White Paper Library

Unlock Corporate Data, Reduce Costs and Increase Competitive Advantage With Open Source ECM From Alfresco and Ingres Alfresco on Ingres offers a content management solution that delivers complete enterprise-class capabilities (including performance, reliability, and security) as well as all the cost and flexibility benefits associated with open source technology.

Ingres Has The Leading Open Source Database Product Line Ingres continues to drive both technological and business innovation, providing the enterprise features you need with the open source model you want.

Dollars and Sense: Lower TCO and Increase ROI Using Ingres Database Learn how companies are saving 20-55% over a three-year period by taking their databases open source. Find out why Forrester says "Every enterprise should now consider open source databases as part of its overall DBMS strategy."

Upgrading from OpenROAD 4.1 to OpenROAD 2006 This document will guide you through the steps Ingres Corporation recommends to upgrade an OpenROAD 4.1 development environment to OpenROAD 2006.

Upgrading from OpenROAD 3.5 to OpenROAD 2006 This document will guide you through the steps Ingres Corporation recommends to upgrade an OpenROAD 3.5 development environment to OpenROAD 2006.

What is Enterprise Open Source?There is a lot of discussion in the marketplace today around enterprise-capable solutions. But what does "enterprise" ready really mean? This white paper discusses the Top 5 requirements that enterprises demand in their database solution. French Version, Italian Version

From PoC to ProductionWhitepaper about why Ingres should power your next application, by Christine Normile

Six Myths About Open SourceSVP Ingres Engineering Emma McGrattan debunks the most common myths around the open source market.

VirtualizationFind out why this eco-friendly deployment model is on every CIO's radar.

Delivering Business Intelligence with Open Source SoftwareThe high cost and complexity of the enabling business intelligence (BI) technical infrastructure has inhibited adoption for many companies, but the advent of fully functional, usable and industrial strength Open Source solutions has made BI much more accessible. French Version, Italian Version, Spanish Version

Finding and Fixing Long Running QueriesAn explanation of how to read and interpret query execution plans, and a practical approach to improve query performance.

Understanding and Managing BTREE tables in IngresA white paper that delves into the internal workings of the Ingres BTREE data structure, providing an in-depth understanding of how it works.

Example of Reading and Interpreting a Query Execution Plan (QEP)A brief case study that demonstrates analysis and interpretation of a QEP.

Disaster Recovery Planning for IngresA white paper that describes the process, end-to-end, for creating a Disaster Recovery Plan for an Ingres environment.

Disk Configuration Tips for High-Performance InstallationsA white paper that discusses disk configuration related issues for those times when performance really matters.

Making Open Source BI Viable for the EnterpriseVentana Research covers enterprise requirements for BI and myths about open source BI systems.

Enabling Interoperability of Enterprise Data and Applications Using the Open Source Ingres DatabaseIDC has called open source "the most significant all-encompassing and long-term trend that the software industry has seen since the early 1980s."

Products

Ingres DatabaseIngres Database provides a flexible, robust data server that integrates easily with your existing environment - ensuring high performance and streamlined, easy administration while managing massive amounts of structured and unstructured data.

Ingres Database 9.2Ingres Database 9.2 delivers enterprise tested features for truly robust data management. Solid infrastructure for SOA enviroments. Enables development of internationalized applications. Improves performance, availability and reliability. Offers choice of integrated development enviroments, languages and improves database administrator and programmer productiviy.

Ingres Taps into the Riches of GISJust as email and search engines have become a part of life for many people in the past decade, GIS will be essential in the years ahead as businesses and individuals become increasingly comfortable with and dependent on diverse GIS applications.

Ingres CAFÉ Version 0.5Leverages the open, extensible Eclipse 3.2 platform, Integrates with your software. Supports Java, EJB, C++, DDl, Web, WSDL and XSD modeling with markerless graphical editing and much more.

Ingres CAFÉ Version 0.6Ingres CAFÉ Version 0.6 software offers a powerful, fully integrated environment that helps software architects build and deploy enterprise solutions simply and easily. Consolidated Application Foundation for Eclipse.

A New Approach to Business Intelligence from JasperSoft and IngresIntelligent decision-making can either make or break enterprises. Business Intelligence (BI) systems effectively enable organizations to become more competitive, respond quickly to market demand and ultimately impact the organization.s bottom line.

Cost-Effective Open Source BI with Enterprise Class FunctionalityThe Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance is a powerful, comprehensive and cost eff ective BI system that meets the needs of customers seeking an alternative, more accessible solution.

TITAN - The IT Analyst Performance Management SolutionTITAN empowers the CIO to eff ectively manage the IT organization in a purely data driven approach.

Business Objects and IngresCustomers can rely on the robust functionity and usability of the Business Objects platform while running on the industry's only business open source database for the most cost effective solution

Ingres and Business Objects: Intelligence for the Mid-MarketThe price-toperformance advantage of open source technologies combined with a mid-market enabled BI platform helps companies capture the advantages of BI at a fraction of the cost of traditionally offered solutions.

Ingres OpenROAD 2006OpenROAD provides proven agile application development and a flexible deployment solution. OpenROAD dra matically improves the ROI of existing RDBMS and application investments. With OpenROAD, developers quickly build and deploy sophisticated, high-performance, and high-availability business applications on a variety of platforms, accessing a broad range of da ta sources.

The New Enterprise Alternative to Content ManagementCutting edge enterprise content management systems(ECM) have become vital for organizations today. Increasingly, companies are required to retain numerous documents, images, and other business records to satisfy a range of regulatory and auditing requirements.

Manufacturing Systems

Ingres In HealthcareIngres database has provided the solution for dozens of healthcare companies around the world for many years. Reducing costs and managing complexity.

Ingres in ManufacturingWe build on the speed and reliability of the Ingres database and LeanPro to ful fill the more and more dynamic requirements of our business.

Ingres in PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical manufacturing information systems save time; improve productivity, inventory management and product quality; and reduce paperwork. When these systems are built on the Ingres database, they also help manage costs.

Business Papers

Business Intelligence for the Telecommunications IndustryImproving the bottom line and controlling expenses. Written by Christine Normile