The market for PostgreSQL DBMS offerings has heated up considerably in the last couple of years, especially as multiple solutions for optimization by leveraging cloud services have emerged. Recently I had the opportunity to talk to Apex Fintech, a provider of services for brokerage and wealth management about their use of Google Cloud AlloyDB. MostContinue reading “PostgreSQL In Financial Services: Apex Fintech and AlloyDB”
Author Archives: Merv Adrian
DBMS Revenues 2023 – Beyond the Top Ten
In my last post, I described the changes at the top of the $103.2B revenue DBMS market, with trends we have watched as they evolved and matured over the past few years. As in that post, I will note significant changes Gartner made in their prior year revenue estimates, with a nod to some otherContinue reading “DBMS Revenues 2023 – Beyond the Top Ten”
DBMS Market 2023 – More Momentum Shifts
Gartner has published its DBMS market revenue number estimates for 2023. Hyperscalers still dominate the $100B chart, while Snowflake and MongoDB continue to shine.
True Disruption – The GQL Standard for Graph DBMS Arrives
For years now, I’ve been watching the excruciatingly slow process of ISO language standard development as a number of academicians, national standards bodies, scientists and DBMS firms inched their way towards the creation of a standard query language for graph DBMS. To put this in perspective, the ISO has created exactly one DBMS language standardContinue reading “True Disruption – The GQL Standard for Graph DBMS Arrives”
Think You’re Ready for Generative AI? Think Again.
The FOMO-based frenzy over GenAI is continuing, with investment activity, marketing blitzes, conferences, product announcements and more all off the charts. We’ve seen this “leap before you look” excitement lead to bad outcomes so many times. Maybe this time around, we can get a bit of perspective, and have a plan, before the spending andContinue reading “Think You’re Ready for Generative AI? Think Again.”
DBMS Market in 2023 – Transition Continues
My friend, Gartner analyst Adam Ronthal, has updated his famous “spaghetti chart” of DBMS market share for 2023, and as usual, even a quick inspection is very instructive. The leading 4 (AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Google) held their positions. Some “hot” players are continuing to rise, while old stalwarts continue to hold on or dropContinue reading “DBMS Market in 2023 – Transition Continues”
Dive Deeper into Gartner’s 2023 Cloud DBMS Magic Quadrant: Key Takeaways and Beyond
I recently collaborated with my colleague Sanjeev Mohan on our first joint written piece since leaving Gartner. We picked a favorite topic – Database Management Systems. These are our views, and should not be construed as Gartner’s position. Gartner’s 2023 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems, published in December 2023 based on vendor evaluationsContinue reading “Dive Deeper into Gartner’s 2023 Cloud DBMS Magic Quadrant: Key Takeaways and Beyond”
IBM and Watson 2.0: A Progress Report
By Tony Baer, dbInsight and Merv Adrian, IT Market Strategy It’s been barely six months since IBM unveiled the new watsonx family of products targeting enterprise clients, AI builders, data scientists, and data professionals. And since May, IBM has generally released all three pillars of the new AI lifecycle stool: watsonx.ai for AI builders; watsonx.data,Continue reading “IBM and Watson 2.0: A Progress Report”
DBMS 2022 Revenue Up 14%
2021 was a pivotal year in the DBMS market, as a I wrote in that year’s version of this analysis. Gartner has now published its revenue estimates for 2022, and the growth trends I discussed then have continued. DBMS market revenues passed $90B, an increase of over $11B over 2021. That is a significant decelerationContinue reading “DBMS 2022 Revenue Up 14%”
IBM and Ahana – A Lakehouse Down Payment
IBM has taken another open source technology provider into its portfolio, acquiring Ahana, one of the leading vendors behind the massively parallel distributed in-memory SQL query engine Presto. Presto, first created and still actively developed at Meta, has attracted a broad array of open source contributors, and is championed by several vendors. It has alsoContinue reading “IBM and Ahana – A Lakehouse Down Payment”