Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
EDISON, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/15/08 -- EnterpriseDB, the Oracle-compatible database
company, today announced the release of EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.2
for the Mac OS X operating system. EnterpriseDB Advanced Server is an
enterprise-class relational database
management system (RDBMS)
that runs many applications written for Oracle unchanged. Built on
Postgres, the world's most advanced open source database,
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server provides the scalability, reliablility and
performance necessary for mission-critical applications. More information
and free downloads of EnterpriseDB Advanced Server are available at
www.enterprisedb.com.
"We are pleased to announce our support for Mac OS X," said Bob Zurek,
chief technology officer, EnterpriseDB. "Increasingly, the Macintosh is
becoming an attractive option for enterprises for a broad range of
applications. Moreover, Mac OS X provides a stable and easy-to-use
development platform that appeals to developers. EnterpriseDB Advanced
Server is a great complement to Mac OS X and can run both lightweight and
complex database applications."
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.2 for Mac OS X is now available as a free
download at http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/download.do. License and
technical support subscriptions are priced at $5,995 per CPU per year.
About EnterpriseDB
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 Postgres, 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, Postgres-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
trademarks of their respective owners.
Christian Danella
Prequent, Inc. (for EnterpriseDB) Email Contact
(408) 275-6488 (office)
(415) 350-4830 (mobile)