The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the tech industry's annual device bonanza where connected devices form the Internet of Things. The theme and message revolve around sensors and interconnected devices, with companies like Samsung declaring their entire product portfolio will be connected within 5 years. Users have high expectations for daily device interactions and demand for data, which drives the need for a robust database infrastructure to support massive data ingest across millions of devices and connections. Database systems must keep up with the incoming flood of data while serving as the system of record and providing real-time analytics seamlessly. The world is moving towards online scaling and operations, and successful services will be judged by their ability to grow and provide enterprise-level service quality. To address these needs, a company like SingleStore provides solutions for organizations behind the Internet of Things, enabling them to ingest large amounts of sensor data with ease, make sound decisions in real-time, and manage complex data models with SQL familiarity.