My Predictions for the Cloud Database Market in 2022

2021 was a  busy year for cloud databases. The Big 3 cloud providers—Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud—continued to grow in size and influence not just as cloud service providers, but also as database platforms. At the same time, cloud-native startups such as Cockroach Labs, DataStax, and SingleStore challenged larger, established vendors like Oracle, IBM, and SAP.

There’s a lot of momentum carrying into 2022. In my latest Cloud Database Report podcast, I talk about some of the major trends I see playing out in the year ahead. You can listen to the podcast here:

Podcast: Cloud Database Predictions for 2022

Here are a few of my observations on products and platforms.  

• We will see more Exabyte-size databases, which are 1,000 times larger than the petabyte databases that many businesses operate today. We’re moving into the realm of extreme data, and that’s going to require even greater scalability than most companies are experienced with.

• Database migrations from on-premises systems to the…