RisingWave Newsletter June 2023

??June is going to be a big one! ??

On Tuesday, we announced the General Availability of RisingWave Cloud Service. This is our first major release, and we have a rich set of new features covering all areas of the product. With this release, we are lowering the barriers for all users to quickly gain value from stream processing. The feature set spans the full stack, starting with low-code tooling at the application level. On the database engine, we have added new features to improve scale and performance to seamlessly grow with customer data needs. We have made our Cloud platform robust by adding GCP support. Last but not least, our Cloud service received SOC2 compliance to meet enterprise customer security needs.

As you can imagine, we did a bunch of other stuff in June; keep reading to learn about those. But the GA launch should take center stage this week! ??????

RisingWave Cloud

On June 27, we announced the General Availability of RisingWave Cloud Service.

Here are the details on what’s new in RisingWave Cloud GA:

Full-featured Streaming database as a managed service –?RisingWave Cloud provides end-to-end functionality needed to build Real-time data applications.

o???Simplified cluster management -?Unified interface?to manage all provisioned clusters inside the RisingWave Cloud portal.

o???Built-in monitoring stack.?Observability into operations with detailed status of all the clusters presented on a single screen using card or list view.

o???Enhanced performance and security guarantee.?Guaranteed data security through full-stack data protection solutions, which are compliant with SOC II.

Flexible cloud deployment options –?RisingWave Cloud offers customers the choice of deployment based on their needs.

• o???Cloud-neutral platform.?Customers can choose either AWS or GCP as the preferred underlying vendor.
• o???Various deployment modes.?Hosted service or bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) solutions to adjust the local cloud environments based on customer needs.
• o???Integration with popular data sources and sinks.?Easily connect to more than 20 sources and sinks on RisingWave Cloud using UI interface.

Unparalleled user experience on the cloud -?RisingWave Cloud provides a truly intuitive experience for developers and administrators.

• o???Easy-to-use programming interface.?Quickly connect to data sources and manipulate streaming data using a query language they already know.
• o???Built-in web console.?Build the stream processing pipelines in the browser tab, right in RisingWave Cloud, with no need to install a workspace on their developer workstations.?
• o???Low-code development toolkits.?Creating sources and sinks is as easy as filling out a form with easy-to-follow instructions.

RisingWave Database

We released version 0.19.0 of RisingWave Database. Some of the key changes include:

• Java UDF enables users to create custom functions using Java that can be incorporated into SQL queries, adding flexibility to data processing and analysis.

• Improved support for arrays: SQL functions available for the array type are extended, adding functions such as array_position, array_replace, array_ndims, array_lower, array_upper, and more, which are critical for handling nested data in real-world data streams.
• Wider ecosystem support: This release includes support for Trino and PrestoDB, making it easier to join RisingWave tables with other storage systems. Additionally, RisingWave can now connect to TiDB as a source or sink. Full support for C#'s Postgres driver, Npgsql, was added, allowing C# developers to access RisingWave data.

• New Quick start guide to help get RisingWave up and running in minutes.
• New guide about how to ingest data from Amazon MSK into RisingWave.
• Added information about ingesting CDC data from MongoDB into RisingWave using the Debezium Mongo JSON format.
• Optimized topics about how to install and run RisingWave and Homebrew instructions were added.

• What Is a Streaming Database?
• What Is the Best Way to Write a Stream Processing Application?
• Start Your Stream Processing Journey with Just 4 Lines of Code
• Join RisingWave Labs at Data + AI Summit

• (Virtual, July 6, 2023) Streaming Stories — Streaming Data Mesh: What's It All About?
• (Virtual, July 19, 2023) Stream Processing Meetup with Yingjun Wu of RisingWave Labs, Divij Vaidya of AWS, and Ben Chambers of Kaskada.

Our wildly popular May the Stream Be with You T-shirts have been reprinted at your request. To win one, visit us at some of the upcoming in-person events, book a demo with our engineers, or reach out to learn about our community contributor program.?