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How to ensure Oracle database migrations don’t fail
With the advent of Covid in 2020 and 2021, many companies where faced with the challenge of how to take their entire organization’s workforce remote and digitize their IT infrastructure. However, as many of them use Oracle, they had issues with …
Why we created an alternative to Oracle
Apple started in a garage, as did Amazon. And just like them, our journey focussing on an alternative to Oracle began quite humbly on the living room table. At the time, open source was…
Open source in daily practice
There is no longer any discussion about the benefits of open source software within organisations. In order to take full advantage of these benefits now and in the future, it is wise to have a number of things in place. Organisations often…
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration – Insights through overview
Like many, you too are standing at the great crossroads of Digital Transformation, where the question "Can I reduce Oracle's footprint in my IT environment?" arises. This is a recognisable crossroads for us, as well as a recognisable question. The answer to the...
Simplify your Oracle to PostgreSQL migration
Databases are your most expensive, most complex and your most valuable asset. Migrating from one database technology to another is not something that was common practice in the past. With many organizations engaged in digital transformation, in which the cloud plays...
Avoiding the Obstacles; migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL
The digital transformation has made many companies aware of the need to move to the cloud. With this switch, business becomes scalable, more flexible and IT costs will drop significant. So it isn’t surprising that you are wondering whether it is possible to migrate an...
Break free from Oracle’s grip
Are you looking to migrate from Oracle to more modern and versatile solutions? A guide for Oracle Forms and Oracle Database users looking to migrate from Oracle to more modern and versatile solutions. Facing prohibitive licensing costs and a dwindling developer...
What can Splendid Data mean for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)?
You are an ISV and you want your product to be available on a PostgreSQL database environment in addition to Oracle. PostgreSQL is Oracle’s fastest growing competitor and is also open source. This has the advantage that offering your software product based on...
Migrate to the Cloud? A perfect time to reduce the Oracle footprint
Migrating to the Cloud, private, hybrid or public Cloud is an important current topic for many organizations. The advantages of switching to a Cloud strategy are numerous. However, the migration of your Oracle databases can cause a lot of headaches in the Cloud...
In the stranglehold of…? Watch the small print – the conditions!
If you want to get out of the stranglehold of the commercial software license models by switching to open source software, make sure you don’t make the same mistake again, this time with supposedly open source software based on subscriptions. Open source software is...