Greenplum an open source Datawarehouse provider recently announced that Frontier Airlines has selected the Bizgres MPP data warehouse solution to enable rapid analysis of flight-related data. The deployment is part of the airline's commitment to using advanced technology to deliver world-class customer service at the lowest prices.

"The competition is intense in the airline industry and Frontier is committed to staying ahead of the curve by leveraging technology that will help us offer the best prices and the best flight experience," said Robert Rapp, CIO, Frontier Airlines. "Bizgres MPP fits right in with our philosophy of providing world-class performance at a low price. We have been impressed by its ability to quickly analyze massive amounts of flight data while running on low cost, off-the-shelf hardware."

"Price-performance leadership is as critical to Frontier's value proposition as it is to Greenplum's. We are pleased that Frontier is using Bizgres MPP today to solve problems that were previously too difficult and costly to address," said Scott Yara, president, Greenplum. "To remain competitive, Frontier demands a 'non-traditional' solution. Bizgres MPP's unique combination of open source architecture, software-only packaging and ability to leverage commodity servers dramatically lowers the cost of large-scale data analysis."

Greenplum, the leading provider of enterprise PostgreSQL for business intelligence (BI), Bizgres MPP, it extends the capabilities of the PostgreSQL database system, already widely regarded as best-in-class for enterprise features such as transaction processing, data integrity and security.

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Prashanth Rai