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The Database Market The Database Market
Presented to the class of BA 471
May, 2006
Dr. Rene Reitsma
Amy Miller ● Elaina Reinhard ● Shannon WegnerAmy Miller ● Elaina Reinhard ● Shannon Wegner
Major PlayersMajor Players
Oracle
41.3%IBM
30.6%
Microsoft
13.4%
Database Market Share
Source: IDC 2004
Oracle – IBM – MicrosoftOracle – IBM – Microsoft
• Oracle– Among the worlds largest enterprise software companies
– Oracle Database 10g Release 2
• IBM– Well diversified product portfolio
– DB2
• Microsoft– Microsoft SQL Server
– Competes on Price
Industry StrengthsIndustry Strengths
• What makes a DB industry strong?– Scalability– Speed– Backup & Recovery– Security
Industry Strengths: Scalability Industry Strengths: Scalability
• Ability to process and handle large volumes of transactions
• Is it scalable?– Scale up or scale out
• Consider performance, number of users, location of users
Industry Strengths: SpeedIndustry Strengths: Speed
• High number of transactions per unit of time– Product or server itself– DB design quality– Drive speed– Query Optimizer
Industry Strengths: Backup & RecoveryIndustry Strengths: Backup & Recovery
• Challenges– Cold vs. Hot Backup
• 24 hours per day
• DB Administrators– Why are they needed?– Outsourcing
Industry Strengths: SecurityIndustry Strengths: Security
• An obvious concern
• Security features:– Authentication– Authorization
What’s Wrong with Access?What’s Wrong with Access?
• ‘Not scalable’• Slow• Inferior security• However:
– Likely to be available and supported for years to come
– Most widely used desktop database system globally
Open Source DB SystemsOpen Source DB Systems
• Postgre SQL (standard query language)
• My SQL– Used by travel agencies, manufacturing
agencies, Google, SAP, etc.– Many traditional database systems are
becoming, or are already available on open source OS (e.g. Oracle, DB2, Sybase IQ)
TrendsTrends
• Why is there a trend toward open source systems?– Expired patents– Cost savings
• Why are some businesses sticking with IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft– Brand equity– High switching costs
MySQL and SAPMySQL and SAP
• What is SAP?
• SAP + MySQL = MAX DB– Benefits for MySQL
– Implementations to MySQL 5.1
Questions?Questions?
SourcesSources
• http://www.sql-server-performance.com/dk_massive_scalability.asp • http://support.microsoft.com• http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html• http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1773515,00.asp• http://www.oracle.com/corporate/index.html• http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2005_mar/database_leader_idc.html• http://www.governmentsecurity.org/articles/Thedatabasesecurityblanket.php• http://www.theparticle.com/cs/bc/dbsys/speed.pdf• http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/wlg/4715#mysql_sap• http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/indes_srmaddon.htm• http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS00089505• http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos042.htm#outlook• http://www.blueclaw-db.com/microsoft_access.htm• http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/
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