Database reliability is an ongoing process, not a one-time activity. And your database disaster recovery (DR) plans are a key part of keeping your business systems reliable.

Noted psychologist Noel Burch developed a model called the “Four Stages for Learning Any New Skill” to better understand the often slow and uncomfortable process of learning something new.

EnterpriseDB® (EDB™) developed a high-performance tool for loading data in bulk called EDB*Loader that is twice as fast as PostgreSQL COPY and outperforms standard SQL statement for bulk loading of JSONB data.

Middleware doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Considered the glue that holds together the more complex and more business-critical components in the software stack, middleware is often installed and forgotten. But middleware can have significant impact on the operation and performance in the system.

There is a new index type in PostgreSQL version 9.5 called BRIN, for "Block Range Index". BRIN is an exciting feature for the 9.5 release because it can quickly organize very large tables for analysis and reporting, moving PostgreSQL deeper into the big data space.

To say the database market is evolving would be a gross understatement. New data types and sophisticated new analytic requirements, combined with increasing pressure to lower costs without sacrificing functionality is ushering in an era of great change and great opportunity in the database market.

Adoption of document databases is growing rapidly in response to the need for solutions that can handle large volumes of data. These solutions are adept at handling non-relational data models, but the distinction between database types (document, relational, key-value, etc.) is blurring. Organizations are making broad sweeps of data from multiple sources and storing it in single large documents for later analysis.

Smart organizations taking on a new project don’t try to go it alone – they recognize when outside help can provide the guidance needed to meet and exceed their objectives effectively. Rolling out and managing a Postgres deployment, for example, can represent a series of new challenges for an organization. Outside help can assist an enterprise maximize results and achieve optimal Return on Investment.

The explosion in data created by mobile devices, the Internet of Things and social media are causing governing bodies worldwide to find new ways to accommodate and harness information productively. Doing this requires the ability to scale data management infrastructure significantly as well as the agility to add to and adjust deployments nimbly to meet ongoing demands.

Recently, EDB significantly optimized locking mechanisms that improved scalability and performance in PostgreSQL 9.5. EDB further enhanced the locking subsystems to deliver even greater performance results with an improvement that was released with EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5.