The real truth behind Database Management Systems

Released on = March 14, 2005, 7:12 am

Press Release Author = Veronica Fredriksen, DeveloperEye

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = MediaDev presents an overview of the database management systems on the market

Press Release Body = London, UK - 14th March 2005 - 2004 marked a significant year for the global market for relational database management systems vendor. The global market for database management grew by 11.6 percent in 2004.

The most popular database management systems within the market are Oracle, SQL server, MySQL, Sybase and IBM DB2. The competition amongst the vendors is fierce and we have seen that vendors have increased their product reliability and scalability,
in addition to offering flexible price strategies.

Oracle continues to be the overall leader in the worldwide relational and object-relational database management systems software market. MySQL database server, on the other hand, claims to be the world's most popular open source database with a focus on cost, speed, scalability and reliability.

A “must have” feauture
MediaDev investigated the benefits and drawbacks within the most common database management systems. More specifically, we wanted to highlight the true nature behind the databases that are available on the market, to see which features are crucial
for developers / Database Managers, and which features are not so important to them.

In order to investigate which features of a database that are important/less important for database users, MediaDev asked developers and Database Managers to discuss which new features of the SQL Server 2005, was a “must have” for them, and which features that was less important.

For the “must have” features of SQL Server 2005, the survey illustrated that Transact-SQL Enhancements and Security Enhancements was the most essential features for the users. Not surprisingly, security enhancements were a high priority as the threat of security have increased in both shape and form the past years. Furthermore, Full-Text Search Enhancements and .NET Framework Hosting were features of the SQL Server 2005, which users do not regard as essential.

Two types of needs for SMB
The systems for management of relational databases meet two types of needs expressed by SMBs. It is a question of consolidating data stored and managed with software like Microsoft Access or Excel. These companies can be classified as the "Excel and Access companies". Secondly, there is a need created by software packages and development: to gather the data and to make it available, in the most secure way as possible.

Don’t be fooled by the licence fee
When companies are considering the price of the licences, it is essential to look at the total cost of a deployment project, not just the price of the licence.
Consequently, price should not be the first selection criterion of a relational database management system. It is a common fact that the licence fee only weighs for 10-15 percent of the total cost of a deployment project. The percentage continues to
decrease when multiple applications are utilising the same structures and data.

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