Ingres Open Source Lights the Way at SunPower

Leader in High-Efficiency Solar Power Systems Adopts an Ingres
Open Source Database for its Reliability, Scalability, and Ease of Use
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
The sun is shining brighter than ever at SunPower. Ingres
Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management
software and support services, announced today that its open source
technology will support the manufacturing of solar power energy.
SunPower Corporation, known for its high-efficiency solar power
systems, which include solar cells, panels, roof tiles, and
multi-megawatt solar power systems, relies on Ingres as the backbone
of three mission critical applications, including its manufacturing
execution system (MES). The MES manages all of SunPower's production
lines within its factories in the United States and Europe. All total,
Ingres will support company revenue at SunPower projected to exceed $1
billion in 2008.

SunPower designs, builds, and delivers solar power solutions to
residential and commercial customers, and power plants in the United
States and Europe. While the MES application manages SunPower's
production lines, the company's Cell Test (CT) application manages
test data from finished products, and the Statistical Process Control
(SPC) application provides SPC capability and analysis to the
factories. Each of these applications depends on Ingres.

"Ingres has exceeded SunPower's expectations in reliability,
scalability, and usability," said Greg Reichow, vice president of
operations at SunPower. "We needed a rock-solid stable database that
is scalable and cost-effective. Since we use the applications to
manage the factories and the engineering data analysis, they are
critical to assuring timely customer delivery, low cost, and high
performance."

Today, more than 2,500 of SunPower's 4,000 employees use Ingres.

"Our factories have exceeded our expectations," said Reichow. "The
ability to easily generate applications on top of the Ingres Database
has allowed us great flexibility and speed. The stability provided by
Ingres has allowed our factories to run with minimal interruption."

SunPower also plans to implement the Ingres Icebreaker BI
Appliance to enhance operational reporting, provide staff with
critical data analysis capabilities, and implement dashboards and
other real-time indicators for executive management. The Ingres
Icebreaker BI Appliance integrates smoothly into SunPower's existing
environment, connects with a variety of existing applications, and
offloads reporting workloads from existing operational systems.

"The Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance is an innovative business
intelligence solution that is robust, comprehensive and cost effective
for organizations seeking to become more competitive, respond quickly
to market demand, and ultimately impact the bottom line," said Deb
Woods, vice president of product management at Ingres. "Conventional
BI deployments can be costly. SunPower is one of many organizations
looking for an alternative solution -- and the Ingres Icebreaker BI
Appliance addresses decision making challenges."

About Ingres Corporation

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source database
management software and support services. Built on over 25 years of
technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service
innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined
with the value and flexibility of open source. The company's
partnerships with leading open source providers further enhance the
Ingres value proposition. In particular, Ingres is working with
leading business intelligence providers to deliver appliances that
combine the benefits of open source with advanced reporting and data
analysis capabilities. Based in Redwood City, California, Ingres also
has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the
world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and
internationally. For more information, visit www.ingres.com.

Ingres is a registered trademark of Ingres Corporation, and
Project Icebreaker is a trademark of Ingres Corporation. All other
trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein
belong to their respective companies.

Ingres Corporation
Cleo Saab, 650-587-5565
Corporate Communications
cleo.saab@ingres.com
or
Atomic PR for Ingres
Adam Renner, 415-402-0230
adam.renner@atomicpr.com

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