This presentation addresses common questions asked to ensure your successful Postgres rollout. In addition, it shares best practices and lessons learned from Postgres implementations. This presentation reviews: - How to leverage EDB’s expert guidance to maximize results and achieve ROI with Postgres more quickly - When to access EDB’s personalized training for assistance with implementations or ongoing management - Who can help you with a detailed assessment or health check to optimize your environment - What a successful Postgres journey looks like for you Target Audience: This presentation is intended for IT leaders, Managers, and Directors. DBAs, Data Architects, Developers, DevOps, IT Operations responsible for supporting a Postgres environment. This presentation is equally suitable for organizations using community PostgreSQL as well as EDB’s Postgres Plus product family currently looking into Postgres or have already established a Postgres database.

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Getting Started:
Making the Most of Your Postgres Rollout
To listen to the recording, please visit
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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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Reduce Risk & Drive SuccessEffort/Resources
LEARN VALIDATE & DEPLOY OPERATE
Time
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
$
$
Revenue
DBMS
Customer
Engagement
t

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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 UsCall 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 - sales@enterprisedb.com
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