Posted on 2006-05-17
Posted by jd@commandprompt.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Command Prompt
Joshua D. Drake, 503-667-4564
jd@commandprompt.com
Covalent
Charlie Purdom, 925-974-9900 x17
cpurdom@covalent.com
Command Prompt Announces Strategic MARKETING Partnership with
Covalent Technologies
Covalent to bundle driver and recommend Command Prompt’s
PostgreSQL offerings to help customers insure
database scalability, security, reliability, performance, and
high availability across the enterprise.
GRESHAM, OR ? May 17, 2006 -- Command Prompt, the leading
provider of enterprise enabling PostgreSQL database solutions,
today announced a strategic marketing partnership with Covalent
Technologies. Under terms of the partnership, Covalent, the most
trusted source for complete enterprise open source solutions,
will bundle the JDBC driver for PostgreSQL with the next release
of the company’s Enterprise Ready Server (ERS), the most popular
open source infrastructure framework used by Fortune 500
companies. Covalent will also recommend Command Prompt’s
PostgreSQL offerings and certify that PostgreSQL, the most
popular enterprise-class open source relational database, is
“enterprise ready” and will work seamlessly with ERS.
“We are very pleased to be partnering with Covalent
Technologies, a long-time open source pioneer and well respected
member of the open source community,” stated Joshua Drake,
President of Command Prompt. “Having each been in business for
9+ years now, we are both part of an elite group of open source
companies that have the depth of expertise, breadth of
experience, and the time-tested maturity to be able to solve the
critical challenges of today’s enterprise-class customers.
Whether new to PostgreSQL and open source databases, or an active
open source committer/contributor, this partnership will deliver
great value to the enterprise.”
“Our enterprise-class customers want the ability to leverage
“best in breed” open source components for deployment and
development.” noted Mark Brewer, CEO of Covalent Technologies.
"Providing PostgreSQL support will be another step in our
continued dedication to making enterprise production environments
more safe and secure, and application development more efficient.
Partnering with Command Prompt helps Covalent ensure the highest
quality of support across the enterprise by enabling us to focus
on areas that we know best, while leveraging partners who are
proven experts in what they know best.”
About Covalent Technologies
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Founded in 1998, Covalent Technologies is the most trusted source
for complete enterprise open source solutions. The leading
provider of products and services for the Apache Tomcat
Application Server, Apache Axis Web Services Framework, and
Apache HTTP, the world’s leading Web server, Covalent is one of
the few sources for full commercial support for Apache, Tomcat,
and Axis on a global basis. Covalent has been the trusted source
that Fortune 1000 enterprises turn to when migrating to open
source and when deploying new open source initiatives. Covalent
currently supports more than 50% of Fortune 500 and 70% of
Fortune 100 companies. Customers include, among others: SBC,
Pfizer, Morgan Stanley, National Semiconductor, Texas
Instruments, Johnson & Johnson, British Telecom, Fidelity
Investments, NASA, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, General Electric,
and Bear Stearns. Covalent has assembled the deepest talent pool
of Apache experts in the industry and is proud to be one of the
most distinguished supporters of the Apache Software Foundation
(ASF), the dominant community for usable open source, and the
open source community in general. For more information, visit
www.covalent.com.
About Command Prompt
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Since 1997, Command Prompt has been a trusted solutions provider
to some of the most successful businesses and demanding
government agencies. Our reference customers include: ADP,
Canadian Broadcasting Company, NOAA, New York Post, and
Macrovision. We are active contributors and well respected
members of the PostgreSQL and Open Source communities in
general.
Our products including Mammoth PostgreSQL, the only database
replication solution for PostgreSQL that is enterprise ready,
commercially supported, and fully integrated. Command Prompt also
offers services to support the full range of businesses needs,
including: systems integration, custom development, remote
systems management & maintenance, training, and technical
support.
To learn more about how you can better harness the power of
PostgreSQL and Open Source database infrastructure for cost and
performance gains, please visit www.commandprompt.com.
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