CockroachDB helps global electronics retail company make decisions faster A multinational retail company gains increased visibility into its global supply chain with CockroachDB. Overview A multinational consumer electronics retail conglomerate found themselves in need of a new database for their e-commerce website when RethinkDB closed its doors in 2016. This particular retail company processes millions of transactions every day from all over the world. They considered Postgres because they need the consistency of a SQL database, but they ended up choosing CockroachDB because it gives them the same consistency as Postgres, along with the horizontal scale of the cloud. Challenges The most crucial data challenge in online retail is delivering consistent transactions

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