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SearchEnterpriseLinux: CA Executive Steers Ingres on Open Source Waters

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 11, 2004

[ Thanks to Rob
Westervelt
for this link. ]

Who is CA targeting with Ingres r3?

“Tony Gaughan: If you look at the big picture there are probably
three key markets for us that align nicely. There is always open
source, where MySQL has established a good user base so there is an
opportunity for us to play in that market. Then there is the SMB
market where there is more of a drive to take cost out of the
overall infrastructure and leverage capabilities in a much more
economical way and that is typically where SQL Server has played.
We think we’ll be competing a lot with SQL Server. The other area
where we see an advantage is our ability to scale up to handle
large type of applications and that’s clearly another area where we
align…”


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