Press Release
INGRES JOINS FORCES WITH RED HAT AND SYNNEX AS CHARTER MEMBER OF THE OPEN SOURCE CHANNEL ALLIANCE
Goal to Deliver Integrated Open Source Solutions to Market
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - April 14, 2009 - Ingres Corporation, a leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, announced today that it has joined the Open Source Channel Alliance, a group founded by Red Hat and SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) to extend the value of open source to a broad set of customers through SYNNEX' 15,000 resellers. Ingres joins as a charter member and has signed a distribution agreement with SYNNEX.
Red Hat and SYNNEX created the Open Source Channel Alliance to drive awareness and revenue opportunity around combined open source solutions and to establish a strong ecosystem for their channel partners. The alliance enables SYNNEX to distribute the Ingres product portfolio as well as other open source applications, as part of an end-to-end open source solution approach that will deliver high return-on-investment (ROI) as IT budgets continue to shrink. Specifically, Ingres Database, a leading open source database that helps organizations develop and manage business critical applications at an affordable cost, will be available through SYNNEX' distribution channel.
Ingres is driving the New Economics of IT, where open source technology is delivering better, new ways of doing business in tough economic times. The New Economics of IT is a new business model that offers companies new, more flexible ways to acquire and use software. Ingres and the other partner companies joining the Open Source Channel Alliance are part of an IT ecosystem made up of leading open source companies with solutions that offer real cost reductions that are proven and business-critical ready.
"We are pleased to be asked to join the Open Source Channel Alliance," said Fred Gallagher, vice president of business development at Ingres. "The alliance will drive open source adoption across the enterprise, and specifically in the mid-market. This alliance is a validation of the open source market. There is no better company than Red Hat to lead this alliance and evangelize the value of open source going forward and we are happy to be a part of the charter group driving this mission forward."
"We welcome Ingres to the alliance and are excited to have it as part of this extensive partnership," said Roger Egan, vice president channel sales, NA, Red Hat. "The idea behind the alliance is to bring end-to-end open source solutions to a larger audience through the distribution channel. We know that the marketplace is demanding value for its IT investment and there is no better way to carve costs out of the datacenter than by deploying open source solutions; the alliance is going to deliver that value."
"Our channel partners and their customers will benefit tremendously from the Open Source Channel Alliance because, together with the founding members, we can offer multiple end-to-end solutions in open source," said Bob Stegner, Senior Vice President, Marketing, North America at SYNNEX Corporation. "The Ingres open source database software solution and services offering empowers value-added resellers, system integrators, and end customers with the freedom of choice without the fear of vendor lock-in."
The other members of the Open Source Channel Alliance include: Alfresco, EnterpriseDB, Likewise, Jaspersoft, Pentaho, Zenoss, Zmanda and Zimbra. The applications that are part of the Open Source Channel Alliance are available through SYNNEX' extensive reseller network. For more information, please go to www.opensourcechannelalliance.com.
About Ingres Corporation
Ingres is a leading open source database management company. We are one of the largest open source companies in the world and the pioneer of the New Economics of IT, providing open source solutions at a dramatically reduced cost compared with proprietary software vendors. As a leader in the New Economics of IT, Ingres delivers low cost and accelerated innovation to more than 10,000 customers worldwide.
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