What’s the big to-do about large databases? In the last month, both Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp. touted their largest and most scalable data warehousing (DW) systems to date: Oracle’s “Database Machine” and Microsoft’s still-gestating Project Madison. Also last month, high-end data warehousing specialist Teradata Corp. — newly independent after last year’s spin-off from NCR Corp. — unveiled a “Petabyte Club” at its user conference.
Bigger is Better in Newest Database Niche
October 22, 2008