NessPRO Begins Representing Percona, a Company Specializing in Open Source Databases, in Israel

NessPRO, Ness’ software products group, today announced it has signed as the main partner working with Percona in Israel. Percona is a leading US software and services company in the field of open source databases, including MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB and PostgreSQL. Percona provides independent and unbiased open source database support, managed services, professional services, and software. They offer their own versions of the most popular open source databases on the market – including Percona Server for MySQL and Percona Server for MongoDB. This is in addition to providing open source software and tools that help create and monitor optimized database architecture that meets customers’ needs. Percona Distribution for MongoDB is an open source software alternative for customers using MongoDB Enterprise, giving users an extremely high return on investment (ROI). Percona collaborates with Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft Azure on delivering the best possible database environments for customers that want to move to the cloud. Percona provides users of these databases with support under a service level agreement (SLA) approach, as well as offering consulting, managed services, and software solutions. Percona helps companies maximize application performance, with a high ROI, achieving high-performance levels regardless of the architecture on which it is built, whether it is on-premises or in the cloud. Percona’s support service provides comprehensive and cost-effective database support, with a response time of just 30 minutes. This enables companies to optimize their database for business growth, while increasing flexibility. The service provides proactive monitoring and support of the databases 24 hours a day, changes to the databases if necessary, monitoring system health and data security. The SLA aims to ensure meeting business objectives. The service also provides root cause analysis (RCA) to ensure rapid resolution of problems and prevent their recurrence. Percona employs a global network of experts and has helped more than 3,000 customers, including Cisco, Adobe, Intel and Netflix, make the most of their open source databases. Percona already supports prominent customers in Israel, such as Bank Leumi, Taboola and more. “Percona’s agreement with NessPRO is important news for the IT community in Israel. Percona’s service enables to maintain record database performance and enables technical teams to focus on issues related to their organizations’ core business,” said Eli Alafi, Director Data and Innovation at NessPRO. “Today, open source databases are extremely complex with large workloads and their maintenance requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. Percona experts provide the best service to ensure the optimal operation of the databases.” “NessPRO is well regarded in the Israeli market based on its software expertise and experience. Percona’s approach is based on helping customers achieve the best possible results without bias towards particular open source databases or deployment approaches. We are pleased to collaborate with NessPRO to highlight how we can help their customers, and the market in Israel,” said Martin James, Vice President EMEA at Percona. “We will work with NessPRO to enable companies and organizations in Israel to get the most out of their open source databases, allowing them to achieve their business goals quickly and cost effectively.” NessPRO and Percona will hold a joint webinar entitled “How to Maximize the Use of MongoDB Open Source Version Using Percona?” on January 19th at 10am IST. Michal Nosek, Senior Pre-Sales Solution Engineer at Percona and Eli Alafi, Director Data & Innovation at NessPRO will cover how Percona Server for MongoDB provides an enterprise-grade, license-free alternative to MongoDB Enterprise edition. To register for the webinar, click on the Webinar Registration link.

About Percona

With more than 3,000 customers worldwide, Percona is the only company that delivers enterprise-class solutions for MySQL®, MariaDB®, MongoDB® and PostgreSQL across traditional and cloud-based platforms. The company provides Software, Support, Consulting, and Managed Services to large, well-known global brands such as Cisco Systems, Time Warner Cable, Alcatel-Lucent, Rent the Runway and the BBC, as well as smaller enterprises looking to maximize application performance while streamlining database efficiencies. Well established as thought leaders, Percona experts author content for the Percona Database Performance Blog, and the Percona Live Open Source Database Conferences draw attendees and expert technical speakers from around the world. For more information, visit www.percona.com. Percona® is a registered trademark of Percona LLC. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.

About NessPRO

NessPRO is Ness’ software products group and the representative in Israel of more than 30 international and Israeli companies that develop software products for the enterprise market. The group has been active in the Israeli market for 40 years and serves hundreds of customers. In addition to selling software products in various business models, NessPRO also specializes in the integration, marketing, service, training and maintenance of these products. Further details can be found at: www.nesspro.co.il