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Gartner’s open source database forecast doesn’t make sense

TheOpenAnalyst — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:08:00 +0000

I just read Gartner’s estimate of the open source database market; the report states:

We also believe this growth will continue during the next five years at more than 40%, passing $1 billion in revenue by 2013.

Two things surprised me about this forecast.

Gartner’s open source database forecast doesn’t make sense | Open Source – InfoWorld

Recession And Open Source Will Shrink The Database Market, Says Ingres

TheOpenAnalyst — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:55:00 +0000

The database market – currently at $18 billion a year (£12.3 billion) – will shrink substantially as the recession drives users to accept the open source message, according to open source database company Ingres.

Companies who now pay large software licence fees will finally make the move to open source software which costs a fraction of the amount, as their budgets are slashed in the recession, said Steve Shine, executive vice president of Ingres, at a round table in London entitled “The New Economics of IT”

Recession And Open Source Will Shrink The Database Market, Says Ingres – News – eWeekEurope.co.uk

Greenplum Claims Breakthrough in Data Loading

TheOpenAnalyst — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Greenplum, the high-end open source database house and friend of Sun – so it’s gotta be nibbling on its nails wondering whether it’s lost a channel – has some sexy new technology to accelerate data loading for companies stressing under exponential data growth.

It’s called MPP Scatter/Gather Streaming or SG Streaming for short and it’s supposed to eliminate those darn bottlenecks usually associated with mainstream data loading.

Greenplum Claims Breakthrough in Data Loading | Open Source Magazine

Implementation: 10 Ways to Make Your Open Source Database Project Float

TheOpenAnalyst — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Commercial databases can be costly and restrictive, but companies large and small are increasingly looking to open source databases to increase flexibility and bring down costs. Here are 10 tips for IT professionals who are thinking about implementing an open source

Harvesting, querying, delivering, enriching and analyzing data is at the heart of every business. However, most organizations are saddled with high-priced commercial databases as a result of continual departmental investments in new database projects, business intelligence (BI) projects, and the addition of new database projects through the merger and acquisition process. Consequently, IT budgets are increasing. To help reduce the costs of developing and maintaining data-driven business-critical applications, many businesses are turning to open source database (OSDB) solutions.

Implementation: 10 Ways to Make Your Open Source Database Project Float | Linux News