On 16-Jul-2019, Gartner published new research titled “There is Only One DBMS Market”, by Adam Ronthal, Donald Feinberg and Merv Adrian. This follows closely on last month’s declaration that “The Future of the DBMS Market Is Cloud” by the same authors. This is the second of two notes that aim to redefine how we cover this market. The firstContinue reading “There is Only One DBMS Market!”
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The Future of Database Management Systems Is Cloud
On Friday, 20-June-2019, Gartner published new research titled “The Future of the DBMS Market Is Cloud” by Donald Feinberg, Merv Adrian and Adam Ronthal. The thesis: cloud is now the default platform for managing data. On-premises is the past, and only legacy compatibility or special requirements should keep you there. Some might think we are early;Continue reading “The Future of Database Management Systems Is Cloud”
Microsoft Nods Again to “Open” With Github Deal
This post co-authored with my esteemed colleague and Gartner Vendor Lead for Microsoft, Ed Anderson. Microsoft, already a significant contributor to GitHub, and a frequent contributor to open source over the past several years, doubled down this week. –more–
Open – For Business – At the ASF
The Apache Software Foundation is about to celebrate an anniversary, and its extraordinary contribution to the economic refactoring of software stacks seems to be gaining more momentum with every passing year. After three Gartner Data and Analytics events on 3 continents with thousands of attendees in the past 4 weeks, I find myself more impressedContinue reading “Open – For Business – At the ASF”
Sportswriters: Keep Olympic Coverage Factual. We Don’t Need Your Uninformed Opinions
Guest post by my colleague and friend, Mark Beyer, whose daughter has participated in figure skating for much of her life. I have seen multiple online articles about how this year was the “worst Olympic finish ever” in Figure Skating. I have a bit of a passion for this sport due to my daughter’s longContinue reading “Sportswriters: Keep Olympic Coverage Factual. We Don’t Need Your Uninformed Opinions”
The Era of Microsoft on Windows-Only Is Over – OMG
Written by Donald Feinberg and Merv Adrian On 25-Sep-2017 at Ignite, Microsoft announced general availability of SQL Server 2017, now supporting both Windows and Linux platforms, as well as support for containers. It can now book revenue for a product already widely used by early release customers. What does this imply for the $34.4 billion database management system (DBMS) Market? Over theContinue reading “The Era of Microsoft on Windows-Only Is Over – OMG”
IBM Ends Hadoop Distribution, Hortonworks Expands Hybrid Open Source
IBM has followed Intel and EMC/Pivotal in abandoning efforts to make a business of Hadoop distributions, and followed Microsoft in making Hortonworks its supplying partner. At the former Hadoop Summit, now called Dataworks (itself a sign of the shift from Hadoop-centric positioning), IBM announced it will discontinue its IBM Open Platform/BigInsights offering, and will insteadContinue reading “IBM Ends Hadoop Distribution, Hortonworks Expands Hybrid Open Source”
Hadoop FAQs – April Webinar Q&A
Nick Heudecker and I received numerous questions during our April Hadoop webinar with several hundred attendees, and we have summarized and answered them. –more–
Symposium Notes – Day Four Returns to Data Security, and to Hadoop
Thursday, the final day, reinforced a theme for the week: data security is heating up, and organizations are not ready. It came up in half of today’s final 10 meetings. “Is my data more secure, or less, in the cloud?” “Does using open source software for data management compromise how well I can protect it?”Continue reading “Symposium Notes – Day Four Returns to Data Security, and to Hadoop”
Symposium Notes – Day Three Features Data Assembly
With 24 meetings under my belt from the first two days at Orlando Symposium, Wednesday’s 13 (and a presentation) didn’t look quite as daunting. It began well, with enough time for a muffin and some tea at 730 AM in the analyst workroom near to the cubicle I’d spend the day in. Then I launched rightContinue reading “Symposium Notes – Day Three Features Data Assembly”