Raghavendra Rao

Global Leader Migrations and Solution Architect, EDB

With a distinguished 14-year career in PostgreSQL, Raghavendra Rao serves as the Global Leader Migrations and Solution Architect at EDB. He specializes in designing migration strategies for clients transitioning from traditional databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Ingres, and MySQL to PostgreSQL, often leading initiatives for top-tier Fortune 500 companies. His journey in tech began as an Oracle Certified Professional, evolving into a key role in advancing PostgreSQL's adoption and innovative application development.

At the forefront of a global team, Raghavendra orchestrates efficient migrations to Postgres systems and shares his deep expertise through over 40 training sessions worldwide as an EDB Certified Global Trainer. A Harvard alumnus with a Master's in Computer Information Systems and certifications in Oracle, Java, Python, and PostgreSQL/EDB Postgres Advanced Server, he embodies a leadership style that combines technical excellence with a trust-centric approach, nurturing long-term growth and robust professional relationships.

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Technical Blog

Audio Series: How to Migrate from Oracle to Postgres

Discover why top businesses are migrating databases from Oracle to Postgres in this three-part audio series. Learn key migration steps and how EDB can help.
Business Transformation

How to workaround Oracle LISTAGG function in PostgreSQL

This blog discusses the LISTAGG function in Oracle and how to achieve similar functionality in PostgreSQL 12 and EDB Postgres Advanced Server. This is one of the most common challenges enterprises face when migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL. The LISTAGG function in Oracle The Oracle LISTAGG() function is an aggregation function that transforms data from multiple rows into a single list of values...
Business Transformation

[AUDIO BLOG] Making the Postgres Move - Part 3: Get the Most Out of Postgres with Enterprise Support

Without enterprise-grade support for PostgreSQL, you might find your teams scrambling to find the answers to a problem they don’t fully understand, fix a problem that’s a hassle to manage without the proper expertise or deal with questions from all of the teams who suddenly can’t access their most mission critical tools.
Postgres Tutorials

PgBouncer Logs Rotation in Linux and Windows Tutorial

Before doing a deep dive into the subject, a short outline about PgBouncer, it is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL that dramatically reduces the processing time and resources for maintaining a large number of client connections to one or more databases. Typically used to increase the number of user connections that can be handled in a high-performance environment. For more details on Installing/Configuring PgBouncer refer to the documentation.
Postgres Tutorials

Accessing PostgreSQL databases using psqlODBC in Oracle

This article demonstrates how to use the PostgreSQL client interface psqlODBC driver in Oracle to access PostgreSQL data.
Postgres Tutorials

How to secure Job scheduling with DBMS_SCHEDULER in EDB Postgres Advanced Server

EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS), a component of the EDB Postgres Platform, provides native database compatibility with Oracle. EPAS database compatibility provides similar Oracle-like features so developers and operations staff can continue to leverage many existing PL/SQL development and operations skills. One such feature supported in EPAS is an Oracle-style of jobs using the DBMS_SCHEDULER...
Business Transformation

[AUDIO BLOG] Making the Postgres Move - Part 2: Key Steps for Oracle Migration

This is Part 2 of our Making the Postgres move audio blog series, where we discuss the nuances, challenges and best strategies for Oracle to Postgres migration.
EDB Labs

[AUDIO BLOG] Making the Postgres Move - Part 1: Benefits of Migrating from Oracle to Postgres

Listen to the Blog Read the blog There are many reasons you might choose to migrate from Oracle to Postgres. Here are just a few of the benefits: Number One: Cost - In addition to Oracle license costs, using Oracle databases incurs additional costs for features like partitioning and high availability, and expenses can add up quickly. Open-source Postgres is free to install and use. Number Two...