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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
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• Challenges when getting started
• When you should leverage expert guidance
• What success can look like for you
• 3-step action plan
• Q & A
Agenda
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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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PROJECT STAGES
Getting Started
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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?
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Questions: What is the most effective way to get started?
How can I ensure that I adhere to best practices?
Challenge: DBMS Evaluation
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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
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• 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:
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Questions: How should I optimize the design my system?
What should I do to assess my existing environment?
Challenge: Systems Design & New App Support
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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
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• 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
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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
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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
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• 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:
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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
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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
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• 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:
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Postgres Experts
Strategic Engagement
Build Trust
Stay Informed
EDB Services
Choosing the Right Partner for Services
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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>
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Step 1: Review & Assess
Step 2: Do Your
Homework
Step 3: Plan for Success
3 Steps to Getting Started
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How to Contact EDB
Email Us Call Us
www.enterprisedb.com
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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
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• 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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