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Open Source vs. Proprietary Database Software: What To Choose?

Percona

We are a company of open source proponents. We’re also dedicated and active participants in the global open source community. Both open source and proprietary options have advantages. With open source database software , anyone in the general public can access the source code, read it, and modify it.

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From Proprietary to Open Source: The Complete Guide to Database Migration

Percona

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Advantages of migrating to open source For many reasons mentioned earlier, organizations are increasingly shifting towards open source databases for their data management needs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Dynatrace OTel Collector distribution amplifies OpenTelemetry integration for scalable, production-ready observability

Dynatrace

Because of its flexibility, this open source approach to instrumenting and collecting telemetry data is becoming increasingly important in large-size organizations. Our unwavering commitment to open source initiatives underscores our mission to foster transparency, collaboration, and innovation.

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Adding Transparent Data Encryption to PostgreSQL with pg_tde: Please Test

Percona

In the spirit of open and transparent communication, we would appreciate your feedback and invite PostgreSQL users to test the extension and provide feedback either via the GitHub repository or in the forum. Running pg_tde The following examples use Docker to demonstrate what is needed to test pg_tde. What is TDE? Debian 16.0-1.pgdg120+1))

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Why & How to Contribute to Open Source Projects?

Testsigma

Open-source projects or open-source software is probably not a new term. In the past decade, open-source software contributions have been on a steady rise resulting in frequent releases, improvements and newer software. This is what open-source is. Testsigma just went open source!

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Innovation Release of Percona XtraDB Cluster, Updated Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL: Release Roundup November 13, 2023

Percona

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Download the Updated Release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.0 Take a look.