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Partnership Announcement

On [insert date], grasys Co., Ltd. and PingCAP Co., Ltd. announced their partnership aimed at enhancing data solutions in the large-scale gaming and entertainment sector. By leveraging TiDB, a distributed NewSQL database, the two companies plan to accelerate the implementation of scalability and real-time analytics, addressing the industry's increasing demands.

Background and Objectives of the Collaboration

The gaming and entertainment sectors have seen exponential growth in data generation, driven by global simultaneous connections and richer content offerings. Traditional database technologies are struggling with challenges such as high traffic load during peak times and synchronization delays with analytical data infrastructure.

Through the collaboration between grasys, with its extensive experience in operating large-scale infrastructure, and PingCAP, known for its distributed database technology, they aim to deliver the following values to the market:

1. Flexible Scalability for Growing Businesses
The solution will eliminate system bottlenecks, enabling seamless scaling based on the increasing number of users and data volumes.

2. Faster Decision-Making
By facilitating immediate analysis and utilization of play logs and billing data, teams will be better equipped to execute data-driven strategies.

Understanding TiDB

TiDB is an open-source distributed database developed by PingCAP that's MySQL compatible. It offers several key features that make it suitable for the gaming industry's requirements:

• - Horizontal Scalability:

TiDB allows the addition or removal of nodes without shutting down active services, effectively scaling read and write capabilities linearly.

• - MySQL Compatibility:

With high compatibility with MySQL protocols and SQL standards, existing applications and tool ecosystems can be utilized without modification.

• - HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing):

Combining row-oriented storage (TiKV) with column-oriented storage (TiFlash) enables both transactional (OLTP) and analytical processing (OLAP) within a single platform.

• - High Availability:

Data is replicated across multiple nodes, ensuring service continuity even in the event of failures through automatic failover, making it suitable for mission-critical environments.

Future Developments

As part of this partnership, grasys will enhance its architecture design and construction services for a cloud-native database infrastructure by integrating Kubernetes (GKE) and TiDB on Google Cloud. Future initiatives will include technology validations and seminars aimed at sharing best practices for database implementations in large-scale systems.

Comments from Company Leaders

Eric Han, CEO of PingCAP, expressed his excitement about the partnership, stating, “We are thrilled to collaborate with the specialist team at grasys. Their deep understanding of large-scale infrastructures combined with our scalable distributed SQL solution, TiDB, will undoubtedly provide a robust foundation for unpredictable workloads.”

He added, “Together, we will free our customers from infrastructure constraints so they can focus on what matters: developing applications.”

Yusuke Hasegawa, CEO of grasys, noted, “We are honored to partner with PingCAP. TiDB represents a next-generation distributed database that balances scalability, high availability, and distributed transactions exceptionally well.” He emphasized the importance of TiDB for Japanese companies facing challenges from the limitations of traditional relational databases amid the surge in cloud-native and data-utilization trends.

He concluded, “We will leverage our expertise in design, construction, and operations to ensure that TiDB is not just a product but a dependable data infrastructure for businesses.”

Company Overviews

About PingCAP Co., Ltd.

• - Established: March 2021 (Japanese corporation)
• - Location: 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• - CEO: Eric Han
• - Website: PingCAP Website
• - Business: Development and provision of the distributed database TiDB.

About grasys Co., Ltd.

• - Established: November 13, 2014
• - Location: 4-20-3 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 11th Floor, Ebisu Garden Place Tower
• - CEO: Yusuke Hasegawa
• - Website: grasys Website
• - Business: Specializes in designing, constructing, and operating cloud infrastructure leveraging Google's technology. grasys supports over 300 million end users globally with complex and large-scale cloud infrastructures.

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