The company has won a contract to support PostgreSQL for global datawarehouse Pindar Set, in the UK and US. It says its expert knowledge of the PostgreSQL database and middleware platform JBoss was crucial in its selection by Pindar Set and that until it had addressed the concern, the lack of truly capable 24/7 support has discouraged organisations from migrating to PostgreSQL from proprietary databases.

Mark Taylor, CEO of Sirius, says, "Enterprise open source is penetrating deep into the mainstream. Linux is already established as the new choice for enterprise infrastructure. We are now moving up the stack into business critical applications."

Simon Riggs, PostgreSQL lead in the UK, says, "Free PostgreSQL has the speed, compatibility and sophisticated features of proprietary databases. Enterprise-level support with global coverage will only help to increase the pace of its adoption."

© 2006 Joe O'Halleron, Computer Weekly

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They say it's free ?
written by david solomon, 25 June, 2008

Speed, compatibility and all other user-friendaly options might be there, bt I still have my dobts if it is really going to be free !

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