The document discusses strategies for database modernization, emphasizing the role of open source databases like PostgreSQL in overcoming challenges such as legacy systems, new customer expectations, budget constraints, and the establishment of supportive organizational cultures. It includes case studies highlighting successful migrations and innovations by financial service companies, showcasing the benefits of open-source solutions in terms of flexibility, cost, and community support. Additionally, it outlines EDB's leadership in the open-source database market and its commitment to innovation.

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New Strategies for
Database
Modernization
Ken Rugg
Chief Product and Strategy Officer
March 20, 2019
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OVERVIEW
• Challenges businesses face in
driving modernization
• Role of open source databases like
Postgres in successful
transformation
• Financial services customer case
studies tackling these challenges

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Challenge #1: Legacy Systems

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CUSTOM SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
For specific
industry
needs

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COMPLICATED LAYERS OF SOLUTIONS
To maintain
legacy
systems

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INVESTMENT IN EXISTING SKILL SETS
And
operational
processes

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ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE
Legacy Systems
• Migration tooling to gradually
evolve data management strategy
• Compatible technologies allow
organizations to leverage existing
skill set

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ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE
Legacy Systems
• Multiple deployment options
whether it be on premise or
outsourcing infrastructure to the
cloud
• As organizations are looking to go
the cloud, containers, or virtualize,
open source has the flexibility to
work with 90% of use cases

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CUSTOMER STORY: CLEAR CAPITAL
Goal: Migrate mission critical application from Oracle
• Needed to migrate a “heavily built product” that
many external vendors used
• Anticipate significant growth and wanted a way
to manage future costs
• Oracle compatibility allowed for 80% of the
application to match easily with comparable
functions and packages in EDB Postgres Plus
• Technical risk was reduced by allowing use of
same database code and minimizing retraining
costs

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Challenge #2: New Customer Expectations

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DISRUPTIVE STARTUPS & BIG COMPANIES
with many
resources
driving
expectations
HIGH AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS

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DISRUPTIVE STARTUPS & BIG COMPANIES
with many
resources
driving
expectations
SELF-SERVICE, 24/7 CUSTOMER
FACING APPLICATIONS

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DISRUPTIVE STARTUPS & BIG COMPANIES
with many
resources
driving
expectations
SOPHISTICATED, PERSONALIZED
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES

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ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE
New Customer Expectations
• Agile database platforms allow for
easy analytics and data insights
• Provides a flexible data
architecture to model customer
engagement and behavior
• Allows you to focus on areas of
innovation

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CUSTOMER STORY:
STOCK MARKET TECHNOLOGY
Goal: Innovate more rapidly to respond to customer needs
• Standardized EDB Postgres Enterprise for all
new applications when possible
• Allowed to deliver performance and reliability
with more flexibility for usage models and
emerging data requirements
• Connected with vibrant PostgreSQL
development community contributing to evolution
of technology in real time

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Challenge #3: Budget & Resources

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TRADITIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS
have a high
cost of
ownership

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ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEING ASKED
to do more
with less

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TEAMS HAVE LIMITED AMOUNTS
of talent and
resources to
accomplish
new projects

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ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE
Budget & Resources
• Open source is a lower cost of ownership
and avoids vendor lock-in
• Open source can work for most use cases
allowing for simplification of infrastructure
and freeing up
• Cloud implementation allows organizations
to move from capital expense to operational
expense

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CUSTOMER STORY: ABN AMRO
Goal: Reduce operating costs while ensuring functionality, security, and availability
• Instituted global policy to use open source
solutions wherever feasible
• Adopted PostgreSQL for applications
• Transitioned to EDB Postgres Plus Advanced
Server as importance and growth of applications
grew across the organization
• EDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server provided
enterprise-class performance, security and
manageability enhancements

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Challenge #4: Establishing the Right Culture

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RISK AVERSION MIGHT DELAY
some leaders
in supporting
modernization
efforts

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CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION
can slow down
decision making

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THERE IS A NEED TO IDENTIFY VENDORS
and partners
that are a good
cultural fit

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ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE
Establishing the Right Culture
• Open source community of
co-innovation
• Agile business models
• Reduce risk with security and
replication tools

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Who is EDB?

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WHO IS EDB?
The world leader in
open-source based Postgres
software and services.
• Founded in 2004
• Recognized RDBMS leader by:
• Gartner
• Forrester
• Customer base > 4000
• 300+ employees
• Offices worldwide
• Largest PostgreSQL community leader

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OVER 4,000 CUSTOMERS
92
of the Fortune
500
311
of the Forbes
Global 2000
Customers working SMARTER, reducing RISK and being more PRODUCTIVE with EDB

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ONLY OPEN SOURCE
BASED RDBMS IN
GARTNER MQ
EDB Recognized
6 Years In A Row on
Gartner’s Magic
Quadrant

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EDB OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP
Named EDB open source committers and contributors
CONTRIBUTORS
Akshay Joshi Amul Sul Ashesh Vashi Ashutosh
Sharma
Dilip Kumar Jeevan Ladhe Mithun Cy M. Usama
Rushabh
Lathia
Thom Brown
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORSCORE TEAM
Andres Freund Devrim Gündüz
Thomas Munro
Amit Kapila
Bruce Momjian
Dave Page
Robert Haas
- designates committers

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EDB POSTGRES PLATFORM

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