Enterprise DB Corporation White Paper Sample

The objective of this white paper is to provide an overview of the economics, strategies and best practice methodologies of Oracle database cost containment. The paper discusses cost containment solutions available from EnterpriseDB Corporation and the Company’s Postgres Plus Advanced Server database product. Postgres Plus is a high-powered, feature rich commercial distribution of PostgreSQL, the world’s most advanced open source database. As discussed below, Postgres Plus includes a breakthrough suite of compatibility technologies that run Oracle applications with little or no change.

While all database vendors support contemporary levels of ANSI SQL, each vendor wraps their SQL syntax inside of proprietary APIs, functions, stored procedure languages, and utilities, effectively forcing significant levels of lock-in. This paper discusses the economic benefits that can be achieved by using Postgres Plus to break that lock-in, particularly in the context of Oracle database costs. It identifies popular Oracle cost containment strategies and provides helpful case studies that illustrate how Oracle costs are being managed in the field today at Sony Online Entertainment and FTD florists.