Oracle® Cost Containment

Challenging economic times call for prudent, effective cost management. IT budgets are shrinking at a time when information demands are rapidly expanding. EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus® Advanced Server runs most applications written for Oracle, at a small fraction of the cost Oracle charges for database licenses and annual maintenance. EnterpriseDB offers Oracle cost containment solutions that fit a range of deployment configurations, all of which plug into your current infrastructure and leverage your existing DBA and application development skills.

Cost Containment Dilemma

IT managers are faced with a daunting dilemma. At a time when information demands are exploding, budgets are under intense scrutiny. EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus products deliver advanced Oracle compatibility, allowing you to run most applications written for Oracle as a small fraction of Oracle's cost. EnterpriseDB offers Oracle cost containment solutions that fit a wide range of business and technology needs. Postgres Plus solutions plug seamlessly into your current infrastructure and leverage all of your existing DBA and application development skills.

The graph below illustrates the economic advantages of Postgres Plus Advanced Server compared to Oracle. Based on currently published list prices, the TCO of a 16-CPU (four servers, four CPUs/server) Oracle configuration is $1,261,600 over a three year term. The TCO of a comparably configured Postgres Plus deployment is $215,760, a TCO savings of $1,045,840, or 83%.

EnterpriseDB and Oracle Total Cost of Ownership

Oracle Cost Containment Strategies

When it comes to Oracle cost containment, there is no "one size fits all" strategy. Global organizations such as Sony, FTD and NTT have significantly reduced their Oracle database costs across a range of applications, including:

  • New LOB Applications. Database industry experts from Curt Monash to Gartner Group advise that most new home-grown business applications can be cost-effectively deployed using open source databases. Postgres Plus provides deep Oracle compatibility, allowing DBAs and developers to implement new applications quickly, without any training.
  • Replication for Reporting and BI. Query, reporting and BI activities can significantly degrade the performance of OLTP applications. Many organizations address this dilemma using database replication. Postgres Plus' Oracle replication server provides real-time data warehousing at a fraction of the cost of Oracle's replication solutions, eliminating OLTP performance problems while delivering time critical information to business stakeholders. Read how FTD, the world's leading provider of floral related products and services, implemented the Postgres Plus Oracle replication server in six weeks.
  • Migrating non-Mission Critical Applications. Organizations that need to systematically replace Oracle databases often begin by migrating non-mission critical applications because they can achieve rapid cost savings while proving the feasibility of their migration strategies. EnterpriseDB engineers frequently perform migration feasibility assessments on existing Oracle applications to help customers quickly determine which databases can be migrated in the shortest time, at the lowest risk.
  • Migrating Mission Critical Applications. Driven by M&A and consolidation activities, some organizations need to migrate large-scale mission critical applications to less expensive infrastructures. Postgres Plus combines deep Oracle compatibility with a proven, high-performance OLTP database foundation to support the most demanding Oracle migration needs. Further, EnterpriseDB's Oracle consultants and domain experts apply our best practices methodologies to ensure that complex migrations are achieved the first time.

What Should I Do Now?

Depending on your business needs and timing considerations, we recommend the following next steps:

Contact us directly. This is the fastest and easiest way to learn more. Our sales and technical teams can help you determine the quickest, safest path to meaningful cost savings. If appropriate, we can also schedule a migration feasibility assessment of your Oracle databases.

Download and evaluate Postgres Plus Advanced Server. By evaluating our software, your technologists can quickly determine the depth of our Oracle compatibility and the completeness of our Postgres database foundation.

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When someone comes in at a sixth the cost [of Oracle] and 500 times the customer service, that makes it very easy.

Jason Weiss, Software Architect, FTD

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