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Why Ingres : Planning for the long haul
Choosing Ingres for your application's database means choosing not only an enterprise calibre data server but also experienced, talented engineering and support teams with some of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry. It's a choice of time-tested technology which has proven itself over and over again. Ingres can meet the stringent requirements of today's most demanding developers and of enterprise customers. Most of all, Ingres is a choice to remain free of more costly, proprietary data servers for the life of your application.
Change to Ingres open source without risk!
- Ingres open source is easy to trial
- With Ingres you only pay for what you use
- Works within your existing environment
- Rapid development time to meet your business needs
- High end performance for lower cost
"Ingres is the only open-source DBMS widely used for mission-critical applications."
28 November 2008 Gartner - The Growing Maturity of Open-Source Database Management Systems
Cost Savings
How much budget could you save with Ingres open source over the next 3 years? Discover using the Ingres TCO Calculator.
The New Economics of IT 
Choosing an open standards application development platform is key to realizing the advantages in the New Economics of IT. Reduced TCO, portability of your applications and the ability to choose which components with no vendor lock in all give you CONTROL your IT infrastructure.
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INGRES is the only open source database provider for mission critical systems
The main differentiators are:
Ingres has 25+ years of experience delivering technology for mission critical systems (proven technology)
Ingres has 25+ years of experience delivering services for mission critical systems (24x7 support, consultancy and training
Ingres is a profitable company and the 2nd largest 100% open source supplier worldwide (RedHat is number 1)
Ingres grows 35%+ annually.
INGRES in a few words
Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source information management services to the enterprise. Built on over 25 years of technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined with the value and flexibility of open source.
The Ingres Database offers high-volume transaction processing, high availability, multi-platform support, and security for mission-critical application deployments. Our software and support services are designed to provide customers these enterprise-class features at a lower total cost of ownership. We also offer our database software as part of integrated software appliances, enabling customers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy, manage, and maintain open source solutions throughout the enterprise.These appliances are the result of our work with leading business intelligence and content management providers.
Our business intelligence appliance delivers advanced reporting and data analysis capabilities; while our appliance for content management allows for the management of structured and unstructured data.As an open source company, Ingres has an active community of developers that continually test our code, influence our product roadmap by submitting specific feature requests, and contribute code for inclusion in our software.
When integrating their applications with our database, developers increase their productivity given their direct access to our source code.We provide dedicated, professional support on a 24/7 basis to our enterprise customers and ISVs in 20 languages and more than 50 countries.
We offer our customers a variety of support options ranging from online access to on-site support.
Ingres is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and internationally.