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Bloor Research Group:

Database: An evaluation and comparison

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France

From January 1998 - Database: An Evaluation and Comparison

	ì...the database world is in the middle of the biggest revolution to hit it since the introduction of the relational modelî

By providing thoroughly researched independent professional advice Database: An Evaluation and Comparison will bring you up to date with the state of play in this fast changing market.

The Issues The dbms is emerging from a period when it was sufficient just to do more work faster - and is now becoming one of the key enabling technologies behind a new generation of computer applications. It is by no means clear that todayís established vendors will have it all their own way. There are surprising discrepancies between the approaches taken by the major players. Not all products are appropriate for all applications. In the Corporate IT department you are being confronted by the questions: Should you look for a ëUniversalí product which will meet all of your information requirements? Are your needs better suited to one of the products that excel in particular niche markets? Is it best for you to build on top of the relational model you already use? Should you start again using an object model? Should new functionality stay outside of the database altogether?

The Contents of the Report This new report from Bloor Research will bring you up to date with changed perceptions of information management, vendor strategies and deliverable products. It will provide a model to evaluate your future information requirements against your current database technology and alternative products available today. Database: A Comparison and Evaluation consists of: An overview of the database market. A positioning of the major vendors. A start-off point for building your own evaluation criteria. Technology cross reference tables. The Bloor Research perspective on individual productsí strengths & weaknesses

Why you should buy this report Database: A Comparison and Evaluation will allow you to: Save time by providing information thatís already been digested and condensed through the application of the highly reputed Bloor Research Comparison and Evaluation Methodology. Supplement your own expertise, enabling you to have a clear understanding of the issues and facts when interacting with colleagues, consultants and software vendors. Bring outside credibility and perspective, enabling you to take the risk out of the product selection process and make the right decisions. Validate existing technology strategies. Be aware of new products and technologies that represent the best tactical bets for your environment. Acquire a strategic perspective of the near term future for products and obtain a clear understanding and evaluation of database vendor product strategy. This report, by providing thoroughly researched independent professional advice will bring you up to date with the state of play in the fast changing database market.

Products Evaluated in this report

Adaptive Server (Sybase) DB2 UDB (IBM) Jasmine (CA) Objectivity Oracle8 Progress UniVerse (VMARK)

Cache (Intersystems) Informix Universal Server Microsoft Universal Access ObjectStore (Object Design) POET Object Server Unidata O2 Versant

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• Bloor Research Group: Parallel Database Technology: An Evaluation and Comparison of Scalable Systems
• Bloor Research Group: Object Databases: An Evaluation and Comparison