2015 Magic Quadrant For Operational Database Management Systems

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MagicQuadrantforOperationalDatabaseManagementSystems
MagicQuadrantforOperationalDatabase
ManagementSystems
12October2015ID:G00271405
Analyst(s):DonaldFeinberg,MervAdrian,NickHeudecker,AdamM.Ronthal,TerilynPalanca
VIEWSUMMARY
AstheoperationalDBMSmarketenjoysadynamicresurgence,newentrantsarechallengingestablished
leaders.InformationmanagerswillbeespeciallyinterestedinthechangesintheLeadersquadrant,the
strengthofdbPaaSvendors,andtheemergingfeatureparityofnewandoldvendors.
MarketDefinition/Description
Theoperationaldatabasemanagementsystem(DBMS)marketisconcernedwithrelationaland
nonrelationaldatabasemanagementproductssuitableforabroadrangeofenterpriseleveltransactional
applications.Theseincludepurchasedbusinessapplications,suchasthoseforERP,CRM,catalog
managementandsecurityeventmanagement,andcustomtransactionalsystemsbuiltbyorganizations'
owndevelopmentteams.AlsoincludedinGartner'sdefinitionofthismarketareDBMSproductsthat
supportinteractionsandobservationsasnewtypesoftransaction.
GartnerdefinesaDBMSasacompletesoftwaresystemusedtodefine,create,manage,updateandquery
adatabase.Adatabaseisanorganizedcollectionofdatathatmaybeinmultipleformatsandmaybe
storedinsomeformofstoragemedium(whichmayincludeharddiskdrives,flashmemory,solidstate
drivesand/orDRAM).Additionally,accordingtoGartner'sdefinition,DBMSsprovideinterfacesto
independentprogramsandtoolsthatbothsupport,andgoverntheperformanceof,avarietyof
concurrentworkloadtypes.ThereisnopresuppositionthatDBMSsmustsupporttherelationalmodelor
thattheymustsupportthefullsetofpossibledatatypesinusetoday.Furthermore,wedonotstipulate
thattheDBMSmustbeaclosedsourceproductweincludecommerciallysupportedopensourceDBMS
productsinthismarket.OperationalDBMSsmust,however,includefunctionalitytosupportbackupand
recovery,andhavesomeformoftransactiondurabilityalthoughtheatomicity,consistency,isolation
anddurability(ACID)modelisnotarequirement.
ForthisMagicQuadrant,wedefineoperationalDBMSsassystemsthatalsosupportmultiplestructures
anddatatypes,suchasXML,text,JavaScriptObjectNotation(JSON),audio,imageandvideocontent.
Theymustincludemechanismstoisolateworkloadresourcesandcontrolvariousparametersofenduser
accesswithinmanagedinstancesofthedata.ForadefinitionofanoperationalDBMSworkload,seeNote
1.
OperationalDBMSsmaysupportmultipledeliverymodels,suchasstandaloneDBMSsoftware,certified
configurations,cloud(publicandprivate)imagesorversions,anddatabaseappliances(definedinNote2).
Thesearediscussedandevaluatedtogetherintheanalysisofeachvendor.
ForthepurposesofthisMagicQuadrant,wetreatallofavendor'sproductsasaset.Ifavendormarkets
morethanoneDBMSproductthatcanbeusedasanoperationalDBMS,wedescribeeachproductinthe
sectionspecifictothatvendor,butweevaluateallofthatvendor'sproductstogetherasasingleentity.
StrengthsandCautionsrelatingtoaspecificofferingorofferingsarealsonotedintheindividualvendor
sections.Itmaybeimportantfororganizationstoevaluatedifferentofferingsfromthesamevendor
separatelyastheportfolioofchoicesbecomesbroader,andaspurchasersmorefrequentlypursuebestfit
engineeringstrategies.
Fordetailsofthesurveyofvendors'referencecustomersthatweconductedaspartoftheMagic
Quadrantresearchprocess,seeNote3.
FordetailsofGartner'sclientinquiryservicedata,whichweuseextensivelyinthisreport,seeNote4.
ForinformationaboutventurecapitalinvestmentsintheoperationalDBMSvendorsdiscussedinthis
MagicQuadrant,weconsultedCrunchBase.
MagicQuadrant
Figure1.MagicQuadrantforOperationalDatabaseManagementSystems
STRATEGICPLANNINGASSUMPTIONS
By2017,allleadingoperationalDBMSswilloffer
multipledatamodels,relationalandNoSQL,ina
singleDBMSplatform.
Through2018,awaveofconsolidationwillaffectthe
operationalDBMSmarket'ssmallervendors,through
mergers,acquisitionsandbusinessfailures.
By2017,the"NoSQL"labelwillceasetodistinguish
DBMSs,whichwillresultinitfallingoutofuse.
NOTE1
DEFINITIONOFANOPERATIONALDBMS
WORKLOAD
Forthepurposesofthisevaluation,theworkloadswe
expecttobemanagedbyanoperationalDBMSinclude
batch/bulkloading,realtimeorcontinuousdata
loading,concurrentonlineandWebbasednewand
updatetransactions,operationalreporting,and
managementofexternallydistributedprocessessuch
as"lookaside"queries.OperationalDBMSproducts
mustprovidetheabilitytoprioritizethesemultiple
workloadstoensureSLAsaremetwhentheyoperate
concurrently.
NOTE2
DEFINITIONOFADBMSAPPLIANCE
GartnerdefinesaDBMSapplianceasapreinstalled
DBMSsoldonserverhardwarespecificallyconfigured
andbalancedforoptimizedperformancewithan
includedstoragesubsystem.Inaddition,asinglepoint
ofcontactforsupportoftheapplianceisavailable
fromthevendor.
