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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | March 2004 [1] |
| Headquarters | Westford, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Ed Boyajian, CEO |
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Products | Postgres Plus RDBMS |
| Website | www.enterprisedb.com |
EnterpriseDB is a privately-held company that provides enterprise class support for PostgreSQL through its product Postgres Plus Standard Server, a relational database management system (RDBMS) built as a superset of PostgreSQL with additional open source packages and targeted for the enterprise market. The company also offers Postgres Plus Advanced Server, which adds compatibility software to simplify application migration from other databases.
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History
Founded in March 2004, EnterpriseDB is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has other offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Products
In addition to providing a mirror site to download PostgreSQL, Enterprise offers two distributions based on PostgreSQL that have additional features and enterprise-class support. These distributions are available for free download and are supported on several different platforms, including Linux, Windows, and Solaris. They includes connectors for the most common enterprise programming languages and environments, including: JDBC, ODBC, .NET, ESQL / C++, Perl, Python, PHP. All three versions of the database server are available for free download.
- PostgreSQL - the bits developed by the Postgres community
- Postgres Plus Standard Server - all the features of PostgreSQL plus additional QA testing, integrated components, tuning and one-click install
- Postgres Plus Advanced Server - all the features of Postgres Standard Server plus Oracle compatibility, scalability features, and DBA and developer tools [it can run Oracle applications written for Oracle databases by revising the core of PostgreSQL to recognize Oracle's PL/SQL[2][3] as well as handle data replication to and from Oracle [4]]
EnterpriseDB also offers the following services and support options to aid in the development and deployment of Postgres-based applications:
- Remote DBA - administration of a Postres-based applicaition
- Developer support subscription - 8x5 support, product updates and case management
- Deployment support subscription - 8x5 or 24x7 support, product updates and case management
- Getting Started with Postgres training - half day of training designed for beginners
- Postgres administration training - four days of training covering all aspects of the database
- Packages service: Health Check - detailed architectural review
- Packages service: Partitioning - define a partitioning strategy for an existing installation
- Packages service: Replication - define a replication strategy for an existing installation
- Packages service: High Availability - define a high availability strategy for an existing installation
References
- ^ About EnterpriseDB Company
- ^ Babcock, Charles (August 7, 2007). "EnterpriseDB Seeks New Role As A Data Warehouse". Intelligent Enterprise. http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/performance/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201204243. Retrieved 2007-09-07. "It has revised the core PostgreSQL open source system to recognize Oracle's PL/SQL version of the standard data access language and run applications designed for the Oracle database"
- ^ LewisC (July 23, 2007). "EnterpriseDB FAQ - What does compatibility mean?". ITtoolbox Blogs. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/archives/enterprisedb-faq-what-does-compatibility-mean-17822.
- ^ "FTD Replicates Oracle to Postgresql". February 2, 2009. http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/success/ftd.do.
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