Open Source Databases

Why use an open source database?

Open source-based databases position businesses to capitalize more cost-effectively on the vast amounts of data generated today. To support enterprise clients in their move to open source technologies for data management, IBM is working closely with its strategic IBM Business Partners to offer new solutions.

IBM open source database solutions help enterprises implement a hybrid data environment that includes both relational and non-relational components. By providing a single view of the data across the enterprise, these solutions offer a cost-effective way to integrate multiple, complex data sources for smarter, quicker, data-driven decisions and actionable insights.

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Why IBM for open source database solutions?

Enterprise-grade open source

IBM, with the acquisition of Red Hat®, leads with the largest contributions to the open source community, driving enterprise-grade solutions with added security, increased availability and interoperability across hybrid cloud.

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Multivendor software support

IBM open source database solutions offer a single point of contact, whether using community editions, commercial products, individual packages or a complex software stack. A Forrester Research study confirmed clients can save as much as 25% with IBM multivendor support.

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Data management choices

IBM offers hybrid cloud open source options to support new requirements, especially around large volumes of messy, complex data sets. The Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics, Q1 2020 lists IBM as a leader for several reasons, including its open standards.

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EDB partnership

PostgreSQL is a powerful open source, object relational database system that is increasingly popular with enterprises because of its reliability, features and performance. IBM and EDB have partnered to provide the additional tools and capabilities needed to run mission-critical applications at scale on PostgreSQL.

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Products

EDB Postgres 2.0

Postgres 2.0 is available in Enterprise and Standard editions through IBM for a one-stop purchase, deploy and support experience.

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IBM Cloud Databases for EnterpriseDB

IBM Cloud Databases for EnterpriseDB is a database engine with built-in features of PostgreSQL, natively integrated into IBM Cloud.

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EDB resources

Break free from Oracle

Hear from IBM and EDB on ways enterprises are using enterprise-class PostgreSQL as a cost-effective alternative to Oracle.

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Deploy Postgres databases in containers

Learn more about the advantages of containerized databases and how EDB accelerates that process.

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Discover six things for developers considering Postgres

Explore key points a developer should know about Postgres as a powerful open source database option.

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MongoDB partnership

MongoDB offers a general purpose, document-based distributed database built to store data in JSON-like documents. IBM and MongoDB have partnered to offer the capabilities that extend the open source databases of MongoDB to support enterprise-scale deployments.

Products

MongoDB Enterprise Advanced

This solution is a robust, scalable highly available document database that includes advanced software, support and services to support mission-critical deployments.

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MongoDB Enterprise Advanced on IBM Cloud Pak for Data

All of the core features of MongoDB databases are on this integrated data management and analytics platform that supports hybrid, multicloud deployments.

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