EnterpriseDB 2005 database public beta

PRESS RELEASE

EnterpriseDB Brings Open Source to the Enterprise Database
 
Commercially Supported Enterprise-Class Database
Includes Out-of-the-Box Compatibility with Existing Applications
 
EDISON, N.J., May 23, 2005 ­ EnterpriseDB Corporation, an enterprise
database company, emerged from stealth mode today and announced the
immediate availability of EnterpriseDB 2005 (EDB2005) public beta release.
Built on the open source PostgreSQL database, EDB2005 is an enterprise-class
relational database management system that supports update-intensive,
high-volume applications.  In addition, EDB2005 is compatible with many
applications written for Oracle databases.  The free download and further
information are available at the company¹s website, www.enterprisedb.com.

EDB2005 is built on PostgreSQL, the world¹s most advanced and mature open
source database.  PostgreSQL has been under continuous development for 20
years, and has been downloaded and implemented millions of times.  For more
than a decade, PostgreSQL has included such enterprise-class features as
triggers and stored functions.  Unlike some other open source databases,
PostgreSQL assures data integrity and has the scalability and performance
required for high-volume online transaction processing (OLTP).  It is
therefore widely regarded as a superior database for enterprise-class
applications. 

EDB2005 further improves PostgreSQL with enterprise-targeted features,
including compatibility with many applications written for Oracle databases.
This capability is implemented through compatible SQL syntax, datatypes,
triggers and native stored procedures and results in dramatic cost
reductions in both application migration and skills re-training.  EDB2005 is
also much faster in typical transactional applications than competitive open
source products.

³Until today, enterprises were forced to choose between over-priced
solutions from enterprise software vendors and under-powered solutions from
open source vendors,² said Andy Astor, Chief Executive Officer of
EnterpriseDB. ³Our enhancements to PostgreSQL have resulted in a truly
enterprise-class product, priced to reflect its open source heritage.  To be
Œenterprise-class,¹ a database must be reliable, compatible, and scalable.
In other words, it must rigorously ensure data integrity, support standard
practices familiar to enterprise developers, and run fast when executing
update-intensive, transactional applications.  Uniquely so at its price,
EDB2005 meets all of these criteria.²

The EDB product includes EDB Database Server, the RDBMS engine, EDB Studio,
a graphical console for developers and DBAs, and EDB Connectors, which
provide access to EDB from JDBC, ODBC, .NET, ESQL/C++, PHP, Perl and Python.

EnterpriseDB is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, and employs
approximately 45 people.  Its management and development teams include
software industry veterans with decades of experience building DBMS
technology and applying it to the needs of Global 2000 organizations.  The
company¹s staff includes developers recognized for contributions to the
PostgreSQL database.

The EDB public beta period begins immediately, with general availability
expected this summer.  During the public beta period, commercial-grade
technical support will be provided free of charge.  The software and more
information concerning the company and product are available at the
company¹s website, www.enterprisedb.com.


About EnterpriseDB Corporation

EnterpriseDB offers commercially supported enterprise-class database
products that are based on time-tested open source offerings and that
include broad compatibility with existing databases and robust reliability
and scalability. EnterpriseDB was founded in March, 2004, and is
headquartered in Edison, N.J.  For more information, contact (732) 331-1300
or visit www.enterprisedb.com.

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