June 4, 2008 5:53 AM PDT

Red Hat veteran joins EnterpriseDB as CEO

Posted by Dave Rosenberg

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EnterpriseDB, known for its products based on the open-source Postgres database, today announced that it has named Ed Boyajian, former Red Hat vice president and general manager of North American sales, as president, and chief executive, and board member.

Current CEO Andy Astor will take on the global business development role and focus on building out new markets.

Congrats to EnterpriseDB for scoring such a high-profile executive and to Ed on his new role.

Dave Rosenberg is currently working on a new stealth start-up based in San Francisco. He is Co-founder of MuleSource, an open source integration and infrastructure software company and is a recognized thought-leader in open source software and service-oriented architecture. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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Dave Rosenberg is currently working on a new stealth start-up based in San Francisco. On the Negative Approach Blog, Dave discusses the dynamics of growing a startup company and how the software market is evolving against monolithic software corporations whose corporate hegemony stifle innovation and annoy developers worldwide. He has experience at both large corporations and several startups; technology has long been his best friend and mortal enemy. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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