Ingres has bundled its database software with Red Hat’s JBoss middleware in
a nod to application developers.
With the release of the
Ingres Development Stack for JBoss, Ingres is combining
its database with JBoss Developer Studio and JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform. The offering includes all the components of Ingres Database and JBoss
Developer Studio with an eye toward creating an environment where Java
developers can build applications with the database and middleware those apps
need for support.
“Worldwide enterprise
customers are already using both companies' open-source technologies, but this
represents the first time Ingres has pre-assembled an entire open-source IT
solution that includes JBoss Enterprise Middleware,” said Deb Woods, vice
president of product management at Ingres, in a statement. “Ultimately, it
offers businesses the most advanced, proven application server and database
technologies at a low cost point, as well as an open alternative to locked-in
proprietary solutions at these critical layers of the stack.”
The Ingres Development
Stack for JBoss is available immediately as a 90-day
evaluation here. Ingres has preconfigured all components to work together
with the goal of allowing developers to begin coding immediately once
installation is complete. Business
applications built using the stack will include Ingres database
features such as hot backup, online table and index reorganization, database
partitioning, and parallel query execution.
“With this development
stack, Ingres has built a solution that pushes even deeper into the
enterprise,” said Mike Thompson, BPM practice director at Butler Group, in a
statement. “In the past, open source would be used at the development stages
and then the code would be transitioned into a proprietary software offering.
As a Red Hat partner, Ingres is delivering a sturdy commercial open-source
offering that helps make open source inside the enterprise a reality.”
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