Mike Sijmons, Nibble-IT: Migration to Postgres from vision to reality
Channel: CH Open
Date: 2013-04-28

SIK Arbeitsgruppe OSS und Swiss Open Systems User Group /ch/open Veranstaltung "Open Source Alternativen zu Oracle Datenbanken" am 26. April 2013 in Bern:

Today many organizations are moving to open source products. Main driver is cost reduction but also quality of code and maintenance are key. This presentation tells the journey of a successful swap of a proprietary RDBMS to an Open-Source RDBMS without losing the most important non-functional requirements like support, performance and availability. In 20 minutes Nibble-IT explains how they move critical applications, from their customer base in the financial an governmental industries, successfully to an Open-Source platform.

Michel Sijmons started working with databases in the late 80thies. First as a developer and later as a DBA, consultant, architect and trainer. In 1996 he founded his own company Nibble-IT. Nibble-IT was specialized in embedding RDBMS system within large logistic and financial companies. In 2000 Nibble-IT made the switch to OpenSource databases. Today Michel advices large organizations in implementing OpenSource RDBMS solutions in comparison to Closed Sources solutions. Michel has been a trainer for more than 14 years for various database vendors and training companies and likes the combination of doing projects and being a teacher.