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Ingres improves open source database availability

By Alice Kok | 19 November 2008

Ingres has enhanced its database solution to simplify application development and improve availability and system recovery. The new version of open source database has been launched by for business critical applications at an affordable cost.

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Ingres Database 9.2 is touted as “flexible, simple, secure, reliable, and scalable to cope with even the most complex, multi-language requirements including business intelligence, content management, data warehousing, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and logistics management.”

With current economic conditions increasing uncertain, open source solutions are well positioned to meet enterprise requirements—especially when it combines the flexibility of open source with the business critical availability and reliability of commercial database management system (DBMS) platforms.

A number of improvements centre on improving availability and easing system recovery, providing additional tools for developers and better multi-language support, for companies using the software to deploy applications across the globe.

This new database allows customers to leverage existing investments and introduce new lower-cost technologies as it supports every major development tool, language, and API (both open & closed source). The product also simplifies and automates tasks that are generally associated with maintaining a business-class database hence reducing the time and complexity of database administration.

A new feature for this release focuses on increasing the availability of the server, such as enhancements to point-in-time restore and online backup meaning that if customers have an issue with their database, recovery can be made from a single point of time.

In addition, the release focuses on additional tools for developers with enhanced availability and supportability. Ingres Database 9.2 provides multi-language support with expanded Unicode features for companies using the software to deploy applications across the globe.

An upgrade from previous releases is a simple automated task with no requirement to reload data.

“With Ingres Database 9.2, we offer our global customers an integrated open source database like no other on the market, in terms of innovation, technology feature-set, and affordability,” said Roger Burkhardt President and CEO of Ingres.