption and security concerns are key considerations in choosing enterprise datastores.

After solving Twitter’s scaling woes, Evan Weaver and Matt Freels set their sights on creating a massively scalable NoSQL database that doesn’t sacrifice data consistency, security, or relational querying. The result, FaunaDB, is a modern and cloud-native solution for heavily distributed applications that breaks free of the traditional client-server oriented systems.

Fauna, provider of the leading relational NoSQL database, announced today that social network and neighborhood conversations provider Nextdoor has chosen FaunaDB to meet increasing requirements for scalability, security and flexibility as the company experiences significant global growth.

Previously at Twitter as employee #15, Evan Weaver has recently raised a $25M Series A to grow Fauna, a cloud-native database.

If there is one thing that is true of Twitter’s growing pains, it is that it used to fail. A lot. The now-famous “fail whale” appeared often as the platform grew...

Fauna Inc., an emerging database provider based in San Francisco, is attracting serious interest in the venture capital community.

This spring, Fauna announced the launch of FaunaDB Cloud, the first database designed with server less applications in mind. Unlike cloud database-as-a-service offerings, it provides essential features...

Survey after survey shows that many employees, particularly those in the millennial (18-34) age group, desire more flexibility, mobility and independence...