Today at Hasura Con '20, Hasura, the
data access infrastructure company, announced its new service, Hasura
Cloud, that provides instant and secure access to data across hybrid- and
multi-cloud environments with a unified GraphQL API. Hasura Cloud
helps organizations create data-driven applications without costly
investments in infrastructure or operational management. Hasura Cloud is
based on Hasura's successful enterprise-grade Hasura Pro product and
brings new cloud-specific functionality such as dynamic data caching,
auto-scaling, global availability and consumption-based pricing.
Organizations already have data they want to use but it is trapped in silos.
Rather than trying to use outdated approaches to overcome this problem
like consolidating fast-moving operational data into static
data warehouses or datalakes, it is time for a new approach: simply
connect applications by federating access to where the data lives, using a
modern API-based approach that includes security, governance and
scalability as standard features. Hasura's proven technology helps
developers quickly generate GraphQL-based APIs to access data where it is
today so they can focus on building useful applications and not on
reinventing infrastructure scaffolding.
"Enterprises building cloud-based applications want to easily create
data-driven APIs, without lengthy and expensive data migration exercises
or building monolithic data warehouses," said James Governor,
RedMonk co-founder. "Hasura Cloud is designed to solve this need."
With Hasura Cloud and its data federation capabilities, organizations can
bridge new and old datasets regardless of location, helping developers
quickly build new applications without needing to migrate large legacy
datasets or getting locked into a specific vendor's data platform. This
flexibility helps organizations to move quickly as they adapt to the
rapidly changing world around them without taking on huge
operational complexity. Instead, they can react quickly and align the cost
of operations with the value provided by these new applications.
"Hasura Cloud means you can start using a globally available, production-ready
GraphQL API service immediately. There's no need to commission hosting
infrastructure or worry about operational management, you can just get
started straight away. It's been the number one request from customers looking
for the fastest possible experience," said Hasura CEO and co-founder
Tanmai Gopal. "We know that organizations of all kinds want to use modern
APIs to connect data to applications. What makes no sense is spending
years reinventing what Hasura has already done for you. Just use Hasura
Cloud and get on with inventing the future."
Hasura Cloud uses GraphQL, an open-source data query and manipulation
specification released in 2015 by Facebook, to automatically create
programming interfaces (APIs) that developers use to access and manipulate
data in modern applications. Hasura's deep understanding of the way data is
used allows Hasura Cloud to optimize data access with dynamic data caching
and auto-scaling, improving performance for applications that have
traditionally struggled to scale. Hasura Cloud takes care of the operational
challenges so that organizations can concentrate on using their data to
create value.
"Hasura's GraphQL engine is at the core of our infrastructure, and one of the
most impressive features is its ability to scale horizontally. Having scaling
handled automatically by Hasura Cloud will give us peace of mind that we
can handle spikes in demand without manual effort," said Damien Tanner, CTO
of
Konf.co.