Save Mart uses open-source database to clock in employees

Modesto, Calif. Save Mart Supermarkets is using an open-source database from Ingres, Redwood City, Calif., to manage the time-and-attendance application for its more than 20,000 employees.

The system, Ingres Database, allows the chain to bypass significant up-front cost and install a product that is designed to scale easily as the company continues to expand, according to Ingres.

“As Save Mart doubled in size with the recent acquisition of Albertsons, we were looking for a way to use reliable and easily scalable software without challenging our budget,” said James Sims, CIO, Save Mart, which operates nearly 250 supermarkets in California and Nevada. “Ingres enables us to do more at a lower cost and with more flexibility to adapt to the market conditions.”