EnterpriseDB Named Finalist for Two Prestigious Industry Awards; Open Source Software Leader Advances in CODiE and Jolt Product Excellence Competitions.EDISON, N.J. -- EnterpriseDB, the world's leading enterprise-class, open source database company, today announced that it has been named as a finalist in both the Software & Information Industry Association's 21st Annual CODiE Awards and in the 2006 Jolt JOLT - Java Open Language Toolkit Product Excellence and Productivity Awards presented by CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media's Software Development magazine. The CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital content and education technology industries. The Jolt Awards The Jolt Awards are quite respected awards in the software industry; this because of the seriousness in the judging process (see for example [1]). Since 1990, the Dr. showcase products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier and more efficient. More information about EnterpriseDB and free EnterpriseDB product downloads are available on the company's website, www.enterprisedb.com. "EnterpriseDB is transforming the well-established enterprise database marketplace with a unique offering that combines the advantages of open source software with enterprise-grade performance and compatibility with Oracle," said Andy Astor, chief executive officer of EnterpriseDB. "We're pleased that the industry experts that judge the CODiE and Jolt Awards have recognized the impact we're making." EnterpriseDB is one of five finalists in the Best Database Management category, chosen from many nominations submitted by more than 500 companies for this year's CODiE Awards. "The 21st Annual CODiE Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a CODiE Awards finalist is a significant achievement." "Our twenty Jolt judges -- leaders in the software development field -- have selected 89 impressive finalists from hundreds of nominations," commented Software Development Technical Editor Rosalyn Lum n. 1. A chimney. 2. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine. 3. A woody valley; also, a deep pool. . "The number of nominations we received this year was unprecedented and the process of narrowing down the finalists was a massive, albeit exciting, task, with many more products contending in each category. These products represent a cross section of the most ground-breaking tools for every phase of the software development lifecycle -- a testament that the spirit of innovation is alive and well in the software development sector." About EnterpriseDB 2006 EnterpriseDB's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , EnterpriseDB 2006, is an enterprise-class database that is built on PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database. EnterpriseDB 2006 runs many existing Oracle applications and all PostgreSQL applications. EnterpriseDB 2006 is free for low-volume production deployments and includes free, Web-based technical support. Enterprise software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. are bundled with comprehensive technical support and software update services Software Update Services (SUS) is a tool for centralizing the update of Microsoft Windows systems in a network, developed by Microsoft.[1] SUS works on a server and downloads updates for the specified versions of Windows from the remote Windows Update site, . Bundles range in price from $1,000 to $5,000 per CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , per year. About EnterpriseDB Corporation EnterpriseDB provides and supports enterprise-class databases that are based on time-tested open source, are broadly compatible with proprietary databases, and are robustly reliable and scalable. EnterpriseDB was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in Edison, N.J. For more information, contact (732) 331-1300 or visit www.enterprisedb.com. |
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