Ingres joins open source channel alliance

REDWOOD CITY, USA: Ingres Corporation, open source database management company  has announced that it has joined the Open Source Channel Alliance, a group founded by Red Hat and SYNNEX Corporation.

Red Hat and SYNNEX created the Open Source Channel Alliance to drive awareness and revenue opportunity around combined open source solutions and to establish a strong ecosystem for their channel partners.

The alliance enables SYNNEX  to distribute the Ingres product portfolio as well as other open source applications, as part of open source solution approach that will  deliver high return-on-investment (ROI) as IT budgets continue to shrink.

Specifically, Ingres Database helps organizations develop and  manage business critical applications at an affordable cost, will be available through SYNNEX' distribution channel, the release added.

"We are pleased to be asked to join the Open Source Channel Alliance," said Fred Gallagher, vice president of business development at Ingres.

"The alliance will drive open source adoption across the enterprise, and specifically in the mid-market. This alliance is a validation of the open source market. There is no better company than Red Hat to lead this alliance and evangelize the value of open source going forward and we are happy to be a part of the charter group driving this mission forward," added Gallagher.

Ingres is driving the New Economics of IT, where open source technology is delivering better, new ways of doing business in tough economic times. The New Economics of IT is a new business model that offers companies new, more flexible ways to acquire and use software. 

Ingres and the other partner companies joining the Open Source Channel Alliance are part of an IT ecosystem made up of leading open source companies with solutions that offer real cost reductions that are proven and business-critical ready.