EnterpriseDB Corporation Technology Brief Sample

EnterpriseDB is an enterprise-level Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) offering a high level of compatibility with the leading mainstream enterprise databases, most notably Oracle. EnterpriseDB is perhaps unique in that although it is based on the Open Source PostgreSQL code base to which it continues to contribute, it has made significant extensions and improvements to this code. The result is a database and supporting services that aim to compare in speed and scalability to Oracle, and that will also run the large majority of Oracle-based applications without changes to their code. To enable this it has implemented the most popular proprietary features of Oracle and its SQL extensions, and in some cases it has even offered enhancements. EnterpriseDB provides a real-time support service for product releases, patches, and upgrades through the EnterpriseDB Network, and offers simple migration solutions to support the transfer of applications. The product is primarily targeted at those needing enterprise-scale solutions and at those that are happy to pay for all aspects of licensing and support. The database is offered on a subscription basis per CPU at a price that varies from an unsupported-free licence with limited capacity, to a premium level enhanced implementation at US$5,000 per CPU, per annum. It is the compelling nature of the total cost of ownership comparison with the major players and the large potential for cost savings that this enables, which makes EnterpriseDB a potential alternative to Oracle in all but the most specialised implementations.