NOTE3
SURVEYOFVENDORS'REFERENCE
CUSTOMERS
AspartoftheMagicQuadrantresearchprocess,we
soughttheviewsofvendors'referencecustomers
detailsofwhomweresuppliedbythevendorsvia
anonlinesurveyconductedinJuly2015.Thesurvey
includedrequestsforfeedbackaboutvendors'maturity
(forexample,typicalusecases,provisionof
innovation,responsivenesstonewrequests,TCOand
pricing)andproductcapabilities(forexample,HA/DR
capabilities,supportforhighspeedingestionofdata,
performance,supportformultipledatatypes,and
problemsencounteredwiththeproducts).Over500
organizations,representingallthefeaturedvendors'
customers,respondedtothesurvey,withanaverage
of14pervendor.
Therespondentsweregenerallypleasedwiththeir
vendorsandproducts,butgaverelativelylowmarksin
someareas,whichwedetailintheanalysisofeach
vendor.Someofthelowscoresmightreflecthistorical
problems,asnotallorganizationsareonthelatest
productversions.
NOTE4
GARTNER'SCLIENTINQUIRYSERVICE
DATA
Gartnermaintainsanextensivedatabaseof
informationaboutallinquiriestoourclientinquiry
service.Ourinformationmanagementteamreceived
over5,000inquiriesduringtheMagicQuadrant
researchperiodofJuly2014toJuly2015,ofwhich
over500werespecificallyaboutDBMSs.Weusedthe
sentimentsapparentfromtheseinquiriestoformulate
theopinionsexpressedinthisMagicQuadrant.
EVALUATIONCRITERIADEFINITIONS
http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=12PIP95D&ct=151012&st=sb
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AbilitytoExecute
Product/Service:Coregoodsandservicesofferedby
thevendorforthedefinedmarket.Thisincludes
currentproduct/servicecapabilities,quality,feature
sets,skillsandsoon,whetherofferednativelyor
throughOEMagreements/partnershipsasdefinedin
themarketdefinitionanddetailedinthesubcriteria.
OverallViability:Viabilityincludesanassessmentof
theoverallorganization'sfinancialhealth,thefinancial
andpracticalsuccessofthebusinessunit,andthe
likelihoodthattheindividualbusinessunitwillcontinue
investingintheproduct,willcontinueofferingthe
productandwilladvancethestateoftheartwithinthe
organization'sportfolioofproducts.
SalesExecution/Pricing:Thevendor'scapabilitiesin
allpresalesactivitiesandthestructurethatsupports
them.Thisincludesdealmanagement,pricingand
negotiation,presalessupport,andtheoverall
effectivenessofthesaleschannel.
MarketResponsiveness/Record:Abilitytorespond,
changedirection,beflexibleandachievecompetitive
successasopportunitiesdevelop,competitorsact,
customerneedsevolveandmarketdynamicschange.
Thiscriterionalsoconsidersthevendor'shistoryof
responsiveness.
MarketingExecution:Theclarity,quality,creativity
andefficacyofprogramsdesignedtodeliverthe
organization'smessagetoinfluencethemarket,
promotethebrandandbusiness,increaseawareness
oftheproducts,andestablishapositiveidentification
withtheproduct/brandandorganizationintheminds
ofbuyers.This"mindshare"canbedrivenbya
combinationofpublicity,promotionalinitiatives,
thoughtleadership,wordofmouthandsalesactivities.
Source:Gartner(October2015)
VendorStrengthsandCautions
Actian
HeadquarteredinRedwoodCity,California,U.S.,ActianoffersarelationalDBMS(RDBMS)(Ingres)and
embedded(PSQL)enginessuitableforoperationaluse.Actian'spreferredbusinessmodelisbasedon
sellingsubscriptions,fromwhich90%ofitsRDBMSrevenuecamein2014itclaims4%growthinIngres
revenuein2014.
Strengths
Customerbase:Actianclaimsthatalargepercentageofitsrevenueissubscriptionbased.Two
thirdsofitscustomersareonthelatesttworeleases.Ingreshasbroadgeographicandindustry
coverage,andnearlyhalfitsrevenuecomesfromindependentsoftwarevendors(ISVs).
Solidfeatureset:Ingresversion10.2,releasedin2014,hasexpandedgeospatialandsecurity
features.ActianisfocusingitsR&Deffortsondatabaseplatformasaservice(dbPaaS)initiatives,
andsupportscloudbackupanddisasterrecovery.
Embeddableoffering:Actian'sPSQLgivesitameansofenteringthesmallfootprint,minimal
administrationmarketthatissoimportanttomobileandInternetofThingsapplications.
Cautions
CustomerExperience:Relationships,productsand
services/programsthatenableclientstobesuccessful
withtheproductsevaluated.Specifically,thisincludes
thewayscustomersreceivetechnicalsupportor
accountsupport.Thiscanalsoincludeancillarytools,
customersupportprograms(andthequalitythereof),
availabilityofusergroups,servicelevelagreements
andsoon.
Operations:Theabilityoftheorganizationtomeet
itsgoalsandcommitments.Factorsincludethequality
oftheorganizationalstructure,includingskills,
experiences,programs,systemsandothervehicles
thatenabletheorganizationtooperateeffectivelyand
efficientlyonanongoingbasis.
CompletenessofVision
MarketUnderstanding:Abilityofthevendorto
understandbuyers'wantsandneedsandtotranslate
thoseintoproductsandservices.Vendorsthatshow
thehighestdegreeofvisionlistentoandunderstand
buyers'wantsandneeds,andcanshapeorenhance
thosewiththeiraddedvision.
