EnterpriseDB Introduces Postgres Enterprise Manager

In order to offer transaction-intensive applications needing superior performance, massive scalability and compatibility with proprietary database products to reduce overall database costs, Enterprise DB, a provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle (News - Alert) compatibility products and services, has announced general availability of Postgres Enterprise Manager.

According to a press release, the manger allows developers and DBA's to monitor, manage, and tune both PostgreSQL and Postgres Plus Advanced Server installations regardless of the platform they run on, from a single console application.

Postgres Enterprise Manager includes the following enterprise-class enhancements: enterprise management - management for large PostgreSQL database installations, performance monitoring dashboards - show at-a-glance information on I/O, storage, memory, user and session activity, wait statistics and more, and alert management - Pre-defined and custom alerts warn the user when issues or potential issues are detected.

It allows users to pinpoint, diagnose and fix poorly performing SQL code and trace SQL statements that are executed against one or more servers. It offers a "DBA-in-a-Box" helps enforce PostgreSQL best practices with expert suggestions for schema design, security, configuration parameters, and more. It enable capacity manager allows reporting and provides trend analysis over time to understand peak load periods, storage consumption trends and gives the ability to customize reports including both graphs and tabular data.

"Postgres Enterprise Manager is designed for managing large-scale PostgreSQL deployments, providing essential tools for the developer, DBA and system administrator," said Ed Boyajian, president and CEO of EnterpriseDB. "Lack of tooling like this has held back many PostgreSQL users from expanding their deployments. Now, customers can easily ramp up their PostgreSQL footprint at a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives."

"Given the amount of commercial transactions processed daily, EnterpriseDB Postgres Enterprise Manager? is the perfect solution to allow centralized management of our PostgreSQL installations," said Keith Alsheimer, CEO of eSpendwise. "EnterpriseDB's products have been a critical function within our organization and we continue to rely on their enterprise-class support services to keep our databases running at exceptional performance."

In other company news, TMCnet reported that EnterpriseDB has been named as one of the top open source companies to watch in the 2011 Future of Open Source (News - Alert) Survey, conducted by North Bridge Venture Partners in partnership with The 451 Group.

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