The companies will go to market under the EDB TM brand.

Combined product portfolio supporting enterprise PostgreSQL requirements, from extreme high availability, scalability and security to hybrid cloud and geographic distribution.

Headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices globally in Europe and Asia, including the UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, and Singapore.

More than 5,000 lifetime customers, including over 25% of Fortune 500 companies.

Over 500 employees, including 26 PostgreSQL contributors and committers.

The following highlights reflect the integrated portfolio: Database pioneer Simon Riggs will continue to play a prominent role as a PostgreSQL Fellow, working on technology strategy and evangelism. The merged teams will operate under the leadership of EDB CEO Ed Boyajian. First of course is Postgres, additionally, hybrid cloud deployment, extreme high availability, containerization, and database compatibility with Oracle, with expertise and technology thatвЂ™s accessible to organizations everywhere.вЂќ вЂњOur combined companies will lead the way in several areas. This merged global team provides us the opportunity to respond to the most stringent enterprise requirements in an agile and responsive way,вЂќ said Marc Linster, Chief Technology Officer for EDB. вЂњWe remain committed to open source and a strong, independent Postgres community.

вЂњTogether we will achieve a critical mass of the best Postgres development talent to allow us to tackle the key challenges our customers demand.вЂќ

вЂњThe EDB and 2ndQuadrant engineering teams will join forces to accelerate essential Postgres innovation and address new opportunities, like hybrid cloud, geographic distribution, analytics, extreme write availability, and IoT,вЂќ said Simon Riggs, CEO of 2ndQuadrant. Forming a single company is a major milestone for every user of Postgres now and for the long term.вЂќ вЂњWhat EDB and 2ndQuadrant have done for the growth of Postgres is astonishing. вЂњI started working on Postgres over thirty years ago and recently reconnected with the project,вЂќ said the creator of Postgres and MIT professor, Michael Stonebraker. The new unified roster of experts brings a long history of building and optimizing PostgreSQL for the most demanding global organizations. The acquisition will integrate two companies who are major contributors to PostgreSQL. вЂњCustomers have access to the deepest bench of Postgres experts in the world, with faster outcomes and better solutions.вЂќ

Together, weвЂ™re perfectly positioned to deliver even greater value to the market,вЂќ said Ed Boyajian, CEO of EDB. The 2ndQuadrant team, led by their CEO, Simon Riggs, has built an incredibly talented team of PostgreSQL specialists who, like us, are obsessed with serving customers. вЂњPostgres is experiencing unprecedented growth and so is EDB. Alongside these changes is the growing need for talented resources who can help enterprises get the most out of PostgreSQL wherever itвЂ™s deployed. PostgreSQL adoption is exploding as enterprises continue to make it a core part of their modernization strategies in data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments. Integrating two customer-obsessed PostgreSQL companies It also vastly expands EDBвЂ™s capacity to meet the immediate and future needs of its now even broader global customer base and the PostgreSQL market. The deal brings together the worldвЂ™s top PostgreSQL experts, combining decades of experience and two best-in-class technical teams. BEDFORD, Mass.-( BUSINESS WIRE)- EDB, a leading contributor to PostgreSQL, today announced that it has acquired 2ndQuadrant, a global PostgreSQL solutions and tools company based out of the UK.

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