MarketingStrategy:Aclear,differentiatedsetof
messagesconsistentlycommunicatedthroughoutthe
organizationandexternalizedthroughthewebsite,
advertising,customerprogramsandpositioning
statements.
SalesStrategy:Thestrategyforsellingproductsthat
usestheappropriatenetworkofdirectandindirect
sales,marketing,service,andcommunication
affiliatesthatextendthescopeanddepthofmarket
reach,skills,expertise,technologies,servicesandthe
customerbase.
Lackofoperationalfocus:Actian'spositioningeffortsremainfocusedonanalytics,not
operationalusecases.Actianrecentlycreatedastandalonedivisionfocusedonitsdata
managementandintegrationproducts.
Offering(Product)Strategy:Thevendor'sapproach
toproductdevelopmentanddeliverythatemphasizes
differentiation,functionality,methodologyandfeature
setsastheymaptocurrentandfuturerequirements.
Performancechallenges:SurveyedreferencecustomersgaveActianverylowscoresfor
performance,andreportedamongthesmallestsizesofDBMSforhightranslationratedatabases.
BusinessModel:Thesoundnessandlogicofthe
vendor'sunderlyingbusinessproposition.
Marketindifference:Overthepast12months,GartnerhasreceivedfewinquiriesaboutActian's
operationalDBMSs.DespiteActian'sclaimofahighrateofrenewal,fewerthanhalfitssurveyed
referencecustomersexpecttobuyadditionallicensesfromitinthecomingyear.Respondentsgave
Actianverylowscoresforeaseofdoingbusiness.
Vertical/IndustryStrategy:Thevendor'sstrategy
todirectresources,skillsandofferingstomeetthe
specificneedsofindividualmarketsegments,including
verticalmarkets.
Aerospike
HeadquarteredinMountainView,California,U.S.,andfoundedin2009,Aerospikemarketsahybridin
memory/flashNoSQLDBMSarealtimedataplatformfortheoperationalDBMSmarket.Itis
availablebothasanopensourcecommunityversionandanEnterpriseEdition.
Strengths
Transactionalperformance:Aerospike'sofferingmakeshybriduseofDRAMandflashas
addressablememory.Thisuniqueapproachenablesveryhighspeedtransactions.
Innovation:Direct,related,complementaryand
synergisticlayoutsofresources,expertiseorcapital
forinvestment,consolidation,defensiveorpre
emptivepurposes.
GeographicStrategy:Thevendor'sstrategytodirect
resources,skillsandofferingstomeetthespecific
needsofgeographiesoutsidethe"home"ornative
geography,eitherdirectlyorthroughpartners,
channelsandsubsidiariesasappropriateforthat
geographyandmarket.
Customerfocus:Aerospikereceivedveryhighscoresforprofessionalservices,easeofoperation
andvalueformoney.Itsfocusontransactionalusecasescontinuestoresonatewithitstarget
customers,althoughthereisaverylowrateofreportedhybridtransactional/analyticalprocessing
(HTAP)use.
Scalability:SurveyrespondentsscoredAerospikenearthetopintermsofsupportedtransaction
volumes.
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Cautions
Agingpositioning:Aerospike'sinmemoryDBMSisnolongeracompetitiveadvantageasmost
vendorsofferinmemoryDBMSs.Aerospikehaslittletoofferfornewusecasesanddatatypes.
Managementturnover:ManagementturnoverhasslowedAerospike'splanningeffortsandlostit
momentumduetoanassociatedrevisionoffocusandthedefermentofmarketinginvestment.
Technicaldirection:AerospikestilllackssomebasicSQLandNoSQLfunctions,andhasprovided
littleguidanceaboutitstechnologyroadmap.
Altibase
HeadquarteredinSeoul,SouthKoreaandFortLee,NewJersey,U.S.,AltibaseoffersAltibaseHDB,anSQL
operationalDBMScapableofusinginmemory,solidstatedisk,traditionaldiskandhybridstorage.
AltibasealsoofferstheAltibaseXDB,aninmemoryonlyDBMS.Itsproductsareavailableonpremises,on
avirtualizedbasisandthroughcloudproviders.
Strengths
Performance:ReferencecustomersgaveAltibaselargelyaboveaveragemarksfortheoverall
performanceofitsoperationalDBMS.Theyparticularlyhighlighteditsperformanceforhighspeed
ingestion.
Expandinggeographicalpresence:ThecompanyisexpandingbeyonditsAsia/Pacificstronghold
throughaggressivegrowthofitspartnershipnetworkinCanada,EuropeandNorthAmericato
addressthetelecom,financialservicesandmanufacturingindustries.
Simplifiedpricing:Altibaseavoidslicensecomplexitybyincludingallfeatures,suchashigh
availability/disasterrecovery(HA/DR)replication,initscorelicense.Referencecustomersgave
Altibaseveryhighscoresforpricingsuitability.
Cautions
Customerexperience:Altibase'scustomerreferencecustomerscoresweregenerallyabove
average,butitsscoresinmostcustomerexperiencecategorieswerelowerthanlastyear's.Thisis
probablybecauseitisarapidlygrowingcompanywithafastincreasingcustomerbase.
Lackofmarketexpandingvision:Altibase'shybrid(memoryanddisk)visionisnow
commonplaceintheDBMSmarket.Ithasnotinnovatedintermsofmultimodelcapabilitiesand
risksbeingovertakenbymoreaggressivevendorsifitcannotexecuteitsdevelopmentroadmap.
Lackofmarketpresence:Surveyrespondentsidentifiedalackofreferencecustomersastheir
mainreasonfornotselectingAltibase.Additionally,GartnerclientsdonotoftenmentionAltibase
duringtheirinquirycalls.
