Building for Scale: AWS’s Marc Brooker on Distributed SQL

In this episode of What’s New in Data, AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer Marc Brooker joins us to break down DSQL, Amazon’s latest innovation in serverless, distributed databases. We discuss how DSQL balances consistency, availability, and scalability—without the headaches of traditional relational databases. Tune in to hear how this new approach simplifies architecture, eliminates operational pain points, and sets a new standard for high-performance cloud databases.

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