Ingres and SHS-Engineering AG Set to Enter Swiss Market

Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, and SHS-Engineering AG, a vendor-independent Swiss system retailer for IT and telecom solutions and services, have inked a reseller agreement for the distribution and support of Ingres solutions and services in the Swiss market. As part of the agreement, SHS-Engineering AG will distribute Ingres Database, the leading open source database best suited for mission critical applications.

Headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, SHS-Engineering AG has 22 years of market experience. In addition to its longstanding partnerships with a wide range of companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Red Hat, it provides support to companies in the following sectors: public authorities, telecommunications, chemical and pharmaceutical, financial and insurance. SHS-Engineering AG provides its customers with tailor-made IT infrastructure solutions that rely on its extensive multi-platform know-how and considerable database expertise. With Ingres, SHS can now also provide its customers with a cost-effective, high-capacity open source database that is a viable alternative to proprietary software solutions.

"The Ingres database technology and the accompanying support are a crucial foundation for the successful operation of an IT solution -- but it is our partners, in cooperation with customers, who ensure the overall success of an IT project," said Bertram Mandel, vice president, sales and services and managing director, Ingres Germany. "Similar to developments globally, the Swiss enterprise market is also showing dissatisfaction with the license and pricing policies of some proprietary database providers. As a result, the market shows a huge growth potential for open source solutions. We will continue to expand on our partner strategy in the region and are delighted to include such a renowned Swiss system retailer as SHS-Engineering AG into our circle of partners."

"Because they tend to be geared towards large key account customers, the pricing and licensing models for small and medium-sized companies are inflexible, too expensive, and simply not in line with the market," said Wenzel Divis, head of sales, marketing and communication, SHS-Engineering AG. "As a longstanding provider of traditional closed source products, we are now expanding our portfolio and plan to focus increasingly on open source solutions. With Ingres, we have a database that is not only optimally suited for mission-critical applications but which, thanks to the commercial open source business model, also provides the necessary flexibility and scalability to empower companies in the current economic downturn."

On November 5, 2009, SHS-Engineering AG, in collaboration with Ingres, will discuss the New Economics of IT at an event at the University of Bern. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about Ingres Database and the advantages of the open source business model. For further information on Ingres, its partner program, and the New Economics of IT, please visit http://www.ingres.com.

About SHS-Engineering AG

SHS-Engineering AG is an independent system retailer specializing in the development of customized software solutions and offers accompanying consultancy and training services, professional IT services, and the realization of IT platforms and infrastructure and advice on IT architectures. For further information, please visit www.shsag.ch.

About Ingres

Ingres is the leading open source database management company. We are the world's second largest open source company and the pioneer of the New Economics of IT, providing business-critical open source solutions at a dramatically reduced cost than proprietary software vendors. As a leader in the New Economics of IT, Ingres delivers low cost and accelerated innovation to more than 10,000 customers worldwide.

Ingres is a registered trademark of Ingres Corporation. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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