Despite the popularity of NoSQL solutions, relational databases remain the first choice for most companies, and in some cases they are irreplaceable. Nowadays, open-source solutions offer equal functionality to their closed counterparts while showing a very fast pace of development and avoiding vendor-lock-in.
In this presentation, you will get to know PostgreSQL, an open-source database. You will also learn about the "Citus" extension, which turns Postgres into a distributed database that scales horizontally and can easily compete with NoSQL solutions while maintaining full relational database functionality. The mentioned extension is also open source and free for commercial use.
The developer of the Citus extension is Microsoft, which actively supports the PostgreSQL community. We will tell you how we make Citus available in our cloud as Azure Database for PostgreSQL Hyperscale (Citus). You will learn how the Citus' built-in support for multi-tenancy will help you avoid the many problems common for SaaS applications.