SOURCE: EnterpriseDB Corporation
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March 11, 2008 09:00 ET
EnterpriseDB Wins Jolt Productivity Award
Leading Enterprise Open Source Database Company Wins Fourth Industry Award in 2008
EDISON, NJ--(Marketwire - March 11, 2008) - EnterpriseDB announced today that its flagship
product, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, received the prestigious Jolt
Productivity Award in the Best Database Engines and Data Tools category.
These annual awards showcase products that have "jolted" the industry with
their significance and have made the task of creating software faster,
easier, and more efficient. A team of nineteen esteemed industry insiders,
columnists, and technology leaders chose the winners, selected from among
hundreds of qualified nominations. The Jolt Productivity Award marks the
fourth prestigious industry award EnterpriseDB has won this year. An
archive of EnterpriseDB press releases announcing industry awards and other
important news is available at
http://www.enterprisedb.com/news_events/index.do.
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server is an enterprise-class relational database management system
(RDBMS) that runs many applications written for Oracle unchanged and
costs only a small fraction of a comparable Oracle solution. It is built on
Postgres, the world's most
advanced open source database, ensuring the reliability and scalability
necessary for high-volume,
mission-critical enterprise use. A wide variety of platforms are supported,
including Windows, Linux, and Solaris, and a suite of sophisticated tools,
including an advanced procedural language debugger, is available to speed
development. More information and free downloads of EnterpriseDB Advanced
Server are available at www.enterprisedb.com.
"It's an honor to win a Jolt Productivity Award this year," said Bob Zurek,
chief technology officer, EnterpriseDB. "As we continue to work to make our
Postgres-based family of products even more accessible and useful to
developers working on a wide variety of platforms, it's gratifying to
receive this formal and prestigious recognition for the contributions we've
already made in that area."
"This year was an exceptionally exciting year for our judges, because there
were so many strong contenders in every category," said Amber Ankerholz,
conference manager, Dr. Dobb's Events. "EnterpriseDB's selection in the
Database Engines and Data Tools category puts it among an elite group of
software development innovators."
About EnterpriseDB Corporation
EnterpriseDB develops and supports EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, the
world's leading Oracle-compatible relational database
management system (RDBMS).
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server runs most applications written for Oracle
unchanged and at a small fraction of Oracle's cost. Built on PostgreSQL,
the world's most advanced open source database, EnterpriseDB Advanced
Server has the reliability and scalability necessary for
high-volume, mission-critical enterprise use. The company is also the
world's leading provider of enterprise-class, PostgreSQL-based products and
services, including the EnterpriseDB Postgres
distribution. EnterpriseDB has offices throughout North America, Europe,
and Asia. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in
Edison, N.J. For more information, please contact +1-732-331-1300 or visit
www.enterprisedb.com.
EnterpriseDB is a trademark of EnterpriseDB Corporation. Other names may be
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