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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