EnterpriseDB is an outstanding advocate of PostgreSQL, and the compatibility with propriety databases solution they offer speaks directly to businesses needing to cut infrastructural costs to remain competitive. Delivering this kind of high-impact value is exactly in line with the goals of the FSP programme and provided the motivation for Fujitsu Australia Software Technology (FAST) to form a partnership with EnterpriseDB. It is planned that FAST will offer the EnterpriseDB database compatibility solution as part of the FSP programme.

More details of the partnership will be announced.

About the Enterprise DB Solution

EnterpriseDB is an enterprise-class relational database management system (RDBMS) that is built on PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database. EnterpriseDB is compatible with Oracle applications, reliable and scalable for high-volume, mission-critical enterprise use, and affordable.

DBA course

As part of the Fujitsu Support PostgreSQL (FSP) Training Program, a two-day PostgreSQL Database Administration training course will be held in Sydney on the 24th and 25th of May 2006.

• PostgreSQL Database Administration Training Course Outline (56kb)

Advanced training course

Following the two day course, there will be an advanced training day for attendees of the first DBA course and experienced users of PostgreSQL and other commercial databases. This course will cover issues critical to PostgreSQL administration in a mission critical environment, extensive analysis of system performance topics, disaster prevention and recovery mechanisms and will preview the next version of PostgreSQL.

The course will be conducted by Gavin Sherry. Gavin is a major contributor to the PostgreSQL project and is the most experienced PostgreSQL user and administrator in Australia.

• PostgreSQL Developer Workshop Course Outline (32kb)

If you wish to participate in either event, please contact us to make a booking:

Email: info@fspostgresql.com
Phone: +61 2 9452 9068

Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, 28-30 March 2006

Sydney, Australia, (December 12, 2005) Fujitsu Australia Software Technology (FAST) will expand its support for the open source PostgreSQL database following the signing of a partnership agreement with Squiz. The partnership combines Fujitsu’s long term commitment to PostgreSQL with the popular Squiz initiative, MySource Matrix Open Source Content Management System (CMS). The agreement allows both companies to undertake a range of joint initiatives to promote business adoption of Open Source technology.

"Fujitsu is committed to Open Source, in particular PostgreSQL. The agreement with Squiz allows Fujitsu support contracts to be available to users of MySource Matrix. There are no licence fees whatsoever for PostgreSQL giving Squiz clients a fully supported low-cost alternative to expensive proprietary databases. In some cases, this can mean the difference between an entire project going ahead or not."

Liam O’Duibhir, Product Manager of Open Source Systems.

Fujitsu is actively involved with the Open Source PostgreSQL community and has sponsored a range of enhancements to the PostgreSQL database recently.

As well as support, the Fujitsu range of PostgreSQL-related services includes database migration, hosting, training, system integration and consultancy.

Squiz’s MySource Matrix open source CMS is one of the most fully featured CMS products available. Widespread adoption of MySource Matrix within the government sector recently led to its selection as a ‘white brand’ standard by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

Further information can be obtained from http://www.fspostgresql.com and http://www.squiz.net/.