Splendid Data & credativ announce partnership

Mönchengladbach (DE) / Naarden (NL) — February 4th, 2026

Splendid Data and credativ GmbH announce strategic partnership to accelerate Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration for enterprises.

Splendid Data and credativ GmbH today announced a strategic partnership to help organisations modernize complex Oracle database environments by migrating to native PostgreSQL in a predictable, scalable and future-proof manner.

The partnership addresses growing enterprise demand to reduce escalating database licensing costs while regaining autonomy, ensuring digital sovereignty and preparing data platforms for AI-driven use cases. PostgreSQL is increasingly selected as a strategic database foundation due to its open architecture, strong ecosystem and suitability for modern, data-intensive workloads.

Splendid Data contributes its Cortex automation platform, designed to industrialize large-scale Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations and reduce risk across complex database estates. credativ adds deep PostgreSQL expertise, enterprise-grade platform delivery and 24×7 operational support for mission-critical environments. Together, the partners also align on PostgresPURE, a production-grade, pure open-source PostgreSQL platform without proprietary extensions or vendor lock-in.

“Enterprises are making long-term decisions about licensing exposure, autonomy and AI readiness,” said Michel Schöpgens, CEO of Splendid Data. “This partnership combines migration automation with trusted PostgreSQL operations.”

David Brauner, Managing Director at credativ, added: “Together we enable customers to modernize faster while maintaining control, transparency and operational reliability.”

The initial geographic focus of the partnership is Germany, where credativ has a strong customer base. The model is designed to scale toward international enterprise customers over time. Joint activities will include coordinated go-to-market efforts, enablement of credativ teams on Cortex, and the delivery of initial pilot projects with shared customers.

Both companies view the partnership as a long-term collaboration aimed at setting a new standard for large-scale, open-source database modernization in Europe.

About credativ

credativ GmbH is an independent consulting and service company focusing on open source software. Following the spin-off from NetApp in spring 2025, credativ combines decades of community expertise with professional enterprise standards to make IT infrastructures secure, sovereign and future-proof, without losing the connection to its history of around 25 years of work in and with the open source community.

About Splendid Data

Splendid Data is a PostgreSQL specialist focused on large-scale Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations for enterprises with complex database estates. Its Cortex platform enables automated, repeatable migrations, while PostgresPURE provides a production-grade, open-source PostgreSQL platform without vendor lock-in.

Contact credativ:

Peter Dreuw, Head of Sales & Marketing (peter.dreuw@credativ.de)

Contact Splendid Data:

Michel Schöpgens, CEO (michel.schopgens@splendiddata.com)

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Peter Dreuw

Head of Sales & Marketing

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Peter Dreuw has been working for credativ GmbH since 2016 and has been a team lead since 2017. Since 2021, he has been part of Instaclustr’s management team as VP Services. Following the acquisition by NetApp, his new role became “Senior Manager Open Source Professional Services”. As part of the spin-off, he became a member of the executive management as an authorized signatory. His responsibilities include leading sales and marketing. He has been a Linux user from the very beginning and has been running Linux systems since kernel 0.97. Despite extensive experience in operations, he is a passionate software developer and is also well versed in hardware-near systems.

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