Success Stories
Sony Online Entertainment® Replaces Oracle® with EnterpriseDB
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with millions of gamers around the globe. Examining its business, SOE found that its Oracle databases were extremely expensive and that Oracle’s licensing practices were inflexible and restrictive. At the same time, the company experienced a constant demand for the creation and maintenance of additional databases. Read more
Florists' Transworld Delivery® Replicates Oracle® to EnterpriseDB
Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD) is the world’s leading provider of
On Valentine’s Day, 2007, the existing
NTT Group®, Japan’s largest telecommunications company, collaborates with EnterpriseDB on highly scalable distributed database
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, (NYSE: NTT), the largest telecommunications company in Japan, recognized several years ago the many benefits that open source software can provide, including cost savings, increased code quality, and deployment and maintenance flexibility. As a
Aquent replaces self-hosted Sybase with EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus in the Cloud
Aquent, the leading international marketing services company, has pioneered staffing, marketing and outsourcing solutions that enable clients to build their internal marketing and communications capabilities. Providing unmatched resources and expertise through its network of 50+ branches worldwide, Aquent today helps thousands of companies make the most of their people, processes, and technology.
The lifeblood of Aquent's business is its resource management system that receives and parses resumes, captures hours, generates invoices, and much more. Originally a client/server application, it grew to have a Web based front-end for the majority of the functionality providing access to the application...Read More
Contegix provides enterprise class managed hosting for EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus
Contegix is an award winning managed hosting provider with a hard-won reputation for reliable hosting and passionate, proactive support that gives clients absolute peace of mind. The company’s ?agship service - Beyond Managed Hosting™ provides comprehensive management solutions on a simple, monthly fee plan. The solution encompasses dedicated support for all hardware and operating systems, deploying and con?guring software, and complete licensing management.
In addition to managing lots of their own data central to their hosting business, Contegix's business model also required a best of breed database to recommend to hosted infrastructure and applications customers demanding a lower cost database...Read More
AQA Lowers Operational Costs
AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) is the United Kingdom's largest examination board handling millions of marks, coursework and completed exam papers by over 1000 employees and 35,000 volunteers. AQA has a leading reputation for promoting education for the public benefit and draws on long experience of setting and marking public exams such as GCSEs, A-levels and other qualifications, as well as offering first class support for teachers and learners and are always at the forefront of development of new qualifications.
AQA is also an independent registered charity, that solely runs examinations and carries out research and development to improve their qualifications and services. With such an...Read More
Genscape Manages Massive Data Volumes
Genscape is a leading global provider of energy information for commodity and financial markets. Utilizing patented technologies and proprietary algorithms, Genscape provides accurate & timely data on capacities, flow and utilization for all major energy commodities. The product range includes the well known real-time services for power and gas in North America and Europe. Genscape also delivers fundamentals-based market intelligence services which market participants rely upon to better understand drivers, risks, and dynamics of regional power and gas markets.
A critical component of real-time data services is a database capable of handling massive amounts of data efficiently. Genscape's patented...Read More
InMobi Delivers Billions of Mobile Ad Impressions Per Month with EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus
InMobi, one of the fastest growing global mobile advertising networks, delivers results to its partners through intelligent mobile advertising solutions. The advanced technology enables advertisers to discover their target audience on mobile internet sites and mobile applications in a measurable manner. Publishers can leverage the capability to serve contextual ads to the users of their sites, thereby increasing the value of their mobile property. InMobi’s vast reach coupled with the precision of the mobile medium provides the optimal platform for advertisers and publishers to take advantage of mobile advertising.
A key requirement for supporting mobile advertising is a scalable...Read More
Advantec HR Delivers Outsourced HR and Payroll with EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus and VMware
Advantec HR, a leading outsourced HR and payroll services vendor, offers Human Capital Management Solutions that help high performance organizations achieve operational excellence by bolstering the heart of their business, human resources, and administrative services. Advantec provides a strategic approach to manage and streamline workflows with flexible, on-demand integrated and scalable solutions built to grow with your business.
Advantec has been ensuring healthy environments for business growth since 1998.
The Challenge: A true multi-tenant environment with the ability to scale up or down
In 2009, Advantec realized that in order to...Read More