The future of the database is… plaid?
Oracle has introduced a hybrid column-oriented storage option for Exadata with the release of Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Ever since Mike Stonebraker and fellow researchers at MIT, Brandeis...
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Categorizing the “Foo” fighters – making sense of NoSQL
One of the essential problems with the covering the NoSQL movement is that it describes not what the associated databases are, but what they are not (and doesn’t even do that very well since SQL itself...
View ArticleSAP-Sybase: the database rationale
The 451 Group has published its take on the proposed acquisition of Sybase by SAP. The full report provides details on the deal, valuation and timing, as well as assessing the rationale and competitive...
View ArticleSizing the data warehousing opportunity
The data warehousing market will see a compound annual growth rate of 11.5% from 2009 through 2013 to reach a total of $13.2bn in revenues. That is the main finding highlighted by the latest report...
View ArticleWebinar: navigating the changing landscape of open source databases
When we published our 2008 report on the impact of open source on the database market the overall conclusion was that adoption had been widespread but shallow. Since then we’ve seen increased adoption...
View ArticleNoSQL – consolidating and proliferating in 2011
Among the numerous prediction pieces during the rounds at the moment, Bradford Stephens, founder of Drawn to Scale suggested we could be in for continued proliferation of NoSQL database technologies in...
View ArticleData cloud, datastructure, and the end of the EDW
There have been a spate of reports and blog posts recently postulating about the potential demise of the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) in the light of big data and evolving approaches to data...
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Updated database landscape graphic
One of the most popular pieces I have produced since joining 451 is not a research report or presentation but the database landscape graphic that accompanied our NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond report. We’ve...
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Database Landscape Map – December 2012
As previously mentioned, one of my most popular pieces of research while at 451 has been the database landscape graphic we produced for our NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond report. I recently published an...
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Our 2013 Database survey is now live
451 Research’s 2013 Database survey is now live at http://bit.ly/451db13 investigating the current use of database technologies, including MySQL, NoSQL and NewSQL, as well as traditional relation and...
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Updated Database Landscape map – February 2013
I have no real intention of turning our Database Landscape Map into something that is updated on a monthly basis, but there were a number of significant modifications and additions to the original...
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Updated Database Landscape map – June 2013
I am planning on doing a major overhaul of this during the second half of the year, with a specific focus on the Hadoop sector, but in the interim, here’s the latest June 2013 update to our Database...
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Updated Data Platforms Map – January 2016
The January 2016 edition of the 451 Research Data Platforms Map is now available for download. Initially designed to illustrate the complexity of the data platforms market, the latest version includes...
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