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CHOICE OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR YEARS TO COME, IDC WARNS.
Software Industry Report, April, 1999
Choosing a database management system (DBMS) for the enterprise involves much more than making a tactical decision to solve an immediate business need. The effects of that choice will be felt within the organization for years to come, warns IT market watcher International Data Corp.
"The wrong DBMS choice can lock the user into a technology that does not serve the enterprise well and is difficult and expensive to change," says Carl Olofson, director with IDC's Database Management Systems research program. "The right decision can considerably alleviate the burden of maintaining and extending the enterprise information infrastructure."
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