Ingres to Highlight Why Open Source is the Right Choice for the Enterprise

Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, will be hosting a webcast in conjunction with Forrester Research to investigate open source in an enterprise database strategy. The webcast, titled, "Open Source for your Enterprise Database Strategy" will be presented by Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering, Ingres, and will feature Noel Yuhanna, principal analyst, Forrester Research, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (PT)/ 12:00 p.m. (ET). To register, please go to http://info.ingres.com/g/?B8E6Y6AX2K=clicksrc:pr.

In addition to explaining the advantages of open source in an enterprise database strategy, Yuhanna will also share details on why Ingres was rated tops among open source databases in current product offering in The Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009. The Forrester Wave vendor summary on Ingres states, "Ingres has the best set of enterprise database features and functionality among open source databases. It offers good capabilities for availability, security, administration, programmability, and platform support."

"This is a great opportunity to learn why databases are the next logical step in any enterprise open source strategy," said Emma McGrattan. "Ingres offers a plethora of proven enterprise database capabilities that make it a cost effective alternative to proprietary databases for mission critical applications; this webcast will detail those features and will help to explain why open source is not only a cost effective solution, but also a strategic one as CIOs begin to plan for 2010."

During this webcast you will learn:

-- Open Source Trends Affecting the Market Today

-- The Top Five Features that are critical for Enterprise Open Source Databases

-- Alternatives to Licensing Fees and Vendor Lock-In

-- Customer Migration Success Stories

Attendees of the webcast will receive a free copy of the report "Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009." For more information on Ingres events and webcasts, please visit Ingres' event page at http://www.ingres.com/about/events.php.

About Ingres Corporation

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 open source solutions at 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.

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