Firebird at The Examiner Newspaper

The Examiner Newspaper is Australia's second-oldest
newspaper, first appearing on March 12, 1842.
We use Firebird for a variety of core-business
processes, from web-based information gathering
from advertising clients, to internal CRM and
Directory services.

The need arose for a database with a proven track record,
stability, and performance under unpredictable loas.
With ~200 workstations in 7 sites, our data storage
needs had to be available 24/7, as a newspaper relies
on the data it receives - No data, no newspaper.

Firebird, with it's ~20 years of growth and enterprise use,
was the ideal choice for our organisation.  Now with 5
databases collectively storing ~3GB of data, not a single
minute has been lost due to administration time.

Firebird has proven itself to be the right choice for us.

Nigel Weeks
Tech Support & Systems Developer