AmazonWebServices
AmazonWebServices(AWS)isawhollyownedsubsidiaryofAmazon.com,headquarteredinSeattle,
Washington,U.S.AWSofferstheAmazonRelationalDatabaseService(RDS,forAurora,MicrosoftSQL
Server,MySQL,OracleandPostgreSQL)andAmazonDynamoDB(aNoSQLdocumentandkeyvalue
DBMS).
Strengths
Diverseproductcapabilities:AWSprovidesawiderangeofproductcapabilities,spanning
relationalandNoSQLtechnologies.Itcontinuestoreleasenewproductstomeetorexceedthe
market'sdemands.
Geographicavailability:BasedonAmazonElasticComputeCloud(EC2)andAmazonSimple
StorageService(S3),AWSsupports30availabilityzonesspanning19countriesandfivecontinents.
Whileallservicesarenotavailableinallzones,AWS'scloudinfrastructureisoneofthelargest,most
diverseandstable.
Easeofdoingbusiness:AWSscoredhighinthesurveyofreferencecustomersforeaseofdoing
business.ThreequartersofthemplantopurchaseadditionalservicesfromAWSwithinthenext12
months.
Cautions
Limitedonpremisescapabilities:AWS'sfocusoncloudbasedserviceshasnaturallylimitedits
productcapabilitiesforhybridclouddeploymentsofDBMSs.AlthoughAWSdoesprovidetoolsand
servicesaimedatsupportinghybriddeployments,customerswillneedtoevaluatetheironpremises
implementationrequirementscarefullytoensurethatAWS'shybridsolutionswillinteroperatewith
theirexistingorplannedassets.
Documentationandprofessionalservices:ReferencecustomersscoredAWSbelowaveragefor
support,documentationandprofessionalservices.ThiscouldbecomeasignificantissueasAWS
gainsmorenewcustomers.
Performance:AWSscoredbelowaverageforperformanceinthecustomerreferencesurvey,
althoughthismaybepartlyattributabletocustomers'understandingofcloudenvironmentsand
howbesttousethem.
BashoTechnologies
HeadquarteredinBellevue,Washington,U.S.,BashoTechnologiesoffersRiakKV,adistributed,
masterlesskeyvaluestore,andRiakS2,amultitenantcloudobjectstorecompatiblewithAWSS3.Both
areavailableinopensourceandcommercialenterpriseversions.In2015,BashointroducedtheBasho
DataPlatform,comprisingRiakKV,RiakS2,coreservicesforreplication,clustermanagementandadd
onsforintegrationwithApacheSpark,ApacheSolrandRedis.
Strengths
Resilienceandoperationalsimplicity:RiakKVandRiakS2providemultidatacenter
distributionandreplicationwithautomatedbalancingtheydonotfailuponserverfailureor
networkpartition.Inaddition,operationalsimplicitywasalsofrequentlyidentifiedasastrengthin
thesurveyofreferencecustomers.
Richfeatures:TheBashoDataPlatformaddspackagedstructureandmanagementcapabilitiesto
thealreadyrichfunctionalityofferedbyRiakKVandRiakS2.Thispositionsitwellforhybridcloud
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deploymentsandemergingtrendsliketheInternetofThings(IoT),whilealsoprovidingintegration
withnewtechnologieslikeApacheSpark.
Growingbaseofloyal,payingcustomers:Bashonowhasover200enterprisecustomers,with
significantgrowthbothoutsideandinsideitsestablishedbase,andanincreasinglystrongfinancial
performance.Astrongcommunityalsocontributestotheopensourceversionoftheproduct.
Cautions
Growingcompetition:ThemarketforNoSQLdatabasesiscrowded,withbothnewentrantsand
majorvendors(AWS,IBM,MicrosoftandOracle)addingcoreNoSQLfunctionalitytotheirportfolios.
ThisisreducingBasho'sdifferentiation.
Marketpresence:ThesurveyofreferencecustomersfoundthatBashowasevaluatedlessthan
3%ofthetimeasacandidateforoperationalDBMSusecases.Thisindicateslimitedawarenessof
Bashointhemarket.
Easeofprogrammingandpricing:ReferencecustomersscoredBashoamongthelowestfor
easeofprogramming,whichindicateschallengesininitialimplementationsofitstechnology.Basho
alsoreceivedlowscoresfromreferencecustomersforthesuitabilityofitspricingmodel.
Cloudera
HeadquarteredinPaloAlto,California,U.S.,ClouderaoffersClouderaEnterprise,acommercialversionof
ApacheHadoopforwhichApacheHBaseprovidestheoperationalDBMScapabilities.ClouderaEnterpriseis
availablebothonpremisesandthroughvariouscloudproviders.
Strengths
Financialstability:Clouderahasraisedover$1billioninventurefunding,andweestimatethatit
hasthehighest2014revenueoftheHBaseprovidersinthisMagicQuadrant.Ithasalsodeveloped
alargepartnerecosystem.
Performance,scalabilityandreliability:Cloudera'sreferencecustomersreportedrelativelyfew
issueswithsoftwarebugsandreliability,andtherewerenoreportsofinadequateperformanceor
scalability.
Customersatisfaction:Cloudera'sreferencecustomersscoredithigherthanaverageintermsof
theireaseofdoingbusiness.Mostindicatedanintentiontopurchaseadditionallicenses,productsor
featuresfromClouderainthenext12months.
Cautions
Focus:TheoperationalDBMSisonlyonecomponentofClouderaEnterprise.Itmay,therefore,
havetocompetefordevelopmentandsupportresourceswiththerestoftheproductsuite.
