Slides from webcast on changes in the database market, basics of what's wrong with a relational database, where the market is headed. Video replay is available at https://bloorgroup.webex.com/bloorgroup/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=4848212&rKey=ca069779655c1fe0

1. One Size Doesn’t Fit All
February 22, 2012
Mark R. Madsen
http://ThirdNature.net

2. The future of data is the database

3. You keep using that word.
I do not think it means
what you think it means.

4. Good conceptual model, but a prematurely
standardized implementation
The relational database is the franchise technology for storing and
retrieving data, but…
1. Global, static schema model
2. No rich typing system
3. Many are not a good fit for network parallel computing, aka cloud
4. Limited API in atomic SQL statement syntax & simple result set return
5. Poor developer support

5. Plus, if they’re all the same why are there so many?
Sybase IQ, ASE EnterpriseDB Algebraix
Teradata, Aster Data LucidDB Intersystems Caché
Oracle, RAC Vectorwise Streambase
Microsoft SQLServer, PDW MonetDB SQLStream
IBM DB2s, Netezza Exasol Coral8
Paraccel Illuminate Ingres
Kognitio Vertica Postgres
EMC/Greenplum InfiniDB Cassandra
Oracle Exadata 1010 Data CouchDB
SAP HANA SAND Mongo
Infobright Endeca Hbase
MySQL Xtreme Data Redis
MarkLogic IMS RainStor
Tokyo Cabinet Hive Scalaris
And a few hundred more.

6. The future of data is the relational database?
SQL noSQL

7. The future of data is the relational database?
SQL noSQL

8. Technologies are not
perfect replacements for
one another.
When replacing the old
with the new (or ignoring
the new over the old) you
always make tradeoffs,
and usually you won’t see
them for a long time.

9. About Third Nature
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emerging technology and practices in analytics, business intelligence, and
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applied rather than vendor market positions.

10. About the Presenter
Mark Madsen is president of Third
Nature, a technology research and
consulting firm focused on business
intelligence, analytics and
information management. Mark is an
award-winning author, architect and
former CTO whose work has been
featured in numerous industry
publications. During his career Mark
received awards from the American
Productivity & Quality Center, TDWI,
Computerworld and the Smithsonian
Institute. He is an international
speaker, contributing editor at
Intelligent Enterprise, and manages
the open source channel at the
Business Intelligence Network. For
more information or to contact Mark,
visit http://ThirdNature.net.