MS SQL Server an enterprise player
SearchWin2K | at | by Mike
IBM and Oracle like to think they are the titans duking it out for supremacy in the database market. But another titan, Microsoft, is gaining ground. In fact, Redmond is even going after Unix users with the one-two punch of SQL Server and Windows 2000. SearchWin2000's Assistant News Editor Edward Hurley spoke with Peter Urban, a senior analyst with AMR Research, about the enterprise worthiness of SQL Server.
Oracle and IBM would make just that point. Their databases run on many operating systems. Is this a major issue for users?
Peter Urban: To some companies, it's important that a product run on Solaris or HP-UX. But I see the tide changing. Companies don't care so much what operating systems it runs on as long as it's stable. For big companies with a lot of old legacy systems, then SQL Server may not be so good. But I could see every large company here and in Europe having SQL Server databases for departments. The challenge is for it to become an enterprise-wide database.