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Oracle Ranks First in Users' Choice Database Survey by Evans Data Corp
Business Wire, March 4, 2008
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The most satisfied database customers are using Oracle Database 10g or later, according to a worldwide survey of actual database users by Evans Data Corporation. The survey ranks the top seven enterprise database servers on 13 critical user experience categories and enterprise criteria. Oracle Database scored the highest overall, placing first in all categories, with a tie for one. IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server also scored well, and with Oracle, comprise the top three in User's Choice rankings. The entire User's Choice Database Servers survey is available for free download at http://www.evansdata.com/reports/free-report.php.> "While several of the databases score well in multiple categories, we were surprised to see Oracle do as well as it did across the board. In our experience, that is unique," said John Andrews, president and CEO of Evans Data Corp. "It is also important to note the research comes directly from developers and IT managers around the world working day in and out with the technology, and provides anyone interested in investing in a new database with a lot of good information to consider."
The Users' Choice survey, taken at the end of 2007, is conducted from the perspective of the user rather than results from lab testing or independent evaluations to better represent real world development, use and satisfaction, and show what a new user might expect. The research included interviews of over 1,400 developers and IT managers worldwide. The four other databases in the survey were Informix Dynamic Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Sybase Adaptive Server.
Respondents were asked to rate several key features for each database, including:
* Performance (speed)
* Security
* Scalability
* Atomicity
* Consistency
* Isolation of transactions
* Durability of transactions
* Quality of data modeling tools
* Support for XML
* Multi platform support
* Quality of management tools
* Quality of available third party management tools
* Programming language support
The survey focused on users of larger databases, rather than desktop or small workgroup databases. Survey respondents were actively employed as software developers, database administrators and IT professionals across a spectrum of enterprise, VARs, institutions, OEMs or other large organizations.
About Evans Data Corporation
Evans Data Corporation provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects.
Copyright 2007 Evans Data Corporation. All other company names, products and services mentioned in this document are the trademarks and property of their respective owners.
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