Varicent Announces Support for PostgreSQL v8.1

November 30, 2005 (Toronto, ON) – Varicent Software Incorporated, a leader in incentive and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced that the latest version of Varicent SPM supports PostgreSQL v8.1.  PostgreSQL is the leading open source relational database system, with more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness.

As a subscriber to the PostgreSQL community, Varicent has fully integrated its technology with PostgreSQL’s database management system and plans to continue this integration for all future releases of Varicent and PostgreSQL.

"We're delighted to see so many new commercial vendor solutions now supporting PostgreSQL," said Josh Berkus, one of PostgreSQL's core team members.  "Companies like Varicent Software, by offering open source database options, are helping their customers out of the single-vendor trap."

"Varicent’s support for PostgreSQL v8.1 will enable organizations to capitalize on all of the benefits of this leader in open source database technology," said Neil Whitney, Vice President, Development for Varicent.  “We are very strong supporters of technical innovation and creativity, virtues embraced by the PostgreSQL community and open source developers in general.  We also like to keep abreast of bleeding-edge technological advancements, and believe that PostgreSQL is the frontrunner in the open source database marketplace.”

"Varicent’s latest release takes advantage of the new advancements for database technology," says Dan Shimmerman, Varicent’s President. "The PostgreSQL database system provides customers access to a free, very scalable, high-performance, fully functional, and interoperable database environment for Varicent SPM deployments."

About Varicent Software
Varicent Software Incorporated is a leading provider of Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions.  Varicent’s flagship product, Varicent SPM, enables organizations across multiple industries to effectively design and mange incentive pay calculations across the company.  Varicent is a web-based solution built on Microsoft’s .NET framework, and its patented rules-based calculation engine can manage the most complex compensation plans.  Varicent’s homepage is http://www.varicent.com.

About PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is the leading, open source relational database system.  It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness.  It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX, BeOS, and Windows.  An enterprise class database, PostgreSQL boasts sophisticated features such as the Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC), point in time recovery, a sophisticated query planner/optimizer, and write ahead log for fault tolerance.  For more information, visit www.postgresql.org.