SOURCE: EnterpriseDB Corporation
March 25, 2008 09:00 ET
EnterpriseDB Introduces Postgres Plus Product Family
Lightning-Fast, Massively Scalable Databases Ideal for Web 2.0 and Other Advanced Applications
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 25, 2008) - OPEN SOURCE BUSINESS CONFERENCE -- Today
at the Open Source Business Conference, EnterpriseDB announced the
introduction of Postgres Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server. Postgres
Plus is an open source distribution of the PostgreSQL database and includes
significant performance benefits and important ease-of-use capabilities for
developers and DBAs. Bundled into a one-click, cross-platform installer,
Postgres Plus is targeted at developers of next-generation applications and
sets a new standard for commercial distributions of open source databases.
Postgres Plus Advanced Server is a commercially licensed product that adds
advanced capabilities to Postgres Plus, including robust Oracle
compatibility, dynamic performance tuning, and sophisticated management and
monitoring. The company also announced the availability of free tools,
tutorials, and Web-based services for developers. More information and free
downloads of Postgres Plus are available at www.enterprisedb.com.
Separately, the company announced that IBM has joined existing investors in
a $10 million Series C venture capital round and that GridSQL,
EnterpriseDB's business intelligence and data warehousing solution, is now
available as open source software.
Postgres Plus
The open source, general availability release of Postgres Plus 8.3 may be
downloaded immediately at http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/download.do.
The product is the successor to EnterpriseDB Postgres and is the fastest
and most scalable PostgreSQL-based database ever created. It integrates
PostgreSQL 8.3 with features that increase database response times, such as
distributed memory caching, integrated connection pooling, and workload
profiling. Advanced replication capabilities and a sophisticated parallel
query engine add massive scalability to the database, allowing applications
to handle nearly unlimited numbers of users and transactions as well as
vast amounts of data.
Postgres Plus also features powerful ease-of-use capabilities that speed
implementation time and ease production management burdens. The product's
one-click installation simplifies enterprise deployment, eliminating the
need to source multiple software components on the Web and manually
assemble them. An email-based software update notification service is also
included.
Postgres Plus also includes "Developer QuickStarts," which make it easy to
adopt Ruby on Rails, JBoss SEAM, and REST architectures. These QuickStarts
are also available for popular open source applications, including Drupal,
MediaWiki, phpBB, and phpWiki. More QuickStarts will be added in the coming
weeks.
"The products in the Postgres Plus family represent a quantum leap forward
for next-generation Web applications requiring lightning-fast performance
and massive scalability," said Bob Zurek, chief technology officer,
EnterpriseDB. "We're combining the hottest new technologies from the
PostgreSQL community with our own innovation to deliver database solutions
that run from the desktop to the data center to the utility computing
cloud."
"It has long been our opinion that one of the most important aspects of
software adoption is the removal of barriers to entry for developers," said
Stephen O'Grady, principal analyst, RedMonk. "With the introduction of
features like Developer QuickStarts and the simple availability of the
Postgres Plus product, EnterpriseDB may see the Postgres-based database
adopted by entirely new audiences."
Postgres Plus Advanced Server
The general availability release of Postgres Plus Advanced Server 8.3 is
also available now. The product, the successor to EnterpriseDB Advanced
Server, adds advanced functionality to Postgres Plus, including the ability
to run applications created for Oracle databases, dynamic performance
tuning, and sophisticated management and monitoring. Postgres Plus Advanced
Server is provided in certified binary format and is backed by
industry-standard warranties and indemnification.
Several new features in Postgres Plus Advanced Server 8.3 enhance the
product's Oracle compatibility, including bulk collect and bulk binding,
explicit transaction control, definer/invoker rights, and multi-threaded
Oracle replication.
Availability and Pricing
Postgres Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server are available immediately
on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Subscriptions for Postgres Plus and
Postgres Plus Advanced Server begin at $995 per socket per year.
About EnterpriseDB
EnterpriseDB is the world's leading provider of enterprise-class products
and services based on PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database. The company's
Postgres Plus products are lightning-fast, massively scalable, and
extremely reliable, making them ideal for high-volume, mission-critical
applications. EnterpriseDB has offices throughout North America, Europe,
and Asia. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in
Edison, N.J. For more information, please contact +1-732-331-1300 or visit
www.enterprisedb.com.
EnterpriseDB, GridSQL, Postgres Plus, and Postgres Plus Advanced Server are
trademarks of EnterpriseDB Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of
their respective owners.