Operationaloutages:Referencecustomers'reportsindicatethat,ofthevendorsinthisMagic
Quadrant,Clouderahadthesecondhighestnumberofmajoroutagedaysinayear.
Migrationchallenges:ArelativelyhighpercentageofCloudera'sreferencecustomersconsidered
theirmigrationprocessacrossversionstobesomewhatcomplex.
Clustrix
HeadquarteredinSanFrancisco,California,U.S.,Clustrixoffersalowadministration,sharednothing,
distributedRDBMS,ClustrixDB,withreplicationandautoscaling.Itisavailableasonpremisessoftware
andinthecloud.
Strengths
Performanceandscalability:Clustrixprovidesextremescaleoutclusteringforperformanceand
availability,particularlyforclouddeploymentmodels.Referencecustomersrepeatedlyhighlighted
Clustrix'sscalabilityfeaturesasacoreproductstrength.
Customerandservicefocus:ReferencecustomersgaveClustrixscoreswellabovetheaveragein
mostcustomerexperienceareas.Noneofitscustomerexperiencescoreswerebelowaverage.
Expandingcloudintegration:Somereferencecustomersidentifiedaneedfortighterintegration
withinfrastructureasaservice(IaaS)providers,whichClustrixisworkingonaspartofitsstrategic
roadmap.
Cautions
Breadthofinnovation:ClustrixDBdoesnotofferemergingdatatypes,suchasJSONorgraph,
whicharebecomingcommonplace.Andalthoughtheproductdoesnotnecessarilyneedinmemory
featuresforperformance,Clustrixwillfindithardertopositionitselfasamarketinnovatorwithouta
betterarticulatedinmemoryproposition.
Growingcompetition:ThemarketfordistributedDBMSsofferingSQLcapabilitiesisincreasingly
crowded.Clustrixwillneedtoimproveitsmarketingexecutiontoattractattentionincompetition
withmanyothervendors.
Lackofvisibility:Despitesupportingseveralhighprofilecustomersandusecases,Clustrixis
largelyunknownoutsideitsecommercebase.Clustrix'scapabilitiesforIoTusecasesshouldenable
ittoincreaseitsvisibility,however.
Couchbase
HeadquarteredinMountainView,California,U.S.,CouchbaseoffersCouchbaseServer,anopensource,
distributedmultimodel(documentandkeyvalue)NoSQLDBMS.ItisofferedinCommunity,Enterprise
andLiteEditionsforonpremises,mobileorclouddeployment.
Strengths
Aggressivecapabilityexpansion:CouchbasehasaddedSQLcapabilitiestosimplifyoperations
andexpandaddressableusecases.Itsmultidimensionalscalingcapabilitiessupporttuningclusters
forspecificworkloadswhereWebscaleisrequired.
Marketingeffectiveness:CouchbaseisincreasingitsvisibilityintheoverallDBMSmarket.Users
ofGartner'sclientinquiryserviceshowincreasedawarenessofCouchbase.
Performanceandscalability:ReferencecustomersscoredCouchbaseabovetheaveragefor
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performanceandscalabilityandparticularlyforcrossdatacenterreplicationusecases.
Cautions
Usagedifficulties:ReferencecustomersgaveCouchbaselowscoresforsupportand
documentation.Theyalsogaveitbelowaveragescoresforeaseofimplementationand
programming.Theseissuesareparticularlyacuteasmostreferencecustomershavebeenin
productionwithCouchbaseforlessthantwoyears.
Proofofconceptperformance:Overall,59%ofreferencesurveyrespondentsdidnotselect
CouchbaseduetothepoorperformanceofitsDBMSduringaproofofconcept.
Smallcommunity:Despiterapidlygrowingattendanceatitseventsandconferences,and
increasingtractionforitsmobileoffering,Couchbasehasyettodevelopthesamebrandcachetwith
thedevelopercommunityasitsDBMScontemporaries.
DataStax
HeadquarteredinSantaClara,California,U.S.,DataStaxprovidesDataStaxEnterprise,acommercial
versionoftheopensourceApacheCassandradatabase.Theproductisdownloadableforonpremises
operation,aswellasthroughmultiplecloudproviders.
Strengths
Customersatisfaction:DataStax'sreferencecustomersgaveDataStaxEnterprisenearlytop
marksforitsautomateddatadistributionandhighspeedingestioncapabilities.Almostthree
quarters(72%)ofthemplantoexpandtheirengagementwithDataStaxduringthenext12
months.
Emergingenterprisestandard:NearlyhalfofDataStax'sreferencecustomersstatedthat
DataStaxEnterpriseisastandardoperationalDBMSintheirenterprise.ThisreflectsDataStax's
applicabilityformoderndatamanagementchallenges.
Expandingglobaldistribution:DataStaxhasexpandeditscommunityandcorporateglobal
operations.PartnershipswithMicrosoft(Azure)andHPhelpexpanditsglobalreach.
Cautions
Documentationandsupport:Severalreferencecustomersreporteddifficultieswiththeaccuracy
andavailabilityofDataStax'sdocumentation.Somewerealsodissatisfiedwiththelevelofexpertise
availablethroughitsenterprisesupportservice.
Skillschallenges:Almostonethird(30%)oftherespondentswhoevaluatedDataStaxdidnot
selectitduetoconcernsabouttheavailabilityofskills.DataStaxisaddressingthisissuewithonline
trainingandpartnerships.
Increasingcompetition:DataStaxfacessignificantcompetitionfromAWS'sDynamoDBand
GoogleCloudDatastore.Bothoffersimilardatamodelsinamanagedfootprint.DataStaxalso
competesagainstitsownopensourcefoundation,ApacheCassandra.
EnterpriseDB
HeadquarteredinBoston,Massachusetts,U.S.,EnterpriseDBsupportsandmarketsthePostgreSQLopen
sourceDBMS,packagedasanopensourcecommunityeditionandasPostgresPlusAdvancedServer.
Strengths
Communityleadership:EnterpriseDBistheprimarycontributortothePostgrescommunity,and
responsibleforrecentfeaturessuchasJSONsupport,materializedviewsandpartitioning.Increasing
numbersofusersofGartner'sofinquiryservicerecognizetheEnterpriseDBbrand.
Functionalityandcompatibility:GartnerclientsreportthatEnterpriseDB'sPostgresPlusOracle
compatibilityfeatureismorethansufficienttorunbothmissioncriticalandnonmissioncritical
applications.
Stability:ReferencecustomersratedEnterpriseDBhighlyforthestabilityofitsDBMS,andwere
satisfiedwithitsHA/DRfeatures.
Cautions
Performance:EnterpriseDBusersgaveitmoderatetolowscoresforperformanceandlowscores
foreaseofoperation.Thispossiblyreflectsthegreaterdemandsoftheincreasinglycomplex
workloadsthatEnterpriseDBispickingupinnewusecasesinvolvingmigrationsfromothervendors.
Customerfocus:RespondentsratedEnterpriseDBverylowforprofessionalservicesandeaseof
doingbusiness,whicharekeyattributesforitstargetedmainstreamcustomers.
Pricingexpectations:Perhapsbecauseofitsassociationwithanopensourcecommunity,
EnterpriseDBneedstomanageeconomicexpectationscarefully.Surveyedcustomersrateditlowfor
valueformoneyandthesuitabilityofitspricingmethod.EnterpriseDBrecentlymovedtoprocessor
corebasedpricingtoaddressthisissue.
FairCom
FairCom,whichwasfoundedin1979,isheadquarteredinColumbia,Missouri,U.S.,andprivatelyowned.
FairComctreeACE(AdvancedCoreEngine),oneoftheoldestNoSQLDBMSs,isafullyACID,keyvalue
storewithbothNoSQL(IndexedSequentialAccessMethod[ISAM])interfacesandSQL.Itsupports
transactionswithanembeddedorstandaloneengine.
Strengths
Strongtechnology:ctreeACEhasalonghistoryofstabilityandinnovationwithcrossplatform
support(Unix,Linux,OSXandWindows).ScalabilityandstrongHAstandoutamongitscapabilities.
Customerbase:FairCom'scustomerbaseencompassesbothstandaloneandembedded
implementations.ThestrengthandloyaltyofitscustomersprovidesrevenueforR&Dandsteady,if
slow,growthofitsorganization.
Verysatisfiedcustomers:Forthesecondyearinarow,FairComreceivedsomeofthehighest
overallscoresinoursurvey,withhighmarksforcustomersupport,professionalservices,
performance,easeofdoingbusiness,easeofoperationsandHA.Furthermore,almost70%ofits
referencecustomersreportednoproblems,and70%saidtheywouldpurchasemorefromit.
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Cautions
Competition:ThemostsignificantchallengetoavendorofFairCom'srelativelysmallsizeistokeep
growingandcompetingfornewcustomersagainstincreasedcompetitionfromnewstartupsinthe
NoSQLspaceandtheadditionalfunctionalityavailablefromtraditionallystrongvendors.
Marketingpresence:FairComlackspresenceinthegeneralDBMSmarketandmustincrease
awarenessofitsbrand.Itmustgrowbothitsmarketingorganizationandsalespresenceworldwide
abigtaskforasmallcompany.
Functionalityweakness:Surveyrespondentsmentionedsomeweakormissingfunctionality,but
werenotspecific.
Fujitsu
HeadquarteredinTokyo,Japan,FujitsuofferstheFujitsuOpenDataPlatform(nottobeconfusedwith
theOpenDataPlatformconsortiumforHadoopstandardization).TheOpenDataPlatformcomprises
FujitsuEnterprisePostgresinsoftware,anappliance(FujitsuIntegratedSystemPrimeflex),acloud
platform(FujitsuCloudIaaSTrustedPublicS5)andtheSymfowareAnalyticsServerfocusedonanalytical
usecases.
Strengths
Diversityofdeploymentoptionsandunifiedinterface:Fujitsucoversthefullspectrumof
deploymentoptions,withsoftware,applianceandcloudofferings,allofwhichhavethesame
Postgrescompatibleinterface.
Strongopensourcefocus:FujitsuiscommittedtocompatibilitywiththePostgreSQLopen
sourceDBMS.ItclaimsfullcompatibilitywiththeCommunityEdition,whileaddingadditional
performance,securityandHAfeatures.
Applianceoffering:Fujitsu'sPrimeflexappliancerepresentsahardwareoptimized,opensource
alternativetoproprietaryapplianceDBMSs.
Cautions
Limitedglobalrecognition:AlthoughstronginAsia/Pacificmarkets,Fujitsu'sglobalrecognitionas
aDBMSvendorremainsweak.Fujitsuwasnever"consideredbutnotselected"bythesurveyed
referencecustomers.
Easeofuse:Fujitsureceivedamongthelowestscoresinthereferencecustomersurveyforease
ofoperation.
Limitedalternativeusecases:Fujitsu'sofferingsarebasedonPostgreSQLanddonothave
strongcoverageofalternativeemergingtechnologies,suchasNoSQL,inmemorycomputingand
multimodelcapabilities.
