1. IBM and EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus
EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus
The blue/white elephant logo of the PostgreSQL RDBMS in SVG format. (Photo credit:
Wikipedia)
PostgreSQL is the #1 enterprise-class open source database with a feature set comparable to
the major proprietary RDBMS vendors and a customer list that spans every industry. The
solutions of EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus let you confidently develop and deploy PostgreSQL
-backed applications that scale all the way from embedded solutions to massive OLTP and data
warehouse systems that serve thousands of users.
With EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus solutions you get:
The industry’s most proven, secure, and feature rich open source OLTP database
Oracle features, including powerful PL/SQL development without the Oracle price tag
Language support and tools for today’s database developer that outpaces most other
databases
Heterogeneous database connectivity, migration, and replication to/from PostgreSQL
and many other RDBMS’s that are easy to set up and use
Cost savings that can’t be ignored
Recently IBM showed some interest in the EnterpriseDB solutions and I found an interesting
article on EzineArticles that describes IBM’s involvement with Enterprise DB. I have
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2. re-published it below for your convenience.
IBM Takes Its Chances with EnterpriseDB
By Lora Bentley
Question: Not long ago, you announced that IBM joined existing investors for EnterpriseDB’s
third round of venture funding. Why did IBM get involved this time?
Astor: IBM does not typically invest in companies. They do invest in open source projects from
time to time, but I think they saw an opportunity with us. They’ve got their Linux bet made.
They’ve got their Apache bet made. They’ve got their Geronimo bet and their Eclipse bet, all
the way up the stack, but they haven’t really made a statement about the database yet.
With Sun’s recent acquisition of MySQL and the fact that IBM is a big fan of truly
enterprise-class open source technology – particularly when it’s mature and there’s relatively
little differentiation among vendors, I think it just made a whole lot of sense for IBM to place a
bet and take a small stake in EnterpriseDB to get involved and impact the Postgres community.
EnterpriseDB has emerged over the last couple of years as the leading Postgres company. I
say that because we have more core team members and committers and thought leaders, and
we are developing more features for the community than any other company. Looking for a way
to invest in Postgres, I think it just made sense for IBM to come and chat with us.
Question: If I may ask, did EnterpriseDB approach IBM, or did IBM approach EnterpriseDB?
Astor: I think it’s fair to say that IBM contacted us to engage in partnership conversations,
which we engaged in happily, and when we let them know that we were raising a Series C, they
had some interest in participating in that. That is pretty rare, by the way. They don’t generally
invest in companies.
But we were very interested, frankly, in having their brand behind us. I think it helps
tremendously for a young company to be endorsed, if you will, by IBM, and they get to
participate in a very rapidly growing commercial open source company at a bargain price.
Question: What does having IBM’s brand behind it do for EnterpriseDB? What doors does it
open?
Astor: Recently, MySQL, which is also a very small company but somewhat bigger than
EnterpriseDB, was acquired by a Fortune 500 company. That, I think, changes the way the
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3. market looks at MySQL. Similarly, I think having IBM invest in EnterpriseDB changes the way
the market looks at us. I think it’s fair to say that the open source database space is really now
a two-horse race. The press that we’ve gotten and the interest that we’ve gotten since we
made the announcement is indicative of a different place in the market.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lora_Bentley
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