Aiven's vision for enterprise solutions and sustainability

At the forefront of everything we do at Aiven, is our customers. And we do this by focusing on enterprise readiness, trust, and compliance, bringing AI closer to daily operations, and allowing customers to leverage their existing cloud agreements.

In this Data (R)evolution episode, we're joined by Oskari Saarenmaa, Aiven’s CEO and Co-Founder, to talk about Aiven's future plans, including the innovative “Bring Your Own Cloud” (BYOC) approach and its potential advantages. We explored key features such as vector search, AI enhancements, and new serve capabilities. Additionally, we looked at Aiven's sustainability efforts and their commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of their services. This episode is filled with technical insights and forward-thinking ideas.

Key takeaways:

  1. Aiven prioritizes enterprise-grade security and compliance, integrating advanced technical controls and achieving certifications to build customer trust
  2. The "Bring Your Own Cloud" (BYOC) feature allows customers to deploy Aiven technologies on their existing cloud accounts, maximizing cost savings and native cloud capabilities
  3. EverSQL's acquisition enhances Aiven's platform by optimizing SQL database performance through AI, enabling developers to focus on value-adding tasks and improving overall efficiency

Podcast series: Data (R)Evolution

Topics around data, innovation and economics in a rapidly-changing cloud world.

Data drives innovation and revolutionizes the tech world. Data (R)evolution, powered by Aiven, explores the intersections of data, AI, innovation, and economics through the ever-evolving landscape of cloud technology. Led by hosts Francesco Tisiot and Janki Patel Westenberg, navigate this digital revolution in conversation with experts at the forefront of change.

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Hosts

Francesco Tisiot

Field CTO & Head of DevEx, Aiven

Francesco comes from Verona, Italy and works as a Field CTO & AI Lead at Aiven. With his many years of experience as a data engineer, he has stories to tell and advice for data-wranglers everywhere. Francesco loves sharing knowledge with others as a speaker and writer, and is on a mission to defend the world from bad Italian food!

Janki Patel Westenberg

AI, Platform, Open Source Product Marketing Leader, Aiven

Over the last 10 years, Janki has successfully led technical partnerships collaborating with Google Cloud and AWS to build database and caching solutions for gaming and media. Additionally, she has spearheaded GTM strategy partnered with AWS' product leadership for 19 AWS Analytics and Database services for multiple industries. Janki also is a proud alumna from University of Wisconsin-Madison (Go Badgers!)...fun fact, she studied Genetics and did research before moving to the cloud industry!

Guests

Oskari Saarenmaa

Chief Executive Officer, Aiven

Oskari Saarenmaa, a programmer turned CEO, co-founded Aiven, a scale-up software company that transforms top open-source data technologies into managed cloud services on public cloud infrastructure. Under Oskari’s leadership, Aiven has secured over $400m in VC funding and scaled to deliver a trusted data and AI platform to 1,000+ customers globally.