Posted on 2005-08-09
Posted by christian@prequent.com
SAN FRANCISCO, LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE AND EXPO, August 9, 2005
?EnterpriseDB Corporation, an enterprise database company,
announced today at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo a series of
initiatives to support and enhance PostgreSQL, the world's most
advanced open source database. The company's flagship product,
EnterpriseDB 2005, is an enterprise-class database that is based
on PostgreSQL. The announced initiatives are in the areas of
sponsored personnel, community leadership, contributions of code
and financial support. More information and EnterpriseDB 2005
downloads are available on the company's website at
www.enterprisedb.com.
"EnterpriseDB's investment furthers PostgreSQL's position as the
world's most advanced open source database and is also an
investment in the foundation of our product," said Denis Lussier,
Chief Technology Officer of EnterpriseDB. "Our partnership with
the PostgreSQL community creates a sustainable, virtuous cycle
that simultaneously benefits EnterpriseDB customers and all
PostgreSQL users. Initiatives like ours are critical to the
long-term success of corporate-community relationships."
As part of its personnel initiative, EnterpriseDB announced the
additions of Alvaro Herrera, David Cramer and Jonah Harris to its
team. Herrera is widely known for his long-term relationship with
the PostgreSQL community and for his many contributions to
PostgreSQL's enterprise-class features. Cramer is one of the
leading developers of the PostgreSQL Java API, and Harris is a
longtime champion of Oracle compatibility in the PostgreSQL
community. These individuals will spend a significant portion of
their time furthering the development of the open source
PostgreSQL code base, and each will also develop next-generation
features for EnterpriseDB 2005.
EnterpriseDB also announced that it is leading the creation of a
PostgreSQL community initiative to develop ANSI-standard stored
procedures and triggers for PostgreSQL. EnterpriseDB will sponsor
the project for PostgreSQL 8.2, helping PostgreSQL to remain the
most ANSI-compatible database in the world. More information
about this initiative is available in the PostgreSQL discussion
forums.
EnterpriseDB also announced that it is actively working with
several members of the PostgreSQL development community and will
be making regular contributions to the PostgreSQL code base. As
one example, Alvaro Herrera has already worked extensively on
PostgreSQL 8.1 enterprise features, including the two-phase
commit protocol and the integrated auto-vacuum feature.
Similarly, EnterpriseDB recently announced that it had licensed
an advanced software analysis tool from Coverity and contributed
the results and the corresponding code improvements to the open
source community.
EnterpriseDB will be demonstrating the newly-available General
Availability release of EnterpriseDB 2005 in booth #552 at the
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, August 8-11 in San Francisco.
EnterpriseDB has donated space in its booth to enable the
PostgreSQL community to have a presence at the show, and
community representatives will be available in the booth
throughout the show.
About EnterpriseDB Corporation
EnterpriseDB provides and supports enterprise-class database
products that are based on time-tested open source, that are
broadly compatible with proprietary databases and that are
robustly reliable and scalable. EnterpriseDB was founded in March
2004, and is headquartered in Edison, N.J. For more information,
contact 732-331-1300 or visit
"http://www.enterprisedb.com" target=
"_blank">www.enterprisedb.com
.