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RDBMS market share numbers 2005

IDC's RDBMS 2005 Vendor Share report came out last month. Here's a link to it on Oracle's site. Oracle has good reason to post it on their site. They still dominate the market - by far.

Microsoft is making huge strides and of course, IBM is in the mix. In the 'Future Outlook' of the report, there is a note about open source RDBMS such as MySQL. I would also throw in data warehouse appliances and suggest that these are 2 emerging technologies that are potentially disruptive to the status quo.

When market share is measured for 2006, I expect further increases from Oracle, Teradata and Microsoft. Perhaps by the 2007 numbers, Netezza and MySQL will merit their name on the list.

  Posted by William McKnight on June 8, 2006 8:19 AM |

Comments

William,

Thanks for including us in your predictions for 2007!
What do the two emerging technologies you mentioned – Netezza and MySQL – have in common? Cost-efficiency. And this is a big factor because the industry is clearly shifting to low-cost data warehouse solutions based on commodity hardware, Linux and open source. Netezza, for example, has proven that you can build your EDW or a large data mart at a much lower cost than with traditional solutions, using a data warehouse appliance. And from the rapid growth of the data warehouse appliance category in data-intensive industries, it’s becoming quite apparent that companies are moving away from complex, “high-maintenance” systems and are embracing a simpler, more affordable approach to data warehousing.

We look forward to wider dialogue about this topic in the industry.

Thanks,
Ellen Rubin
VP Marketing
Netezza

Posted by: Ellen Rubin | June 8, 2006 4:46 PM

Hi William,

We have heard alot of talk about Microsoft Reporting services taking market share away from the pure play BI vendors.

Has reporting services really started to make an impact - is it really out there?

Posted by: Jon Feldman | June 13, 2006 10:56 AM

Hi Jon,

There is quite a bit of adoption of Reporting Services in Microsoft shops. It is being mentioned in each tool consideration in these shops. It is actually a nice drawing card for the entire Microsoft BI solution although I believe the overall solution is really a holistic draw. Reporting Services' fortunes are tied to Microsoft BI without a doubt.

I'm not an analyst and haven't done a study of the issue so this is just based on my experiences.

Posted by: William McKnight | June 18, 2006 6:00 PM

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