Bigtable
Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service offered by Google Cloud Platform, designed for handling massive amounts of structured data with low latency. It is a wide-column store that excels at high-throughput reads and writes, making it ideal for applications requiring real-time analytics, time-series data, and large-scale data processing. Originally developed internally at Google, it powers many of Google's core services like Search, Maps, and Gmail.
Developers should use Bigtable when building applications that need to process petabytes of data with high performance and low latency, such as real-time analytics, IoT data streams, or financial trading platforms. It is particularly suited for use cases involving time-series data, ad tech, and machine learning pipelines where fast data ingestion and querying are critical. Learning Bigtable is valuable for those working in cloud-native environments, especially within the Google Cloud ecosystem, to leverage its scalability and integration with other GCP services.