For many organizations, the largest obstacle standing in the way of true digital transformation are the legacy systems on which they have long relied and invested in. While these database solutions might have seemed ideal in the past, their comparative inflexibility, costliness and limited integration capacity makes them poor substitutes for truly innovative database strategies. In a world where it feels more and more like digital transformation or market irrelevance are the only two options, the cost of sticking with these systems is far more than their exorbitant licenses. So, what is the alternative? Those enterprises who have most effectively embarked on their digital transformation journey have almost universally invested in database technologies that prioritize agility, scalability, freedom and full control of their data. For many, these critical capabilities have manifested in open source solutions, like Postgres database.