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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Information-As-A-Service, Q1 2010

IBM, Informatica, Composite Software, And Denodo Technologies Lead, With Microsoft And Red Hat Close Behind

In Forrester's 123-criteria evaluation of information-as-a-service (IaaS) — also known as data services — vendors, we found that IBM, Informatica, Composite Software, and Denodo...

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Report:Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise Data Integration, Q1 2010

Data Integration Technologies Evolve To Address New Challenges

Today, enterprises face increasing data integration challenges, largely because of growing data volumes, data protection issues, data migration complexities, the need for real-time information,...

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Report:2009 Update: Evaluating Integration Alternatives

Scenario-Based Guidance For Choosing Products That Provide Application, Process, And Data Integration Features

Technical innovation and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity continue to drive the evolution of the integration marketplace, leading to a market with a significantly different array of features...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009

Oracle, IBM, And Microsoft Lead, With Sybase Following Closely; Ingres Tops Open Source Databases In Current Offering

In Forrester's 153-criteria evaluation of enterprise open source and closed source database management systems (DBMSes), we found that Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and Sybase lead the pack because each...

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Report:2010 Update: Evaluating Integration Alternatives

Enterprises Face A Growing Need For A Unified Integration Competency Center

Just as in 2009, technical innovation and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity have continued to have a significant impact on the integration space. The most common trend has been the expansion of...

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Report:Database-As-A-Service Explodes On The Scene

DaaS Delivers An Easy-To-Use, Low-Cost Alternative Database Resource

Enterprises must support hundreds or even thousands of applications to meet growing business demands, but this growth is dramatically driving up the cost of running and managing the databases under...

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Report:Seven Top Integration Trends For 2011 To 2012

The Need For Speed, Services, And SaaS Is Shaping The Integration Future

Integration remains a high priority for enterprises in 2011 to 2012, leading Forrester to mine client inquiries and interview industry experts for insight into the latest integration trends....

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Data Virtualization, Q1 2012

Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, And Denodo Technologies Lead, With SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Stone Bond, And Red Hat Close Behind

In Forrester's 53-criteria evaluation of data virtualization — also known as information-as-a-service (IaaS) — vendors, we found that Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, and Denodo...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise ETL, Q1 2012

Informatica, IBM, Oracle, SAP, SAS, Ab Initio, And Talend Lead, With Pervasive, Microsoft, And iWay Close Behind

In Forrester's 60-criteria evaluation of enterprise extract, transform, and load (ETL) vendors, we found that Informatica, IBM, Oracle, and SAP maintain leadership positions thanks to their ability...

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Report:Your Enterprise Data Archiving Strategy

Data Archiving Is A Flexible Technology That Delivers Many Use Cases

With growing data volume, increasing data security breaches, and complex application-performance issues, most enterprises today face significant data management challenges. Keeping inactive data...

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Report:Base Your Oracle "Red Stack" Negotiations Strategy On Your Oracle Adoption Strategy

Preparation And Product Expertise Are Key To Winning

Amidst worsening economic conditions and a rapidly consolidating vendor landscape, applications professionals will have the opportunity to consolidate their own landscapes by committing to...

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Report:Take Advantage Of New Ways To Save Money On Database Costs

Today, databases and related infrastructure have grown to become a significant part of most IT budgets, and continued growth in the volume of data and the number of database applications threatens to...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Database Auditing And Real-Time Protection, Q2 2011

IBM, Imperva, And Sentrigo Lead, With Application Security, Oracle, And Fortinet Close Behind

In Forrester's 147-criteria evaluation of database auditing and real-time protection vendors, we found that the market is rife with mature products. IBM, Imperva, and Sentrigo lead the pack because...

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Report:DBMS Selection: Look Beyond Basic Functions

Advanced Features, Application Requirements, And Cost Play A Larger Role

Application development and information and knowledge management professionals evaluating database management systems (DBMSes) will find that comparing basic features and functionality is unlikely to...

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Report:Market Overview: Database Security, 2011

Database Security Solutions Mature While The Market Consolidates

Enterprise databases continue to experience growing attacks despite enhanced security processes and increasing database security approaches. Security gaps in solutions persist in intelligent...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Cloud Databases, Q4 2012

Four Leaders And Four Strong Performers Compete For A Share Of The Enterprise Cloud Database Market

Cloud database offerings represent a new space within the broader data management platform market, providing enterprises with an abstracted option to support Agile development and new social, mobile,...

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Report:The Future Of Customer Data Management

Vision: The Customer Data Management Playbook

Customer data is the lifeblood of the contemporary enterprise. It's used in virtually every function of the business, including product research, design, and development; advertising and marketing...

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Report:NoSQL Offers New Options To Application Developers

Overcoming RDBMS Limitations Enables New Application Patterns

Business growth and speed are driving new application and data requirements that demand different approaches to data management. Although relational databases are great for most business...

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Report:Database Tools Fill Gaps In Vendors' Bundled Tools

DBAs Gain Advanced Yet Usable Features For Heterogeneous DBMS

Vendors continue adding new and improved database administration features to their database management systems (DBMS) to automate more functions, yet enterprises with large and complex environments...

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Report:SQL Azure Raises The Bar On Cloud Databases

Ease Of Use, Integration, Reliability, And Low Cost Make It A Compelling Solution

Over the past six months, Forrester interviewed 26 companies using Microsoft SQL Azure to find out about their implementations. Most customers stated that SQL Azure delivers a reliable cloud database...

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Report:Case Study: HealthNow Implements A Data Services Layer Using Informatica 9 Platform

Today, most organizations face growing data integration challenges due to increased data volume, complex data types, and an increased business need for real-time data. Information-as-a-service (IaaS)...

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Report:Simpler Database Migrations Have Arrived!

IBM, ANTs Software, And EnterpriseDB Offer Innovative New Options

Database migrations have always been complex, time-consuming, and costly due to proprietary data structures and data types, SQL extensions, and procedural languages. It can take up to several months...

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Report:Case Study: EMC Tames Oracle ERP Data Growth

Informatica Helps Archive Data To Improve Performance And Lower Cost

Like most large organizations, EMC struggles with the performance and manageability of mission-critical applications because of increased data volume and user numbers. In the past, EMC added more...

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Report:Sybase Raises The Bar On Database Replication

Offerings Focus Strongly On Performance, Reliability, And Heterogeneity

In the past year, Forrester interviewed 27 Sybase customers who are using Sybase Replication Server to investigate their implementations. Most customers found that Sybase met or exceeded their data...

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