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With EDB PG 15, EDB supports PostgreSQL 15.1 across a wide range of deployment options including on-premises, in the cloud, self-managed or fully managed with EDB BigAnimal. The release also adds PostgreSQL 15.1 support EDB Postgres for Kubernetes, which leverages CloudNativePG for speed, efficiency and protection for infrastructure modernization.

In recent years, it seems like not a month goes by without the story of a high-profile data leak, forcing companies to reassess how they’re handling their own PII to prevent their name from appearing in the next headline. After all, these incidents have major consequences—damaging revenue, reputations and potentially opening businesses up to legal repercussions

Psycopg project released a major version, Psycopg3. pgAdmin 4 is immensely dependent on psycopg2 as it is being used as a database driver and the pgAdmin team decided to migrate to the new latest version and this blog is basically a migration guide for the python developers.

The purpose of this blog is to illustrate how to configure and setup Two Factor Authentication in pgAdmin 4.

We’ve created a Terraform Provider for EDB BigAnimal with a few modules to start; we’ve also open-sourced the EDB BigAnimal Provider under the MPL 2.0 license so that you can contribute as desired.

As you move your databases to the public cloud, it’s critical to understand how to balance performance expectations with costs so you can get the optimal return from your cloud database investment. The micro-billing of an environment makes the costing complex, with some sizing decisions bringing a large financial cost with no technical benefit. What are the things to consider and how can you compare different solutions on an equal footing?

Being successful requires identifying and jumping on new business opportunities as they arise. As open source databases can provide a quick and efficient way to leverage new opportunities, many enterprises are adopting cloud and increasing their use of enterprise open source software for emerging technologies.

Is getting top quality support your concern when using open source Postgres? Our new subscription plan combines open source Postgres backed by high quality technical support in a fully managed service so you can start reaping the benefits of Postgres right away.

Because a picture tells a thousand words, we compiled an infographic detailing how EDB has improved Postgres over the years. One of our most exciting developments was introducing the MERGE command this year, which makes it easier for enterprises to migrate from expensive, legacy databases to open source (version 15 of Postgres).

We strive to help enterprises dedicated to innovation take full advantage of what their PostgreSQL and open source strategy can be, with every subsequent version. Whether it’s advising on new features, providing enterprise-grade support or shepherding businesses through major infrastructural projects, EDB has distinguished itself as the PostgreSQL leader.

The EDB GlobalConnect Technology Partner Program is pleased to announce that we have certified Cohesity DataProtect for PostgreSQL as a backup and restore solution to help customers protect the data in their EDB Postgres Advanced Server databases.

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The world of online trading platforms is allowing more people to take control of their financial futures and creating new opportunities for innovation among application and platform providers. In order to compete, however, these providers need to have a database that can keep pace with the demands of the industry and expectations of their users. 

If, like these executives in the survey, you want to eliminate vendor lock-in and increase scalability by moving to open source, don’t let a perceived lack of Postgres knowledge hold you back! Our fully managed Postgres in the cloud service handles database maintenance for you, so you can focus on business innovation.

The purpose of this blog is to illustrate how to save pgAdmin 4 configurations to an external database server. In addition, we covered examples that demonstrate how to use PostgreSQL server as an external database.

Gartner's extensive “2021 Critical Capabilities for Cloud Database Management Systems for Analytical Use Cases” report is designed to help organizations evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of both native services offered by CSPs and fully cloud-based systems. 

This blog explains the purpose of the various configuration files used by pgAdmin, when they should be modified, and for what reason.

Postgres provides several tools to simplify application development. Triggers, for example, allow one event to automatically invoke subsequent inserts, updates, or deletes to either reinforce business logic, or for auditing purposes. But are they valid for all such scenarios? Are there times when triggers would be detrimental to performance and scalability? What are our alternatives? Well, there’s only one way to find out!

In the third and final part of this series (viewable on-demand), EDB’s Performance Engineering and Architecture Team VP, Vibhor Kumar and Solutions Architecture VP, Gianni Ciolli present real-life migration success stories, demonstrating how three different EDB customers successfully migrated from Oracle to Postgres.

Microsoft recently held their annual Ignite Conference as a primarily online event, with an in-person presence in select cities around the world. We asked Microsoft Ignite attendees about their cloud usage and the benefits they expect from fully managed databases. Read on to see the results.