Hortonworks
HeadquarteredinSantaClara,California,U.S.,HortonworksofferstheHortonworksDataPlatform,a
commerciallysupportedversionofApacheHadoop,withApacheHBaseprovidingtheoperationalDBMS
capabilities.Itisavailableonpremises,asanapplianceandthroughvariouscloudproviders.
Strengths
Marketclout:HortonworksreceivedthesecondhighestscoreofanyvendorinthisMagicQuadrant
formarketawarenessindicatorssuchasGartnerclientinquirycountsandpressmentions.Asoneof
themaincontributorstotheApacheHadoopproject,itishighlyvisibleinthemarket.
Supportforhighdataandtransactionvolumes:OneHortonworkscustomerreportedthe
secondlargestdatabasebyvolumeandhighestnumberoftransactionsprocessedperday.
Strongpartnerecosystem:Inadditiontoanextensivepartnernetwork,Hortonworks'
partnershipwithMicrosoftincludeshybriddeploymentacrossonpremisesandthecloudvia
MicrosoftAzureHDInsight.
Cautions
LackofdifferentiationwithApacheHBase:TheHortonworksDataPlatform'soperational
DBMS,ApacheHBase,althoughonlyonecomponentoftheoverallplatform,isalsoofferedby
Hortonworks'competitors.
Challengingimplementationanduse:ReferencecustomersawardedHortonworksthelowest
scoreofanyvendorinthisMagicQuadrantforeaseofimplementation,operationandprogramming,
qualityofsupportanddocumentation,andcomplexityofupgradesbetweenversions.
Challengeswithsalesexecutionandsatisfaction:ReferencecustomersgaveHortonworksthe
secondlowestscoreforsatisfactionwithpricing,andthelowestforeaseofdoingbusiness.However,
theyscoreditnearthetopforoverallvalueforthemoney.
IBM
HeadquarteredinArmonk,NewYork,U.S.,IBMoffersBigInsights(Hadoop),DB2forz/OS,DB2forLinux,
UnixandWindows,InformixandCloudant.Varyingdeploymentmodelsincludehardwarebundlingand
appliances,anddeploymentinIBM'sSmartCloudandthirdpartyclouds.
Strengths
Performanceandfeatures:IBM'smultipleenterprisewide,missioncriticalDBMSsofferings
challengeotherlargeDBMSvendorsbyofferingveryrichfeatures:aJSONAPIfordocumentstyle
capabilityclouddeliveryviaCloudantandBluemixResourceDescriptionFramework(RDF)for
graphmodelssupportforgeospatialandtimeseriescapabilitiesandasignificantrecent
commitmenttosupportApacheSpark.Althoughspreadacrossmultipleofferings,thesefeatures
covermostusecasesverythoroughly.
Hardwareintegration:DB2forz/OScreatesanefficientHTAParchitecturebyroutinganalyticsto
theIBMDB2AnalyticsAccelerator(IDAAforz/OS),reducingtheuse(andcost)ofSystemzMIPS.
OtherIBMproducts,suchasIBMPureDataSystemforTransactions,useintegratedhardwareand
software.
Globalpresence:IBMprovidessupport,implementationandservicesinmultipleverticalmarkets.
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Cautions
Salesandmarketingexecution:Gartner'sDBMSrevenuefiguresindicatethatIBM'smarket
sharedeclinedforthethirdconsecutiveyearin2014.IBMisfuelingitsgrowthbyintroducing
alternativemodeltypes,suchasCloudant,andsupportforApacheSpark,yetalowvolumeofclient
inquiriestoGartnersuggeststhatIBMisearlyinmakingthisinvestment.
Pricing:Forthethirdsuccessiveyear,surveyparticipantsgaveIBMlowscoresforsuitabilityof
pricingmodel.Furthermore,theyrankeditnearthebottomfortheirexperienceofdoingbusiness
withit.IBMistryingtoaddresstheseissueswithaggressivepricing,bundlingandsimplification
efforts.
Lowperformancescores:Surprisingly,surveyedIBMcustomersrateditinthebottomthirdfor
hightransactionrates,andnearthebottomforperformance.Additionally,IBMscoredbelowthe
meanforhighspeedingestionandautomateddatadistribution.
InterSystems
HeadquarteredinCambridge,Massachusetts,U.S.,InterSystemswasfoundedin1978.ItmarketsCach,
whichwasoriginallyanobjectorientedDBMSbutisnowahybrid,multimodel,NoSQL/SQLtransaction
engine.Cachhasastrongpositioninthehealthcaresector.
Strengths
Functionality:CachisamultimodelDBMSthatsupportsawidevarietyofdatatypeswithobject,
NoSQLandSQLmodels.ItalsohasstrongreplicationcapabilitiesforHA/DR,asisshownbystrong
scoresfromitsreferencecustomers.
Focusedexecution:AfterestablishingasolidproductandalargeISVecosystemthatisembraced
bythehealthcareindustry,InterSystemsisaddressingothermarketsandachievingearlysuccess.
Ofitssurveyedcustomers,85%plantobuymoreofitssoftware(thehighestfigureforavendorin
thisMagicQuadrant),upfrom60%in2014.
Performance:Forthesecondyearinarow,InterSystemsreceivedsomeofthehighestsurvey
scoresfortheoverallperformanceofCach.Italsohadthesecondhighestnumberofreference
customerswhomentionednoproblems.
Cautions
Marketperception:AlthoughInterSystemshasbranchedoutfromthehealthcaresector,itisstill
generallyperceivedasbeingahealthcareonlyprovider.Itmustdevelopastrongermarketvisionto
moveintothebroaderoperationalDBMSmarket.
