News

From PostgreSQL Wiki

Postgres in the news:

December 2007

• Article on in-memory tablespaces

• Bristlecone released - new database performance test tool

• Nagios Postgres plugin released

• TerraServer Releases Site Upgrade Built on Open Source Technology

• Packeteer opens up for deeper analysis (Techworld.com)

• SQL Closes the Distance
  • Article about Microsoft SQL Server trying to compete with Oracle. Has a large (but inaccurate) sidebar entitled "The Open Source Contenders"

November 2007

• Secure Connections to PostgreSQL TechRepublic

• Database Sensei Brian 'Krow' Aker Answers Your Questions (Slashdot)

• PDF slides "Introducing FreeBSD 7.0"
  • Has some nice Postgres / MySQL scaling notes

• PostgreSQL Advocates Press On
  • eWeek.com
  • Byline: "PostgreSQL adoption is on the rise, proponents say, and they hope it will continue to pick up steam."
  • Author: Brian Prince

• Press release about 'outindex'
  • Database press release page at outindex.com
  • "...the only commercial electronic discovery application to support multiple databases"
  • Postgres, MySQL, Oracle 10g, and Microsoft SQL Server

• Press release about Biztology Cube Panel
  • First version to support Postgres

• Truviso Algorithmic Platform Uses SQL-Based Event Processing
  • “PostgreSQL has been around since 1995 and while other vendors utilize subsets of SQL or languages that look like SQL, none can run full SQL queries as you can on PostgreSQL" - CTO Michael Franklin