Case Study: Akna achieves 1,000X faster performance and 60% lower costs with MySQL HeatWave on Oracle Cloud

Akna cuts costs by 60% and boosts performance 1,000X with MySQL HeatWave

Akna, a Brazilian cloud marketing company, faced significant challenges with its MySQL Community Edition databases on IBM Cloud. After being acquired, the company required greater reliability and performance as it scaled. Its existing Galera Cluster solution provided insufficient availability, costs were rising, and overall performance was sluggish, which impacted its API-driven microservices and ability to ensure business continuity.

By migrating to MySQL HeatWave on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Akna's solution involved a fully managed database service that eliminated cluster management. The results were substantial, with a 60% reduction in total cost of ownership and performance improvements of 1,000 times. MySQL and OCI also delivered 6x greater efficiency, significantly lower latency, and enhanced security features, leading to immediate customer satisfaction and improved scalability.

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