EnterpriseDB

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EnterpriseDB Corporation
Company type Private
Industry Software & database
FoundedMarch 2004 [1]
Headquarters Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
  • Kevin Dallas, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ryan Blackwell, Chief Operating Officer
  • Hervé Timsit, Chief Revenue Officer
  • Mary-Beth Donovan, Chief Customer Officer
  • Chandler Hoisington, Chief Product Officer
  • Jozef de Vries, Chief Product Engineering Officer
  • Michael Gale, Chief Marketing Officer
  • Einav Lavi, Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Eric Mersch, Chief Financial Officer
  • Rob Feldman, Chief Legal Officer
ProductsSoftware subscriptions based on PostgreSQL and EDB Postgres Advanced Server, both of which include support, upgrades and tools for database management, High Availability, integration, and migration. EDB Postgres, a Database-as-a-Service for hybrid cloud deployments of Postgres to public and private cloud. RDBMS

EnterpriseDB (EDB), a privately held company based in Massachusetts, provides software and services based on the open-source database PostgreSQL (also known as Postgres), and is one of the largest contributors to Postgres. [2] EDB develops and integrates performance, security, and manageability enhancements into Postgres to support enterprise-class workloads. EDB has also developed database compatibility for Oracle to facilitate the migration of workloads from Oracle to EDB Postgres and to support the operation of many Oracle workloads on EDB Postgres. [3]

Contents

EDB provides a portfolio of databases and tools that extend Postgres for enterprise workloads. This includes fully managed Postgres in the cloud, extreme high availability for Postgres, command line migration tools, Kubernetes Operator and container images, management, monitoring and optimizing of Postgres, enterprise ready Oracle migration tools and browser-based schema migration tools [4]

EnterpriseDB was purchased by Great Hill Partners in 2019. [5]

In June 2022, Bain Capital Private Equity announced a majority growth investment in the company, [6] while Great Hill Partners, remained a significant shareholder.

EDB has initially operated under the leadership of Ed Boyajian as President and CEO, an open source pioneer who had led the company since 2008, before Kevin Dallas was named CEO in August 2023. [7]



History

EDB was founded in 2004. The growing acceptance of open source software created a market opportunity and the company wanted to challenge the database incumbents with a standards based product that was compatible with other vendor solutions.[ buzzword ] EnterpriseDB sought to develop an open source-based, enterprise-class relational database to compete with established vendors at an open source price point.

EDB introduced its database, EnterpriseDB 2005, in 2005. It was named Best Database Solution at LinuxWorld that year. [8] EDB renamed the database EnterpriseDB Advanced Server with its March 2006 release. The database was renamed Postgres Plus Advanced Server in March 2008. [9] In April 2016, with the introduction of the EDB Postgres Platform, EDB's fully integrated next-generation data management platform, the database was renamed to EDB Postgres Advanced Server. [10]

In 2020, EDB acquired 2ndQuadrant, [11] a global Postgres solutions and tools company based out of the UK, becoming the leader in the PostgreSQL market. [12]

Customers

EDB serves more than 1,500 customers, including leading financial services, government, media, and communications and information technology organizations.

Products

BigAnimal

BigAnimal is EDB's fully managed Postgres in the cloud. This is EDB's database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering, available on both Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). [13] [14]

EDB Postgres Distributed

EDB Postgres Distributed (previously known as Postgres-BDR) provides high availability for Postgres databases, and up to five 9s of availability and flexible deployment options. [15]

Migration Toolkit

This is a command-line tool to migrate tables and data from a company's DBMS to Postgres or EDB Postgres Advanced Server. [16]

Cloud Native Postgres

Cloud Native Postgres adds agility to Postgres from a deployment and an auto-healing perspective, making Postgres the data store for microservices.[ buzzword ] [17] [ better source needed ]

Postgres Enterprise Manager

Postgres Enterprise Manager manages, monitors, and optimizes Postgres and EDB Postgres Advanced Server. [18] [ better source needed ]

EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS)

EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) is EDB’s core database product, and is included in EDB's Enterprise subscription plan. It includes functionality that focuses on Oracle database compatibility, security, productivity, and performance. [19] [ better source needed ]

Migration Portal

Migration Portal provides detail on what enterprises need to migrate their Oracle databases to PostgreSQL. It then starts the migration by producing DDLs that are compatible with EDB Postgres Advanced Server. [20] [ better source needed ]

EDB Postgres Containers

EDB is a member of the Red Hat OpenShift Primed Program with a set of two certified Linux Container images published in the Red Hat Container Catalog. One container is preconfigured with the EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5 database, EDB Postgres Failover Manager, and pgPool for load balancing. The other container is preconfigured with EDB Postgres Backup and Recovery. [21]

Postgres Vision

Postgres Vision is an annual conference started by EnterpriseDB in 2016 with Kathleen Kennedy of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first event was held in October 2016 in San Francisco [22] and the second event was held in June 2017 in Boston. [23] Postgres Vision is multi-day event that focuses on current and future enterprise usage of Postgres and open source data management. The event draws database administrators, architects, data scientists, line of business executives, C-level executives, and developers to network, share best practices, and explore new and emerging use cases for Postgres. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ About EnterpriseDB Company
  2. ↑ "Who Contributes to PostgreSQL Development?".
  3. ↑ "EnterpriseDB: Standing Out from the Crowd". The Register .
  4. ↑ "View All EDB Products & Solutions - Applications & Tools for Postgres Database".
  5. ↑ EnterpriseDB. "EnterpriseDB Acquired by Great Hill Partners". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. ↑ Capital, Bain. "EDB, Leading Global Provider of Enterprise-Class Software and Services for Postgres, Announces Majority Growth Investment from Bain Capital Private Equity". Bain Capital. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ EnterpriseDB (August 1, 2023). "EnterpriseDB ("EDB") Names Former Microsoft Executive and CEO of Wind River Kevin Dallas as Chief Executive Officer". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ "LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005: EnterpriseDB Wins "Best Database" Award". Archived from the original on June 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "EnterpriseDB Introduces Postgres Plus Product Family".
  10. ↑ "EDB Launches Industry's First Integrated Open Source-Based Operational Database Management Platform".
  11. ↑ "EDB Completes Acquisition of 2ndQuadrant; Becomes Largest Dedicated Provider of PostgreSQL Products and Solutions Worldwide".
  12. ↑ Ed Boyajian (September 30, 2020). "How EDB became the Leader in the Postgres Market".
  13. ↑ "EDB Releases EDB BigAnimal DBaaS on AWS". www.businesswire.com. May 17, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  14. ↑ "EDB unleashes BigAnimal in the cloud". ZDNet .
  15. ↑ "Postgres Bi-Directional Replication (BDR) for High Availability | Data Consistency & Loss Protection Software".
  16. ↑ "Migration Toolkit: A Feature Rich Command-Line Tool | Migrate Data to PostgreSQL from Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL".
  17. ↑ "Cloud Native Postgres: Database as a Service (DBaaS) - PostgreSQL as a Service. Deploy Postgres on Kubernetes, Docker and Containers".
  18. ↑ "EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) | Database Management System (DBMS) - Postgres Client with GUI".
  19. ↑ "EDB Postgres Advanced Server - Oracle Compatible | Enterprise Database with Improved Security & Performance".
  20. ↑ "Migration Portal v4". www.enterprisedb.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  21. ↑ "EnterpriseDB Introduces New Red Hat-Certified Containers for the OpenShift Platform". May 2, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Oracle DB Admins Urged to Swap Their Gas Guzzler for an Electric Car". The Register .
  23. ↑ "Agile database development spurs changes in data tech, DBA roles".
  24. ↑ "EDB Postgres Vision". EDB. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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