Evolving Database Market

"I think there is a sea change in the database market," Widenius told eWEEK.com. "Were serving a market that was really not being served previously. Theres a portion of the market that is commoditized, and thats what were focused on serving—bringing databases to the masses. "The database market has changed dramatically over the past 10 years, and it continues to change," Widenius continued. "The days are over when most companies created their own, homegrown database solutions. Now, they are instead regarding databases as a commodity and buying, using them as such. "Databases are also moving to new areas where they were not used before—home entertainment systems, PDAs, consumer devices, etc. The database market is also changing because databases are becoming less expensive and easier to use, which also helps to enlarge the user base." Analysts think MySQLs dead-set on breaking into the enterprise. Click here to get their take on MySQL Cluster. According to Forresters report, titled "Open Source Moves into the Mainstream," databases and data marts are not only popular as open-source products; theyre also the second-most-common workload to run on top of open-source platforms, with 47 percent of respondents claiming that theyre now running such a configuration.


Oracles brushing off the idea that tiny MySQL could be a threat. Click here for Oracles take via Ken Jacobs, Oracles vice president of product strategy. Check out eWEEK.coms Database Center at http://database.eweek.com for the latest database news, views and analysis. Be sure to add our eWEEK.com database news feed to your RSS newsreader or My Yahoo page: