
There is Only One DBMS Market!
by Merv Adrian | July 23, 2019
This post was jointly authored by Adam Ronthal, Donald Feinberg, and Merv Adrian
On 16-Jul-2019, Gartner published new research titled “There is Only One DBMS Market”, by Adam Ronthal, Donald Feinberg and Merv Adrian....

The Future of Database Management Systems Is Cloud
by Merv Adrian | June 23, 2019
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...

Open – For Business – At the ASF
by Merv Adrian | March 27, 2018
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...

Setting the Record Straight - HTAP & OPDBMS
by Donald Feinberg | January 11, 2018
There has been much written in the industry about the convergence of transactions and analytics in database management systems (DBMS). There are many names for this convergence from multiple sources....

December 2017 Tracker - Where's Hadoop?
by Merv Adrian | December 29, 2017
The leading 2017 story of Hadoop distributions is that nobody seems to want to be accused of being in the business of providing them. Some former champions are expanding their shiny new positioning: Cloudera...

2017 Research Retrospective
by Nick Heudecker | December 15, 2017
Here's a recap of my published research in 2017. I've been fortunate to cover a diverse range of topics, including blockchain, cognitive enhancement drugs, streaming and DBMS.
Market Guide for...

The Era of Microsoft on Windows-Only Is Over - OMG
by Donald Feinberg | September 25, 2017
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...


Webinar FAQs for Hadoop & Spark: Understanding Open Source Opportunities and Risks
by Nick Heudecker | April 16, 2017
Merv Adrian and I received numerous questions during our April Hadoop webinar with several hundred attendees, and we have summarized and answered them below. (If you missed the webinar, you...

Hadoop FAQs - April Webinar Q&A
by Merv Adrian | April 16, 2017
Nick Heudecker and I received numerous questions during our April Hadoop webinar with several hundred attendees, and we have summarized and answered them below.
How can Hadoop-Spark interface with conventional RDBMS such as Oracle/UDB/Teradata...