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What the heck is time-series data (and why do I need a time-series database)?
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What the heck is time-series data (and why do I need a time-series database)?

This article is a primer on time-series data and why you may not want to use a “normal” database to store it. ✅ Get the basics, key database considerations, and more.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
  • Ryan Booz
    Ryan Booz
15 min read
TimescaleDB 2.0: A multi-node, petabyte-scale, completely free relational database for time-series
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TimescaleDB 2.0: A multi-node, petabyte-scale, completely free relational database for time-series

After two years of dedicated engineering and user feedback, TimescaleDB 2.0 is finally here, setting a new bar for time-series databases – and it’s completely free.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
  • Mike Freedman
    Mike Freedman
15 min read
How we are building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era (version 2)
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How we are building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era (version 2)

We're excited to announce an update to the Timescale License that provides expanded rights to our users. Learn how (and why) we're making all of our features 100% free and investing in our community – while still building a sustainable open-source business.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
  • Mike Freedman
    Mike Freedman
12 min read
A multi-cloud, fully-managed service for time-series data, now available in AWS, Azure, and GCP with 75+ regions and 2,000 configurations
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A multi-cloud, fully-managed service for time-series data, now available in AWS, Azure, and GCP with 75+ regions and 2,000 configurations

Timescale Cloud, the leading cloud service for time-series data, is now even more powerful, offering the most cloud provider and region support, best performance, scale, and developer experience of any managed service for time-series data.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
7 min read
Timescale stands with the Black community
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Timescale stands with the Black community

Timescale stands with the Black community. Timescale stands against racism and hate.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
3 min read
A multi-node, elastic, petabyte scale, time-series database on Postgres for free (and more ways we are investing in our community)
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A multi-node, elastic, petabyte scale, time-series database on Postgres for free (and more ways we are investing in our community)

We’re officially making multi-node TimescaleDB, a petabyte-scale distributed time-series database on PostgreSQL available for free – and investing in our community in other ways as well.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
5 min read
How We’re Building a Remote-First Team Culture (aka virtual event ideas that you’re welcome to steal)
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How We’re Building a Remote-First Team Culture (aka virtual event ideas that you’re welcome to steal)

As an engineering-centric organization that’s been 60%+ remote for most of our history, we’re creative with the ways we stay connected – and, with COVID-19 making us and all teams 100% remote, we’re sharing how we’ve created camaraderie to help you do the same.

  • Melanie Savoia
    Melanie Savoia
  • Lacey Butler
    Lacey Butler
  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
Time-series compression algorithms, explained
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Time-series compression algorithms, explained

Delta-delta encoding, Simple-8b, XOR-based compression, and more - these algorithms aren't magic, but combined they can save over 90% of storage costs and speed up queries. Here’s how they work.

  • Joshua Lockerman
    Joshua Lockerman
  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
13 min read
Tutorials & How-tos

How to explore TimescaleDB using simulated IoT sensor data

In this tutorial we explore some of the features and capabilities of TimescaleDB using an IoT sensor dataset that is meant to simulate a real-world IoT deployment.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
5 min read
Tutorials & How-tos

How to install psql on Mac, Ubuntu, Debian, Windows

psql is the standard command line interface for interacting with a PostgreSQL or TimescaleDB instance. Here we explain how to install psql on various platforms.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
1 min read
Tutorials & How-tos

How to get started with Timescale Cloud

Timescale Cloud is the first fully-managed, multi-cloud, time-series database service. It’s the easiest way to get started using TimescaleDB.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
2 min read
NoSQL vs SQL: The Future of Data
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NoSQL vs SQL: The Future of Data

After years of being left for dead, SQL today is making a comeback. How come? And what effect will this have on the data community?

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
11 min read
Announcing Timescale Cloud: The first fully-managed time-series database service that runs on AWS, GCP, and Azure
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Announcing Timescale Cloud: The first fully-managed time-series database service that runs on AWS, GCP, and Azure

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Timescale Cloud, the first fully-managed, multi-cloud time-series database service that runs on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

  • Jeff Sposetti
    Jeff Sposetti
  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
7 min read
Timescale & Microsoft Azure team up to power IoT and time-series workloads
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Timescale & Microsoft Azure team up to power IoT and time-series workloads

TimescaleDB on Azure PostgreSQL is a fully-managed, production-ready time-series database service that enables users to scale easily with built-in high-availability

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
3 min read
Timescale raises another $15M for its leading time-series SQL database and introduces an enterprise offering
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Timescale raises another $15M for its leading time-series SQL database and introduces an enterprise offering

Icon Ventures leads a new round of funding for Timescale to develop the foundational technology for businesses storing, analyzing, and acting on time-series data

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
6 min read
How we are building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era
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How we are building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era

Today, we are announcing that we have started developing new open-code (or source-available) features that will be made available under the (also new) Timescale License (TSL). You will be able to follow the development of these features on our GitHub.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
5 ways open source software companies make money
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5 ways open source software companies make money

A guide on how to evaluate the long-term sustainability of the business behind any open-source software you are using (or considering working on yourself).

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
Open-source and the demise of proprietary software
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Open-source and the demise of proprietary software

RedHat, Elastic, MongoDB, Github, Pivotal, Greenplum, and more: Open-source software has finally come of age, is reshaping the entire software industry as we know it. Here’s why.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
16 min read
Announcing TimescaleDB 1.0: The first enterprise-ready time-series database to support full SQL and scale
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Announcing TimescaleDB 1.0: The first enterprise-ready time-series database to support full SQL and scale

Over 1M downloads; production deployments at Comcast, Bloomberg, Cray, and more; native Grafana integration; first-class Prometheus support; and dozens of new features signify positive momentum for TimescaleDB and the future of the time-series market.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
PostgreSQL as the substructure for IoT and the next wave of computing
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PostgreSQL as the substructure for IoT and the next wave of computing

How PostgreSQL accidentally became the ideal platform for IoT applications and services.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
Timescale raises $16M from Benchmark, NEA, Two Sigma Ventures for the database to help us understand our machines and our world
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Timescale raises $16M from Benchmark, NEA, Two Sigma Ventures for the database to help us understand our machines and our world

Humanity is now living with machines and swimming in machine data. Timescale just raised $16M to help developers, businesses, and society make sense of it all.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
12 min read
When Boring is Awesome: Building a scalable time-series database on PostgreSQL
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When Boring is Awesome: Building a scalable time-series database on PostgreSQL

Today we are announcing the beta release of TimescaleDB, a new open-source time-series database optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, now available on GitHub under the Apache 2 license.

  • Ajay Kulkarni
    Ajay Kulkarni
9 min read
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