Ingres Customer German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Named 'InfoWorld 100' Top IT Solutions for 2008

Business Wire, Nov 25, 2008

Annual InfoWorld Award Recognizes Companies Using Enterprise Technology in Smart, Innovative Ways

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, today congratulates customer German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) on being named an InfoWorld 100 top IT solution for 2008. BGR is recognized for moving its entire infrastructure of seismic monitoring operations to open source, and adapting 100 programs to a new data-collecting and monitoring environment centered on Ingres. IDG's InfoWorld awards honor companies for IT projects that exemplify intelligent, creative uses of technology to meet business and technical objectives.

BGR is the geoscientific center within Germany's federal government and part of the government's scientific and technical infrastructure. One of BGR's primary tasks is to continuously monitor seismic activity which requires careful monitoring to identify long term trends and make forecasts on future earthquakes and accompanying seismic hazards. Because fast access to data and permanent availability are two of the key requirements for successful operation of the institute's mission, BGR adopted the open source version of the Ingres Database, a highly reliable, stable database crucial to retrieve data from instruments that monitor global seismic activity and store evaluations of seismic waveform data.

In addition, the system also monitors compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), a prohibition of all forms of nuclear testing underground, underwater, and in the atmosphere.

"In our sector, the reliability and availability of data are decisive criteria. Ingres provides an extremely robust database -- its reliability has consistently helped us exceed our required 98% data availability, and its flexibility has allowed us to accelerate our research and analyses considerably," said Markus Dohmann, BGR geophysicist. "With Ingres we not only benefit from the lower cost of ownership attributed to the open source business model, but from the strong community surrounding open source as well."

"We extend big congratulations to BGR. Working with this organization has been an exciting venture from the very beginning," said Bertram Mandel, managing director CEMEA and vice president of sales & services at Ingres. "For more than two decades, BGR has relied on us to help them manage very interesting sets of data around seismic activities and also use Ingres' Database to protect the world against illegal nuclear testing - this is no small feat."

Every year, the InfoWorld 100 Awards celebrate 100 IT organizations that have implemented and integrated technologies in innovative ways in pursuit of concrete business goals. These 100 real-world projects stand as proof that striking a new path in IT can reap deep organizational rewards. Nominations were submitted by InfoWorld readers, technology partners, and end-user companies in late-summer. To be considered, projects must use multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals. Profiles of winners, along with InfoWorld's editorial analysis and insight, are available at www.InfoWorld.com.

"Breathing new life into outdated operations, advancing business goals with inventive use of technology -- this year's winners demonstrate, once again, that innovative, business-minded IT is the lifeblood of successful organizations," said Jason Snyder, Senior Editor for InfoWorld.

About Ingres Corporation

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source database management software and support services. Ingres powers customer success with the flexibility, cost savings, and innovation that are hallmarks of an open source deployment. Ingres supports its customers with a vibrant community and world class support, globally. Based in Redwood City, California, Ingres has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, and more than 10,000 customers in the United States and internationally. For more information, visit www.ingres.com.

About the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) is the geoscientific centre of excellence within the federal government and is part of its scientific and technical infrastructure. As a Federal Regulatory Authority it is accountable to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The BGR provides neutral and independent advice and information on all geoscientific and natural resource issues. In this way it supports the following Federal Government objectives for:

* stimulating economic development,

* long-term protection and improvement of the quality of life,

* enhancing scientific and technical expertise.

These tasks are divided into three main categories: Natural Resources and Georesources, Geosafety and Geoscientific Cross-Sectional Functions. For further information, please visit www.bgr.bund.de.