Parimatch chooses Percona for PostgreSQL and MongoDB

International sports betting company chooses Percona for industry-leading support and services around PostgreSQL and MongoDB

Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced that Parimatch, an international sports betting company, has appointed Percona to provide expert open source database support for its critical MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases.

Parimatch provides sports betting and gambling services in Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Tajikistan under the local licenses. The brand is also present in Russia, UK, Africa, and Asia. Parimatch Tech is the research and development arm, delivering technology and solutions for the global gaming and betting industry. Parimatch’s platform has handled over two billion USD of sports bets since its launch in 1994 and is one of the leading sports betting companies in the CIS region with expansion in progress.

Parimatch uses a mix of multiple database technologies and deployment approaches to support its applications. To help deliver the levels of real-time performance that Parimatch and its customers require, Percona will work with Parimatch to ensure these implementations are fully supported. Percona’s team of open source database experts will implement best practices and support services across multiple technologies and deployments, all under one contract. Parimatch will also use Percona Monitoring and Management to ensure the efficient running of all instances across their PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.

Martin James, Vice President EMEA at Percona said: “Parimatch is a company with a strong focus on development, using multiple database technologies to meet its business needs.  Percona offers them the advantage of taking a single approach to support across multiple databases and access to a team of database experts who can help them make the most of these technologies. Having a single Support contract that covers multiple technologies and deployments  will make it easier to track costs and manage issues over time.”

Andrey Chigarkin, CIO at Parimatch said: “Parimatch provides betting services to hundreds of thousands of customers every day, and our team prides itself on using the most advanced technologies to deliver the best experience. By choosing to work with Percona, we gain access to a wealth of database expertise and support for our on-premise and cloud deployments, covering both MongoDB and PostgreSQL instances. This will help us ensure our services are optimised for reliability, performance, and security.”

Percona Support provides comprehensive, responsive, and cost-effective database support 24 hours a day. They help development teams reduce complexity, optimise performance, and improve the security of business-critical database environments, no matter where they are located or deployed. Percona offers the option to consolidate support across multiple deployments and technologies under one contract, streamlining the service and simplifying the support process.

Percona employs a global network of experts and has helped more than 3,000 customers, including Cisco, Adobe, Intel, and Netflix, make the most of their open source databases.