Compatibility Equals Customer Choice

On April 22, 2009, IBM announced the general availability of DB2® 9.7, including an comprehensive implementation of EnterpriseDB's database compatibility technology (read EnterpriseDB's related press release). With this announcement, both DB2 and EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus® Advanced Server deliver high-powered compatibility solutions that level the playing field for Oracle® database users, providing extensive portability of applications and knowledge. Oracle customers can now choose the database products that best fit their needs - Oracle, DB2 and/or Postgres Plus - without incurring the time, cost and risks traditionally associated with database migrations. EnterpriseDB's compatibility technology is in its fifth generation of evolution. It is deployed with Postgres Plus Advanced Server today at some of the world's largest public and private sector organizations, all of which use the technology to achieve Oracle database migration and coexistence.

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 at 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%.

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 to schedule a free telephone consultation with our Oracle compatibility team. Our compatibility experts can quickly help you to determine the quickest, safest path to meaningful cost savings. If appropriate, we can also schedule a migration feasibility assessment of your Oracle databases.

Register for an Oracle Migration webcast. In 40 power-packed minutes, learn how you can migrate existing Oracle database applications to Postgres Plus Advanced Server. This is the fastest way to get a technical understanding of EnterpriseDB's database compatibility solutions.

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.

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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