making the most of your postgres rollout

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Getting Started: Making the Most of Your Postgres Rollout

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Matt Cicciari Director, Product Marketing

EDB Speakers

Debra Brucato Director, Services Product Management


•  Challenges when getting started

•  When you should leverage expert guidance

•  What success can look like for you

•  3-step action plan

•  Q & A

Agenda


Reduce Risk & Drive Success

Part 1: Making the Most of Your Postgres Rollout

Helping you getting started with Postgres

Part 2: Minimizing Headaches in Your Postgres Deployment

Leverage our experience to drive a successful

deployment

Informative two–part webinar series to help support your Postgres initiatives.

TODAY March 2016

Visit www.enterprisedb.com to register


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Getting Started


Priorities are Always a Challenge

Little Money For New Initiatives

Competitive Disadvantage

35%

80%

70+%

Software Infrastructure Budget on DBMS1

In-House DBMS Apps Candidates to Move Off

Expensive DBMS2

Cost Savings3

1-Gartner, Forrester and EDB analysis 2-The State of Open-Source RDBMS, 2015, Gartner, April 2015 3-The State of Open-Source RDBMS, 2015, Gartner, April 2015; EDB analysis of customer experiences and market prices

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How to Address Competence?

Where do you

look?

What do you

Know?

How do you

learn?

Who can you

trust?

Can you afford to develop this process?


Questions: What is the most effective way to get started?

How can I ensure that I adhere to best practices?

Challenge: DBMS Evaluation


Questions: What is the most effective way to get started?

How can I ensure that I adhere to best practices?

Challenge: DBMS Evaluation

Answer:

EDB Solution −  Evaluation Support Kit −  Developer Kick Start

Do your own research −  Download the Software −  Watch/Read a Tutorial −  Review the Documentation −  Read a White Paper −  Follow a User Forum −  Read a Blog


•  Cost effective bundle of Training & Consulting to help assess Postgres capabilities

•  On-Demand Training (1 class) •  Consulting (1 day, remote)

DBMS Evaluation Assistance

•  Comprehensive bundle of a Developer license, Training & Consulting, helping to make development projects successful

•  EDB Postgres Developer Subscription

•  On-Demand Training (2 classes) •  Consulting (2 days, remote)

EDB Evaluation Support Kit provides:

EDB Developer Kick Start provides:


Questions: How should I optimize the design my system?

What should I do to assess my existing environment?

Challenge: Systems Design & New App Support


Questions: How should I optimize the design my system?

What should I do to assess my existing environment?

Challenge: Systems Design & New App Support

Answer:

EDB Solution −  Enterprise Architecture

Services (EAS) −  Design −  Architecture Review

Do your own research −  Review the Documentation −  Read a White Paper −  Follow a User Forum −  Read a Blog


•  Standards-based approach helps fast track designs and implementations, saving you time and money

•  Leverage proven reference architecture best practices tailored for your environment reduces risk and cost

•  Prepare in advance for security, scalability & high availability to drive growth

EDB Enterprise Architecture Services (EAS) provides:

Systems Design & New App Support Assistance


Questions: Can I do anything to reduce the high cost of my DBMS?

What, if anything, can be done about vendor lock-in? We want to migrate from Vendor X – where do we start?

Challenge: DBMS Migration


Questions: Can I do anything to reduce the high cost of my DBMS?

What, if anything, can be done about vendor lock-in? We want to migrate from Vendor X – where do we start?

Challenge: DBMS Migration

Answer:

EDB Solution −  Migration Assessment

−  Roadmap −  Implementation

Conduct a feasibility study −  Identify the target DBMS prior to

conversion −  Assess the impact on supported

applications −  Watch a migration video overview −  Define a project plan for migration


•  Comprehensive and systematic assessment of source DBMS to identify the effort needed to successfully migrate to EDB Postgres Advanced Server

•  Leverage years of experience to identify & reduce risk, save time, and lower cost

•  Proven process & methodology −  Discovery −  Review & Plan −  Reporting −  Recommendations −  Action Plan

•  Best practices leverage over 70 proven scripts and tools

•  Customized proposals for every engagement review with customer prior to start

•  Option for onsite delivery

Migration Assistance

EDB Migration Assessment provides:


Questions: Does a limited budget impact learning?

How do I ensure that my skills are up-to-date? How do I validate the skills of a new hire?

Challenge: Skills Development


Questions: Does a limited budget impact learning?

How do I ensure that my skills are up-to-date? How do I validate the skills of a new hire?

Challenge: Skills Development

Answer:

EDB Solution −  Training −  Certification

Develop skills on your own −  Attend a free training Workshop −  Watch/Read a Tutorial or Quickstart −  Review the Documentation −  Read a White Paper −  Ask questions in a User Forum −  Read a Blog


•  World-class training that delivers the education, experience, and excellence needed to be successful

•  World-class training that fits your needs: Classroom, Online, and Onsite.

•  eSubscriptions - access to all on-demand Training in an annual subscription

•  DBA and developer course tracks available

•  Courses cover administration, migration, performance tuning and more

Skills Development Assistance

•  EDB is the industry-recognized global standard for Postgres Certification

•  Develop and validate in-house Postgres skill and expertise

•  DBMSs Covered: −  PostgreSQL −  EDB Postgres Advanced Server

•  Associate & Professional levels •  Convenient online exams

EDB Training provides:

EDB Certification provides:


Postgres Experts

Strategic Engagement

Build Trust

Stay Informed

EDB Services

Choosing the Right Partner for Services


But Don’t Take Our Word For It…

“EDB became part of the Bio-Imaging design team and helped us to make valuable improvements to our replication design.”

-- Emmanuel Olart Manager, Technical Services Bioclinica

“During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2014, I had been awake for 52 hours with only 3 hours of sleep managing our…transaction queue. This year, my focus has been on Thanksgiving left overs. Many thanks to EDB products and services for the stability and performance in our…system.”

-- <Name Withheld> VP of Engineering <Company Name Withheld>

“The [EDB] engineer not only solved my problem, but gave me multiple ways that I could do it to help me choose what was right for my environment. Very detailed and easy to follow instructions as well.”

-- <Name Withheld> DBA <US Government Agency>


Step 1: Review & Assess

Step 2: Do Your

Homework

Step 3: Plan for Success

3 Steps to Getting Started


How to Contact EDB

Email Us Call Us

www.enterprisedb.com


Summary: Getting Started

Services • Comprehensive professional

services that define success from the outset

• Evaluation Support Kit

• Developer Kick Start

• Migration Assessment

• Enterprise Architecture

Services (EAS)

Training

• World-class training that fits your needs: • Classroom & on-site • Online • NEW - eSubscriptions

• DBA & Developer tracks available

• Courses cover administration, migration, performance tuning and more

Certification

• Convenient online exam format

• PostgreSQL & EDB Postgres programs • Associate-level • Professional-level

• EDB Training curriculum supports Certification program


•  Learn about EDB’s Enterprise Architecture Set up −  http://www.enterprisedb.com/services/enterprise-architecture

•  Get Support http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/support/overview

•  Read EDB Postgres Documentation −  http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/products/

documentation/enterpriseedition

•  Take an on-demand training class to improve your skills −  http://www.enterprisedb.com/postgres-on-demand-training

•  Contact EnterpriseDB with your questions - [email protected]

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