Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Wed, January 21, 2009
Ingres and Red Hat Team Up for Joint Keynote at Leading Open Source Event in Germany
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database software and support services, and Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, are joining forces in a joint keynote presentation at the upcoming "Open Source Meets Business" congress for CIOs, CTOs, and IT decision makers. The event is scheduled for January 27 – 29 in the CongressCenter Nuremberg (CCN West), and the keynote presentation will take place on opening day of the congress, January 27, at 12:15 p.m. (CET).
Tom Berquist, CFO at Ingres, will co-host a keynote with Sacha Labourey, CTO of Red Hat's JBoss Division entitled "Open Source Stack - a Prudent Choice - Not Only - when the Economy Gets Tough."The presentation will compare a closed stack platform approach with a business open source based platform stack approach. Flexibility, transparency, predictability alongside with direct cost implications (upfront and running) will be discussed with practical examples. Berquist and Labourey will outline the benefits end-user customers, as well as ISVs and system integrators, can achieve from a reliable and scalable open source stack combining operating system, middleware and database and mission critical 24/7 support capabilities. This presentation comes at a crucial time – when the market has dropped to a level the world hasn't seen for some ten years.
The Ingres and Red Hat presentation shows the growing partnership that has developed between the two companies. In 2008, Ingres and Red Hat jointly hosted the "Come2Chill" event for ISVs and system integrators in Europe. As part of the congress, Ingres and Red Hat are also hosting a Chill Lounge where attendees can learn more about Red Hat, Ingres, and the powerful solution stack that combines three core components, including the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system, Ingres Database, and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Combined, the solutions will offer ISVs a high-performance, cost-effective, and solution-independent platform on which they can base further applications tailored to the specific requirements of customer projects.
The "Open Source Meets Business" congress is in its fourth year and has established itself as a highly successful platform for best practice, vision, and networking in the open source space. Decision makers from all industries and organizational sizes, IT users and suppliers, community members, investors and promoters meet at the conference to learn and speak about open source and its business potential.
Ingres will be featured in more than a dozen of this year's presentations. Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering at Ingres, will discuss open source interoperability, and Konrad Hartmann, manager of business development for the Ingres European Technology Center will discuss government intelligence. Ingres customer, the town of Schwäbisch Hall, will highlight its successful development of their communal meeting management tool based on Ingres Database, the leading open source database that helps organizations develop and manage business critical applications at an affordable cost. In addition, Wilken GmbH, Telecomputer, OTRS, Ancud IT, Talend and the Linux Kommunale will feature Ingres in their diverse sessions.
For further details, the full program and congress registration please visit: [ http://www.heise.de/events/2009/open_source_meets_business/en/ ].
About Open Source Meets Business Congress
Best Practice, vision and networking: More than 700 attendees collect concentrated information from over 100 talks, workshops and keynotes and take part in a lively exchange of knowledge and opinion. Decision makers of organizations from all industries and sizes, IT users and suppliers, community members, investors and promoters: they are all coming together to learn and speak about Open Source and its business potential. Keynotes are held by internationally renowned experts from IT user and supplier companies as well as from the financial industry assess the status, forecast the perspective and evaluate the potential of Open Source software in enterprise applications. [ http://www.heise.de/events/2009/open_source_meets_business/en/ ].
About Ingres Corporation
Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source database software and support services. Ingres powers customer success with the flexibility, cost savings, and innovation that are hallmarks of an open source deployment. Ingres supports its customers with a vibrant community and world class support, globally. Based in Redwood City, California, Ingres has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, and more than 10,000 customers in the United States and internationally. For more information, visit [ http://www.ingres.com ].
Ingres is a registered trademark of Ingres Corporation. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.
