David Weiss
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David Weiss

Senior Technical Content Marketer

David Weiss is Senior Technical Content Marketer for Cockroach Labs. In addition to data, his deep writing portfolio includes cloud, SaaS, cybersecurity, crypto/blockchain, and audio. He is the co-author of “Music Supervision”, the leading college textbook on synch licensing. Off-hours, David loves drumming, cooking, and small animal rescue.

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Banking & Fintech

Always On at Nexo: Assuring Resilience and Scale with CockroachDB

When crypto prices rise, the fortunes of this dynamic sector’s service providers also increase. However, industry upswings have a hazard: Rapid growth can mean outgrowing your database.

David Weiss

David Weiss

January 22, 2025

Cockroach Labs Instructor-led training

Tutorials

Cockroach Labs Launches Instructor-Led Training Course: “CockroachDB Fundamentals for Application Development”

Cockroach Labs has announced the availability of our new instructor-led training course, “CockroachDB Fundamentals for Application Development.” This course is the first in a series of live educational offerings from Cockroach Labs, designed to ensure that organizations make the most of CockroachDB.

David Weiss

David Weiss

January 7, 2025

Cockroach Labs in the News December 2024

Scale & Resilience

Conquering Downtime, Starbucks App Issues, Nasdaq Live: Cockroach Labs in the News, December 2024

Operational resilience matters 24/7/365. Heading into the holidays, IT professionals rate outage prevention as an extra-high priority. So it was no surprise to see continued media interest in Cockroach Labs’ recently released survey, "The State of Resilience 2025: Confronting Outages, Downtime, and Organizational Readiness.”

David Weiss

David Weiss

December 11, 2024

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The State of Resilience, Expanded AWS Partnership, CEO Interview: Cockroach Labs in the News, November 2024

CrowdStrike’s massive outage this summer had a big influence on IT leaders’ thinking. The lesson: Stay vigilant about maintaining operational resilience. Cockroach Labs added essential data to the storyline, with the release of a powerful new survey that highlights the true cost of downtime. 1,000 IT executives worldwide weighed in for "The State of Resilience 2025: Confronting Outages, Downtime, and Organizational Readiness,” helping to underscore the financial impact of being ready for disruptions.

David Weiss

David Weiss

November 13, 2024

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Scale & Resilience

“The State of Resilience 2025” Reveals the True Cost of Downtime

What is resilience, and what does it mean to your business? The answer is starkly clear in a new Cockroach Labs survey – one that’s a wake-up call for enterprises everywhere. We’ve just released the results of “The State of Resilience 2025: Confronting Outages, Downtime, and Organizational Readiness”, and its findings shed a surprising new light on the high financial stakes of maintaining operational resilience.

David Weiss

David Weiss

October 29, 2024

Cockroach Labs October 2024 press coverage recap

Driving AI, Data for Demanding Apps: Cockroach Labs In the News — October 2024

One of the biggest trends driving media conversations this month was the intersection of AI and database technology, specifically around how AI is changing the way businesses handle data.

David Weiss

David Weiss

October 17, 2024

Cockroach Labs RoachFest2024 NYC City Storage Systems

Events

RoachFest24 New York | Rewind

RoachFest 2024 in NYC has wrapped, the first year of Cockroach Labs’ popular event going global. Following successful deployments in Menlo Park and London in June, our packed NYC gathering on the waterfront was the optimal outro for RoachFest24.

David Weiss

David Weiss

October 1, 2024

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Events

Global RoachFest Reflections: MC Chris Casano’s NYC Preview

In just 2 weeks we’ll be capping off RoachFest24 in our hometown – New York, NY on September 26. There is so much to look forward to, starting with our incredible headliners including Estée Lauder, Microsoft, and Global Payments.

David Weiss

David Weiss

September 10, 2024

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Engineering

Video Spotlight: “Chaos Testing – Behind CockroachDB’s Resilience”

Cockroach Labs’ Technical Evangelist Rob Reid just loves trying to break things, and our own cloud-native distributed SQL database is not immune from this impulse. He recently devoted screen time to pushing CockroachDB hard in tough conditions, just to watch it push back.

David Weiss

David Weiss

September 3, 2024

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