Survey Finds Database in the Cloud Taking over in Enterprises
October 27, 2015
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As enterprises make the sweeping move from traditional data centers to cloud computing, a survey by 451 Research shows that some 90 percent of information technology (IT) database managers and executives say their selection of database technologies relates to the suppliers’ cloud strategy.
The report states that while the initial adoption of database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offerings from cloud providers, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS), have posed a challenge to the incumbent on-premises database vendors, the survey results indicate that those incumbent vendors are likely to maintain their dominance as adoption of DBaaS moves mainstream…
The just released survey, sponsored by Tesora, included more than 200 database managers and IT executives in North America who are large users of databases with nearly 90 percent of respondents having more than 25 databases in production at their enterprise. Matt Aslett, research director for data platforms and analytics at 451 Research, explains that the database incumbents – Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and SAP, as well as Teradata in analytic workloads – that have dominated the database landscape for decades, have the advantages of established trusted supplier relationships, along with installed workloads and expertise demonstrated over time…
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