Azure PostgreSQL led Amazon RDS on OLTP throughput, with no HA penalty, in third-party testing

Principled Technologies found an Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server handled up to 79% more database requests ...
CIO

Microsoft’s PostgreSQL alternative, HorizonDB: Worth the wait?

Microsoft’s extended HorizonDB preview gives CIOs little reason to wait when production-ready PostgreSQL alternatives are ...
Hosted on MSN

Microsoft spins up Azure HorizonDB to take on distributed Postgres rivals

Microsoft has announced a distributed PostgreSQL database service designed to rival other hyperscaler systems and third-party RDBMSes such as CockroachDB and YugabyteDB.… Claiming 100 percent ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft touts scalability of its new PostgreSQL-compatible managed database

Third time’s the charm? Microsoft hopes the scalability of Azure HorizonDB, will lure new customers where its two existing PostgreSQL databases did not. Microsoft is previewing a third ...
eWeek

Microsoft Acquires Citus Data to Dive Deeper into Postgres

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...
dbta

Crunchy Data Continues PostgreSQL Support with the Release of Crunchy Bridge

Crunchy Data, a provider of trusted open source PostgreSQL, is releasing Crunchy Bridge, a fully managed cloud Postgres service available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. According to ...
ZDNet

Microsoft buys Citus Data

Adding to its open source bona fides, Microsoft today announced the acquisition of PostgreSQL database provider Citus Data for an undisclosed sum. Given that Microsoft already offers a managed ...