2ndQuadrant is the largest team of open source PostgreSQL contributors and consultants worldwide, as well as a key sponsor and development contributor to the PostgreSQL database project for more than 10 years. 2ndQuadrant provides consulting and training in addition to our well-renowned bug-fix support for PostgreSQL. 2ndQuadrant staff are both practical solutions implementers and researchers into the features needed by the largest users of database technology for complex solutions. Specific research interests are database performance, high availability and scalability. 2ndQuadrant is headquartered in Oxford, UK, with offices across Europe and worldwide.