In a significant development for the Kubernetes and PostgreSQL communities, EnterpriseDB (EDB) has announced that its open-source Kubernetes operator for PostgreSQL®, known as CloudNativePG (CNPG), has been accepted into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox. This acceptance highlights the growing importance of Kubernetes in contemporary enterprise strategies and reinforces EDB’s dedication to fostering innovation within the community while delivering enterprise-grade solutions.
Empowering Sovereign Data and AI with Postgres and Kubernetes
As enterprises increasingly confront modernization challenges and adapt to the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the integration of DevOps and containerized environments has become essential for the development, deployment, and iteration of data-driven applications across various infrastructures. At the core of this transformation lies Postgres, recognized as the world’s most popular database technology.
Stefanie Chiras, Senior Vice President of Partner Ecosystem Success at Red Hat, remarked, “This milestone is a testament to the transformative power of Kubernetes in revolutionizing enterprise data management in the AI era. It reflects not only the extraordinary potential of open-source technology but also EDB’s unwavering commitment to the community and enterprise-grade innovation built on open standards.” She further emphasized that solutions like EDB Postgres AI, operating on Red Hat OpenShift AI, can empower organizations to deploy scalable, high-performing databases while supporting and accelerating AI-ready applications.
Open Source Ecosystem Support & Customer Focus
As a prominent contributor to PostgreSQL and the architect behind the leading Kubernetes operator for PostgreSQL, EDB continues to set benchmarks for open-source and enterprise innovation. The inclusion of CloudNativePG in the CNCF Sandbox solidifies EDB’s leadership within the Kubernetes ecosystem and its commitment to fostering a sovereign, AI-driven data future.
Melissa Logan, Director of the Data on Kubernetes Community and Founder of Constantia.io, noted, “The Data on Kubernetes (DoK) Community’s latest report shows that as organizations embrace streaming, AI, and other advanced workloads, they are increasingly standardizing on Kubernetes as their platform of choice for both stateless and stateful workloads.” She congratulated the CloudNativePG community on their recent acceptance into the CNCF sandbox, acknowledging it as a sign of the DoK ecosystem’s rapid maturation.
EDB customers have also expressed their appreciation for EDB and CloudNativePG’s transformative capabilities:
- “It delivers high efficiency while adhering to DevOps principles of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. Its seamless integration with Kubernetes makes it stand out due to its advanced cluster resource features,” shared an EDB customer from G2.
- “I appreciate the ability to integrate directly with the Kubernetes API server for HA architecture without needing external tools. I can deploy replicas of PostgreSQL across multiple Kubernetes clusters for public or multi-cloud architecture. [CloudNativePG] is highly extensible, allowing me to scale it up or down as needed. Its power is what attracted me to it,” stated another customer from G2.
Jozef de Vries, Chief Product Engineering Officer at EDB, affirmed, “We are fully committed to realizing the full potential of Postgres to deliver in this new world of opportunity. Recognizing the critical role Kubernetes would play in the transformation towards sovereign data and AI, we aimed to solve the challenge of integrating Postgres with Kubernetes.” He added, “Today, CNPG serves as the foundation of EDB Postgres AI and our hybrid cloud database platform strategy, becoming the default data layer across our partners’ most prominent products and in demand from customers globally.”
CloudNativePG has now emerged as the most popular PostgreSQL operator for Kubernetes on GitHub, boasting over 5,000 stars and surpassing early providers like Zalando and CrunchyData, further establishing EDB’s unmatched leadership in this domain.
EDB provides a robust data and AI platform that empowers organizations to leverage the full capabilities of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud environment. With a commitment to helping enterprises manage risk, control costs, and scale efficiently in a data-driven world, EDB serves over 1,500 customers worldwide, including major government agencies and leading companies in financial services, media, and technology. EDB’s solutions facilitate the modernization of legacy systems and the elimination of data silos while harnessing the power of enterprise-grade open-source technologies, ensuring high availability and mission-critical capabilities.
