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Cockroach Labs has partnered with IBM to integrate CockroachDB PostgreSQL into IBM's hybrid cloud portfolio, offering enterprises a robust solution for modernizing mission-critical applications. This OEM partnership combines CockroachDB’s distributed SQL capabilities with IBM’s trusted platforms, enabling seamless scalability, security, and AI-readiness across hybrid environments.
IBM and Cockroach Labs announce OEM partnership for CockroachDB PostgreSQL.
Enhances IBM’s hybrid cloud with cloud-native, distributed SQL database.
Supports mission-critical workloads on IBM Z, LinuxONE, and Red Hat OpenShift.
Offers always-on availability, elastic scale, and enterprise-grade security.
Enables AI-driven applications with real-time data and pgvector support.
Simplifies modernization without compromising performance or compliance.
The partnership between IBM and Cockroach Labs introduces CockroachDB PostgreSQL for IBM, a distributed SQL database designed for cloud-native environments. This solution integrates with IBM’s enterprise platforms, including LinuxONE, Linux on Z, Power Systems, and Red Hat OpenShift, as well as major public clouds. By leveraging CockroachDB’s PostgreSQL compatibility, enterprises can modernize applications while maintaining the reliability and security of IBM’s infrastructure, addressing the growing demand for hybrid cloud solutions.
CockroachDB’s architecture is tailored for today’s dynamic workloads. It offers always-on availability across multiple zones, regions, or clouds, ensuring business continuity for mission-critical applications. With features like geo-partitioning for data locality and elastic scalability, it meets global regulatory requirements without requiring application rewrites. The database’s enterprise-grade security, enhanced by IBM LinuxONE’s quantum-safe protections, ensures compliance and data protection for industries where downtime is unacceptable.
The partnership positions enterprises for the AI era. CockroachDB supports real-time change data capture (CDC) streaming into IBM’s watsonx.data and includes pgvector for vector workloads, making it ideal for AI use cases like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). This enables organizations to power both transactional and analytical workloads, ensuring real-time data availability for AI-driven applications.
CockroachDB’s integration with IBM’s platforms provides a consistent modernization path. On LinuxONE and IBM Z, it leverages pervasive encryption and AI-infused Telum processors for secure, efficient operations. With Red Hat OpenShift, it supports Kubernetes-native deployments, ensuring portability across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. IBM Cloud and Power Systems further enhance governance and control, enabling enterprises to consolidate workloads and simplify operations.
This collaboration empowers organizations to transition to cloud-native and Kubernetes environments without sacrificing performance or compliance. By combining CockroachDB’s distributed scale with IBM’s trusted infrastructure, enterprises can modernize confidently while meeting the demands of AI-driven workloads.
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world’s most important businesses. The company’s clients include Form3, Hard Rock Digital, and Shipt, Fortune 50 global financial institutions as well as retail and media industry leaders. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.
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