which postgres is right for you?

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So many Options, but which Postgres is right for you?

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•  The Enterprise Challenge •  Enterprise Postgres •  Evaluation guidelines

•  Scenarios −  PostgreSQL without commercial support −  Creating your own PostgreSQL fork −  PostgreSQL with a consulting partner −  EDB Postgres Standard −  EDB Postgres Enterprise

•  Summary •  Resources

Agenda

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The Enterprise Challenge

Little Money For New Initiatives

Competitive Disadvantage

$ t

$

Revenue

DBMS

Customer Engagement

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The Enterprise Challenge: Open Source to the Rescue

35% 80% 80%

Software infrastructure budget on DBMSs (1)

In-House applications candidates to move off expensive DBMSs (2)

Cost savings (3)

(1) Gartner, Forrester and EDB analysis (2) The State of Open-Source RDBMS, 2015, Gartner, April 2015 (3) The State of Open-Source RDBMS, 2015, Gartner, April 2015; EDB analysis of customer experiences and market prices

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POSTGRES innovation

ENTERPRISE reliability

24/7 support

Services & training

Enterprise-class features, tools &

compatibility

Certifications

Product road-map

Control

Thousands of developers

Fast development

cycles

Low cost

No vendor lock-in

Advanced features

Enabling commercial adoption of Postgres

Enterprise Postgres

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Enterprise Postgres: EDB Postgres Platform

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Evaluation guidelines: Risks

Technical Risks Business Risks

Capabilities

Roadmap

Tech Support

Time to Market

Cost

Relationships

Software Control

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Evaluation guidelines: Usage Profiles

Mission-Critical Apps

Non-Mission-Critical Apps

Non-Production Apps

Time-to-Market Sensitivity

High Security and Performance

Oracle Compatibility

Access to Source Code

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User works directly with community PostgreSQL binaries without commercial assistance and works entirely within the community participation process.

Scenario: PostgreSQL without commercial support

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Scenario: Creating your own PostgreSQL fork User takes the PostgreSQL source code as a starting point for developing own version of PostgreSQL while creating and maintaining its own development effort.

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Scenario: PostgreSQL with a consulting partner User works with community PostgreSQL binaries and with a consultant to enhance their interactions with the community and possibly as a source for some mission critical tools and support.

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Scenario: EDB Postgres Standard User works with certified PostgreSQL binaries and with EDB to enhance their interactions and input with the community while getting all key mission critical tools from EDB.

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Scenario: EDB Postgres Enterprise User works with the EDB Postgres Advanced Server database and mission critical tools binaries and works with EDB for all roadmap input.

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•  Postgres solution choice depends on usage and willingness to take risks

•  Mission-critical workloads require an enterprise platform

•  EDB Postgres subscriptions reduce technical and business risks

•  Save money and time with EDB Postgres

Summary

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Gartner: The State of Open-Source RDBMSs, 2015 info.enterprisedb.com/Gartner-MQ-2015.html

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Resources

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Resources: Getting Started with EDB Postgres

Comprehensive bundle of a Developer license, Training & Consulting, helping to make development projects successful.

•  EDB Postgres Developer Subscription

•  On-Demand Training (2 classes)

•  Consulting (2 days-remote)

EDB Developer Kick Start

Comprehensive package for groups of 2-4 developers & DBAs in support of mission-critical production Postgres implementations, along with expert guidance for Year 1.

•  EDB Postgres Developer Subscription

•  On-Demand Training (4 classes)

•  Consulting (5 days, remote)

•  RemoteDBA (1 year, 8 instances)

EDB Postgres Group Success with RemoteDBA

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World-class training that delivers the education, experience, and excellence needed to be successful

•  Training that fits your learning needs: Classroom, Online, and Onsite.

•  eSubscriptions - access to all on-demand Training in an annual subscription

•  DBA and developer course tracks available

•  Courses cover administration, migration, performance tuning and more

Resources: Postgres Skills Development Assistance

EDB is the industry-recognized global standard for Postgres Certification

Develop and validate in-house Postgres skill and expertise

•  DBMSs covered include: −  PostgreSQL −  EDB Postgres Advanced Server

•  Associate & Professional levels

•  Convenient online exams

EDB Training provides:

EDB Certification provides:

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