Multi-Database Management Solution Era Enables IT to Deliver Database as a Service to Simplify Operations and Reduce
Costs, at any Scale, in any Cloud
HCL Technologies and Nutanix Partner to Deliver Database as a Service Solution
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid and multicloud computing, today announced the release of the first cloud agnostic
multi-database management solution. Era 2.0 extends the Nutanix database management solution across clouds and clusters
to simplify operations, with increased scale and reduced costs for IT and database teams. Additionally, Nutanix
announced expanded support for Postgres and SAP HANA as well as a joint solution, powered by Era 2.0, with HCL, a
leading global technology company.
Era enables IT teams to deliver Database as a Service by bringing one-click simplicity and invisible operations to
database provisioning and lifecycle management. It’s a multi-database solution with support for Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server, MySQL, and MariaDB, in addition to Postgres and SAP HANA.
“Companies are increasingly looking for technology solutions to support their hybrid and multicloud strategies but,
while some vendors deliver application mobility, we haven’t seen a lot of innovation when it comes to multicloud
database management,” said Bala Kuchibhotla, SVP & General Manager, Nutanix Era, Databases and Business Critical Apps at Nutanix. “Nutanix Era now delivers on our vision
to provide a cloud agnostic multi-database management solution to truly unlock the promise of hybrid and multicloud.”
“At HCL, we help our customers to accelerate their data and infrastructure modernisation journey with a secure,
scalable, and cloud-ready database as a service. Our industry acclaimed services powered by the Nutanix Era & HCI platform will provide enterprises with a world-class automated database platform,” says Kalyan Kumar, Corporate
Vice President and CTO, IT Services, HCL Technologies. “We have a long-standing relationship with Nutanix, and, with
SKALE DB, we will move forward to help our customers optimise their data resources and support their digital
initiatives.”
Era delivers simplified database management by combining the scalability and performance of Nutanix’s HCI software with
the flexibility of a cloud-ready database services. With this announcement, the company delivers:Simplified Database Management Across Distributed Clusters and Clouds
Nutanix Era 2.0 enables customers to provision and manage databases across multiple clouds with consistent tooling,
standards, and security policies, giving them the flexibility to choose the right cloud for each database to increase
agility and minimise cost. Era 2.0 also delivers operational simplicity across multiple distributed clusters and
datacentres delivering significant scale and with 1-click provisioning, cloning, and patching. In addition to
simplifying operation and minimising costs with seamless data mobility across clouds, Era 2.0 enables new use cases
including: leveraging public cloud for capacity bursting, dev/test, capacity remediation, and optimising databases
performance remotely.Support for SAP HANA at Scale
Nutanix announced Era’s capabilities are extended to the leading columnar, real-time, in-memory database engines, SAP
HANA. With this, customers can enjoy 1-click management experience for their SAP HANA deployments. Nutanix was the first
HCI platform to be certified for SAP HANA scale-up and most recently scale-out, simplifying deployments for SAP business applications like SAP S/4 HANA and SAP business warehouse like B/4 HANA
deployments on HANA.24x7 Support of PostgreSQL on Nutanix
In addition, Nutanix announced extended 24/7 support for Postgres to enable customers’ mission critical deployments.
Unlike competitors, this includes an end-to-end support experience for the Postgres database engine in addition to the
infrastructure platform and Era management services - all through the Nutanix team - resulting in more rapid time to
resolution.Fully Managed Database as a Service Solution with HCL Technologies
For customers seeking a fully managed solution, Nutanix partnered with leading global technology company HCL, to create
a joint offering powered by Era 2.0. SKALE DB, a joint offering by HCL and Nutanix, enables enterprises to accelerate
the data modernisation with a secure and scalable Database as a Service (DBaaS) offering.
“With data sprawl where it is today, database management has gotten more complex than ever before. Organisations of all
sizes are looking for solutions to simplify database operations, from initial deployment to ongoing management and
maintenance,” said Mike Leone, Senior Analyst, ESG. “Era 2.0 delivers a cloud agnostic solution that can simplify
database operations and help customers unlock the much needed value of data mobility.”
Era 2.0 and SKALE DB are currently available to customers. For more information on Era 2.0 or to take a Test Drive visit here.Additional resources:Customer, partners and analysts quotesBlog: Introducing A New Era in Database ManagementESG Technical Validation for Nutanix Era: Welcome to the new era of database managementForrester Total Economic Impact Study: Nutanix Era nets 291% ROI and a sub-6 month payback period