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InformationWeek 2014 State of Database Technology SurveyResearch Findings
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The 956 respondents to our 2014 State of Database Technology Survey are a conservative lot. They run mission-critical systems on tried-and-true conventional databases from Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM, with little inclination to take a chance with new NoSQL offerings like PostgreSQL (with just 3% of critical loads) or MongoDB (at just 1%).
In short, the databases of the 1990s are still very much alive and well in today's enterprises.
Other data points:
>> 57% of IBM DB2 users pony up for no-limit enterprise licenses vs. 41% buying by the CPU/core.
>> 51% run Microsoft Access on bare metal in private datacenters.
>> 36% are very satisfied with their MySQL licensing agreements vs. 17% saying the same for their Oracle deals.
>> 13% run Hadoop, either in pilot (8%) or production (5%). An additional 21% are considering.
Respondent breakdown: Respondents screened into the survey by indicating involvement with selecting, managing, or otherwise interacting with their organizations' databases. 31% have 5,000 or more employees; 23% are over 10,000. Financial services, education, and government are well-represented, and 41% are IT director/manager or IT executive management (C-level/VP) level.
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Executive Summary
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Survey Name InformationWeek 2014 State of Database Technology Survey
Survey Date January 2014
Region North America
Number of Respondents 956
Purpose To determine the role of database technologies in the enterprise
Methodology InformationWeek surveyed 956 business technology professionals at North American organizations. The survey was conducted online, and respondents were recruited via an email invitation containing an embedded link to the survey. The email invitation was sent to qualified InformationWeek subscribers.
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Research Synopsis
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