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Can database lock-in be broken

Can database lock-in be brokenCredit Larry for being very good, cheap enough, and just enough lock-in.But, there are a lot of transactions done by open source databases and it is growing. It would be interesting to know the percentage of transactions done by each database worldwide.Ingres and Postgres"Ingres is based...

Tags: Databases, Ingres, Oracle Corp., Postgres, Michael Stonebraker, database

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries

Michael Stonebraker has a history of database breakthroughs. He was a founder of Ingres, Illustra, Cohera and StreamBase Systems. He also served as CTO of Informix and helped develop Postgres. His most recent creation is Vertica, which just launched version 2.o of its database. The claims...

Tags: Michael Stonebraker, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Stonebraker on Oracle and SQL

In the long run I'd be surprised if the research done or inspired by Berkeley's Michael Stonebraker doesn't ultimately have more of an effect on the world than Linux. Ingres and Informix were his, so is PostGres.In exploring current versions of that product I stumbled over an interview he did...

Tags: SQL

Blog posts 2005-06-17

Stonebraker on Oracle and SQL

In the long run I'd be surprised if the research done or inspired by Berkeley's Michael Stonebraker doesn't ultimately have more of an effect on the world than Linux. Ingres and Informix were his, so is PostGres.In exploring current versions of that product I stumbled over an interview he did...

Tags: SQL

Blog posts 2005-06-17

Additional Resources

Ingres puts one foot in front of the other

Ingres puts one foot in front of the otherIngres OriginsDana, Thanks for the Ingres coverage, but I wanted to point out a factual inaccuracy in your post. You state "Ingres offers an implementation of postgresql" This isn't accurate The name "Postgres" was a contraction of Post-Ingres and...

Tags: Databases, Ingres

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

The CIO's innovation dilemma

The often uncomfortable relationship between IT and business is nothing new but has taken on fresh piquancy. The visibility achieved by the impact coming from the use of socialprise I have seen among major brands fuels that debate. There is a history here and I sense that...

Tags: Information Technology, Ross, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-25

H-Store: Complete destruction of the old DBMS order?

Guest Post: Curt Monash reports from the front lines of a database revolution. Mike Stonebraker created much of the database management industry. Now he wants to blow it up. Via a project called H-Store [pdf file], he proposes to manage high-end OLTP databases entirely in...

Tags: Disk, DBMS, Brown University, OLTP, RAM, H-Store, I-Store, H-Store Team, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Curt Monash

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Serious scaling for open source databases

Serious scaling for open source databasesthis proves thatOSS has yet to come up with a database that scales. PostgreSQL was a proprietary database made by proprietary software companies. They competed with Microsoft, Oracle and PostgreSQL lost. You are trumpeting a loser...

Tags: Databases, OSS, PostgreSQL, open source, IBM Corp., database

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turf

Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turfI hope them the best but ...... do not be surprised if within 3-5 years this same guy is announcing bankruptcy or firings, etc.Go Ingres Go !!!I bow down to the King of Databases. The creator of MySql and Postgres. Go get em!! I...

Tags: Databases, Oracle Corp., Relational Model, Ingres, Postgres

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

From Ingres to EnterpriseDB

I've been reviewing database choices as part of the lead up to a small miracle - a project from some years ago is being resurrected by users who've wrestled some small measure of control back from the IT group that was supposed to take the ideas from my Cocoon demo...

Tags: Ingres, PostgresSQL

Blog posts 2005-06-14

From Ingres to EnterpriseDB

I've been reviewing database choices as part of the lead up to a small miracle - a project from some years ago is being resurrected by users who've wrestled some small measure of control back from the IT group that was supposed to take the ideas from my Cocoon demo...

Tags: PostgresSQL, Ingres

Blog posts 2005-06-14