NuoDB addresses a seemingly impossible problem: Build a database suitable for mission-critical workloads _ maintaining both SQL capabilities and full ACID compliance _ while simultaneously delivering global access, on-demand scalability, and cloud- or container-based deployment. In short, become the only database that can maintain transactional consistency and integrity at global scale. First envisioned by industry-renowned database architect and innovator Jim Starkey in 2008, NuoDB was launched in 2010 by Starkey and enterprise software executive Barry Morris. Fundamental to our foundersÍ vision was the idea of developing a database that builds on the power of SQL to tackle the multiple challenges associated with cloud computing and the rise of global application deployments. Backed by three former CEOs of the four original relational database companies, NuoDBÍs leadership team includes former executives from IONA Technologies, StreamBase Systems, Object Design, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Veracode, and Nokia. NuoDB received its first patent in a record 15 months and has five additional patents currently pending. In 2015, NuoDB was recognized as a Visionary"_ by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems and was also placed in the top four for the four use cases identified by Gartner for its Critical Capabilities in Operational DBMS report.