Continuent Announces a Free Webcast on Database Virtualization for PostgreSQL

Continuent Announces a Free Webcast on Database Virtualization for
PostgreSQL

Open Source-Based Solution Provides Enterprises with High Availability for
Mission-Critical Applications

EMERYVILLE, Calif. ­ January 10, 2006 ­ Continuent, Inc., the leading
provider of commercial open source middleware solutions for database high
availability, today announced a free webcast demonstrating database
virtualization for PostgreSQL® with Continuent p/cluster.

At this technical webcast, attendees will learn how to:

- Deploy a PostgreSQL database across a cluster of servers for fault
tolerance from unforeseen failures or planned outages

- Scale out your data centers on clusters of low-cost servers

- Effectively support enterprise database requirements, while helping
to lower costs and gain flexibility

- Migrate to the freedom and low-cost of Linux on x86 hardware.

The 60-minute webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, January 18, 2006.
Registration is open at http://emicnetworks.webex.com.

Continuent p/cluster is part of Continuent¹s open-source based product line
that works with all major databases and delivers high availability in any
database environment, including those that are heterogeneous. Continuent
ensures availability through its database virtualization technology that
creates a single view of multiple databases, whether commercial or open
source, so that fail-over and load balancing capabilities are completely
transparent to the application layer.

Continuent p/cluster is based on Sequoia technology, one of four projects
hosted by Continuent.org, an open source community portal
<http://www.continuent.org/Portal> sponsored by Continuent, Inc. and
dedicated to database high availability, scalability services and related
technologies. More information about Sequoia and the other Continuent.org
projects can be found at http://www.continuent.org/Projects

About Continuent

Continuent ensures business continuity for the enterprise. With flexible
solutions that deliver data availability and scalability, Continuent
guarantees customers¹ peace of mind and lets them focus on running a
successful business. Continuent¹s industry breakthrough middleware works
with all major databases, including MySQL®, PostgreSQL, Sybase®, Microsoft®
SQL Server, Oracle and IBM® DB2®. Through the use of database virtualization
technology, Continuent solutions even support heterogeneous database
environments. Continuent products are compatible with a wide variety of
hardware, operating system and application environments. Continuent is
headquartered in Emeryville, CA, with research labs in France and Finland.
For more information, please visit www.continuent.com.

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Press Contacts

Donna Murno
Racepoint Group
(781) 487-4612
dmurno(at)racepointgroup(dot)com

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