DBMS – maol

“Disruption” in the software industry

MySQL, SQL Server, Netezza, Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL. “Disruption” in the software industry

August 1, 2013

The Cloud is a Petri Dish, New Data Culture is Growing

Throw it in the cloud and see how it proliferates! The Cloud is a Petri Dish, New Data Culture is Growing

July 3, 2013

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

Comments on Gartner’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems — evaluations:

To my taste, the most glaring mis-rankings in the 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management are that it is too positive on Kognitio and too negative on Infobright.… Continued

February 27, 2013

Updated Database Landscape Map

Updated database landscape graphic:

I recently published an updated version but noted that there were a group of database vendors that had emerged in 2012 that didn’t easily fit into the segments we’d created.

It’s so much better… Good overview for anybody interested in understanding the DB world beyond just whatever one or two products or technologies they already know.

January 5, 2013

If all these new DBMS technologies are so scalable, why are Oracle and DB2 still on top of TPC-C? A roadmap to end their dominance

If all these new DBMS technologies are so scalable, why are Oracle and DB2 still on top of TPC-C? A roadmap to end their dominance:

In the last decade, database technology has arguably progressed furthest along the scalability dimension.

Also: Calvin: A fast, cheap database that isn’t a database at all.

December 17, 2012

Oracle doing Hadoop and NoSQL

Oracle docs show plans for Hadoop, NoSQL about the Oracle Loader for Hadoop, and Added Session: Big Data Appliance about Oracle’s Big Data Appliance.

September 30, 2011

Cloud Databases

A quick aggregation of Cloud Database (or DBaaS) related articles I found in my feed reader…

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September 26, 2011

There are a few articles collecting dust in my feed reader from a period a couple months ago when I didn’t have much time staying up to date on what’s happening… here’s the rundown of the most important stuff about Hadoop.