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EDB Launches Industry's First Integrated Open Source-Based Operational Database Management PlatformBEDFORD, Mass., May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- EnterpriseDB® (EDB™), the leading enterprise Postgres database company, today announced the immediate availability of the EDB Postgres™ platform, an enterprise class, integrated open source-based database management platform. The EDB Postgres platform enables a wide range of deployment topologies; integrates EDB's mature, enterprise-ready Postgres database with other leading data management solutions; and offers a specialized partner ecosystem for new, more agile deployment models. "We are on the cusp of the most significant open source transformation in history, and its economic impact will dwarf the great success of Linux. Companies of all sizes, and particularly the F1000, are systematically unraveling their legacy data management models, infrastructures, and vendors – upgrading each part with open source-based alternatives," said Ed Boyajian, President and CEO of EDB. "With many proven but discrete open source technologies already widely in use, our customers have been very clear on what they need. They demand a more complete and integrated open source-based solution that meets or beats my current capabilities and at the same time simplifies usage and deployment. This was the imperative that led us to create the EDB Postgres Platform." IT organizations face a complex set of decisions regarding their database management infrastructures, and Chief Data and Information Officers struggle to keep pace. With the EDB Postgres platform, organizations have a partner to provide the solutions and support to transform the datacenter into an innovation platform with open source. Many have already begun this transformation with 20 percent of the Fortune 500 having deployed EDB Postgres to transform and modernize operations. They have realized savings of up to 80 percent by deploying EDB Postgres in place of traditional, commercial, and proprietary solutions – savings that could be reinvested in new strategic initiatives for competitive advantage. "EDB Postgres has brought new levels of efficiency and productivity to our data environment so that IT can emphasize new initiatives and contribute to corporate business objectives," said Javier Martinez, IT Transformation and Technology Manager, Telefónica S.A., a broadband and telecommunications provider based in Spain. "Working with EDB to develop new capabilities demonstrated the company's commitment to helping us build a next-generation data center infrastructure that will ensure we can continue to innovate." According to Gartner, by 2018, more than 70% of new in-house applications will be developed on an OSDBMS, and 50% of existing commercial RDBMS instances either will have been converted or will be in the process of being converted.1 "IT organizations across the globe are struggling to meet the demands of the digital transformation, yet the complex and expensive data infrastructures that serve their established back-office applications lack the flexibility and cost-scalability they need for these new application contexts," said Carl Olofson, Research Vice President, Application Development and Deployment, IDC. "Integrated, subscription-based data management platforms like EDB Postgres enable organizations to move to the third platform, by supporting new agile development models and digital applications, and open source-based data management platforms provide the flexibility for reinvestment in new data-driven initiatives." EDB Postgres Partner Ecosystem James Chinn, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner at Shadow-Soft, added, "As a Google Cloud Platform services partner, we develop and provide managed services for customers' applications on Google Cloud Platform. With EDB Postgres available via Google Cloud Launcher, we can give our customers quick and easy access to an enterprise-class DBMS with exceptional performance, security, compatibility and affordability." Among hardware providers, EDB teams with IBM, HP Enterprise, and Dell, working with those companies to certify EDB Postgres for high-performance computing environments as new platforms have been introduced. Added Terri Virnig, Vice President of Power Software Solutions, IBM, "The availability of the EDB Postgres Platform on IBM's Power Systems is an important element of our rapidly expanding Linux on Power ecosystem. Built from the ground up to handle big data, Power Systems running EDB Postgres can deliver our clients a strong data-centric solution to advance their enterprise objectives." EDB Postgres Platform The EDB Postgres platform includes:
EDB Postgres Features and Functionality
Pricing, Availability, and Software Downloads EDB Postgres provides organizations flexibility in pricing and is available in three subscriptions: (i) EDB Postgres Enterprise, (ii) EDB Postgres Standard, and (iii) EDB Postgres Developer. The EDB Postgres Enterprise subscription includes the EDB Postgres Advanced Server database and database compatibility with Oracle. EDB Postgres Standard includes the PostgreSQL database. EDB Postgres Developer offers your choice of DBMS and targets developer use. All three subscriptions include comprehensive management, integration, migration tool suites, global support and upgrades, and are deployable across a wide range of on-premise and cloud configurations. To get started with the EDB Postgres platform, download EDB Postgres Advanced Server here. EDB invites Postgres users to participate in beta testing of new products. To learn more, please click here. For more information, contact [email protected]. About EnterpriseDB (EDB) Corporation EnterpriseDB is a registered trademark of EnterpriseDB Corporation. EDB and EDB Postgres are trademarks of EnterpriseDB Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners.
1 Gartner, The State of Open-Source RDBMSs, 2015, by Feinberg, Donald & Adrian, Merv, published Apr. 21, 2015. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160106/319928LOGO
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