In this blog post, discover what affects PostgreSQL database high availability and how to maintain high availability while upgrading or replicating databases.

Do you actually need Oracle RAC? This blog post details four reasons why it's not as crucial as you might have thought.

Learn more about the continued evolution of Bi-Directional Replication, an important piece of the EDB service portfolio, from Product Marketing Director Jan Karremans.

Many organizations today are constantly looking for new ways to give their offerings a competitive edge. Bringing new features to a saturated market means you have to stand up to your competition with an ever-increasing understanding of your customers' needs. The value is in the data; that's why data is now known as "the new oil." So, what does this mean for your database infrastructure? This post...

I have never surfed before, but I am told it is incredibly exciting and great exercise, which as we all know is very good for you. For some it may sound daunting, because it is so unlike any other sport, but for those prepared to take the challenge it can be hugely rewarding. Stretching yourself – perhaps literally – and taking your body out of its comfort zone is a proven way of staying healthy...

I speak to more and more enterprise customers who see open source as the best route to drive innovation and agility while managing their operational expenditures.

Us (us, us, us, us) and them (them, them, them, them) And after all we're only ordinary men - Wright/Waters Database Administrator vs Developer “Us and Them”, as many will know, is a powerful song by the rock group Pink Floyd about conflict. And, like it or not, conflict is a factor that runs through our lives, albeit limited (we trust) by good manners and the rule of law. Similarly, in the...

My friend and colleague Bruce Momjian recently shared in his presentation “Will Postgres Live Forever?” an overview of reasons why companies adopt open source software (OSS) in general. This overview was based on a survey done by Black Duck Software in 2016. The survey ranks databases in second place of technologies where companies are moving towards open-source software (OSS).