Marketing:InterSystemsisamidsizeDBMSvendorwithpotentialforcontinuedgrowth,especially
as85%ofitsreferencecustomersplantopurchasemorefromit.Investmentinsalesand
marketingmustcontinueifInterSystemsistochallengethemarketleaders.
Documentation:InterSystemsreceivedrelativelylowscoresfromreferencecustomersforits
documentation.
MapR
HeadquarteredinSanJose,California,MapRprovidesMapREnterpriseDatabaseEdition,whichincludes
MapRDBandMapR'sHadoopdistribution.MapRDBisanoperationalDBMScompatiblewithApache
HBase.Itisavailableonpremisesandthroughvariouscloudproviders.
Strengths
Reliabilityandperformance:ReferencecustomersgaveMapRhighscoresforitsHA/DR
capabilitiesandperformance.
Marketresponsiveness:MapRhasaddressedmultiplemarketneedsbyofferingtrainingand
expandingitscloudofferingsandauditingsupport.
Easeofdoingbusiness:MapRreceivedthesecondhighestscorefromreferencecustomersfor
theiroverallexperienceofdoingbusinesswithavendor.Referencecustomerssaidtheyselected
MapRoversimilarcompetitorsduetoitsloweroperationalcost.
Cautions
Speedofcommunityupdates:Referencecustomershighlightedtheamountoftimeittakesfor
updatesoriginatingintheopensourcecommunitytomaketheirwayintotheMapRdistribution,
suchasApacheSpark.
Marketingchallenges:MapRlacksthevisibilityofmanyofitscompetitors.Thisdrawbackislikely
exacerbatedbyitsfocusonbothoperationalandanalyticalusecases.
Functionality:Almostonethird(30%)ofitsreferencecustomersidentifiedmissingfunctionality,
suchasauditingandeasybackwardcompatibility,asachallenge.Futurereleasesshouldaddress
several,ifnotall,ofthesegaps.
MariaDB
MariaDB,whichisheadquarteredinEspoo,Finland,marketsMariaDB,anopensource,inmemory
capable,multimodelRDBMSfullycompatiblewithOracleMySQLMariaDBMaxScale,adatabaseproxyfor
scalingMySQLandMariaDBandMariaDBEnterprise,acommerciallysupportedbundlewithenterprise
targetedaddoncomponents.AllareavailableonLinux,whereMariaDBisthedefaultDBMSintheRed
HatandSUSEdistributions,andonMicrosoftWindows.
Strengths
Richfunctionality:MariaDBoffersmultiplestorageengines,tunablepersistence,ACIDsupport
withtheInnoDB/XtraDBengine,graphstoragewithOpenQueryGraph(OQGraph),clustering,
scalabilitywithMariaDBMaxScale,andsupportforApacheCassandraandJSON.
Valueandreliability:ReferencecustomersscoredMariaDBsecondhighestforvalueformoney
and"noproblemsencountered,"withalowincidenceofmajoroutages.
Strongcommunityandpartnernetwork:MariaDB'svibrantMySQLusercommunityand
ecosystemincludescontributionsfromGoogleandpartnershipswithAWS(forAmazonRDSfor
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Aurora),IBM,Linuxdistributionvendors,Pivotal,Fusionio,organizationsofferingproductsfor
specialpurposestorageengines,management,backupandHA,andserviceproviders.
Cautions
Increasedcompetition:CompetitionfromotherMySQLandMySQLcompatiblevendorshas
grownsubstantially,withOracle'sEUconsentdecreenowexpired,PerconaandMemSQLgaining
visibility,andAWS'sreleaseofAmazonRDSforAurora.
Scaleandspeed:MariaDB'sreferencecustomersquantifiedthesizeoftheirlargestdatabaseat
onlyafewhundredgigabytes,withtransactionratesnearthelowestoverall.MariaDBhaspublic
multiterabytereferencesfromWikipediaandBooking.com,butwillrequiremoreterabytesizeand
highertransactionratereferencecustomerstocompeteatthehighend.
Focusonemergingmarketinfluences:MariaDBscoredbehindmostoftheothervendorsfor
emergingmarketneeds,suchassupportfortheIoTandgeodistribution.
MarkLogic
HeadquarteredinSanCarlos,California,MarkLogicoffersanACIDNoSQLdocumentstoreDBMSin
EssentialEnterprise,GlobalEnterpriseandMobileeditions,andafree,fullyfeatureddeveloperversion.It
canbedeployedvialeadingcloudandvirtualizationplatforms,includingthoseofAWSandVMware.
Strengths
Advancedfeatures:MarkLogicversion8,releasedinearly2015,addsJavaScriptandJSON
storagesupport,updatedSPARQLlanguageandinferencing,bitemporalcapabilitiesandimproved
incrementalbackup.MarkLogic'sroadmappointstoadditionalgovernanceandsemanticcapabilities.
Solidcustomerbaseandgrowth:MarkLogichasshownsubstantialgrowthincommercial
customernumbersandrevenue.Itraised$102millionin2015toaggressivelyexpandits
geographicalreach(oneoflastyear'sCautionsforthisvendor).
Reliability:MarkLogicreceivedoneofthetopthreescoresforlowestoutagetimeexperienced.
Cautions
Risksofaggressiveexpansion:MarkLogic'soverseasexpansionintoeightnewgeographiesand
severaladditionalindustriesisadmirablyaggressive,butmayrepresentalargegambleatsucha
rapidpace.Customersshouldmonitorthecompany'sfocusandattentiontorelationships.
Pricingchallenges:SurveyedcustomersrankedMarkLogiclowintermsofvalueformoneyand
suitabilityofpricingmodel.
Difficulttouse:Forthesecondsuccessiveyear,MarkLogicreceivedverylowmarksfromsurvey
respondentsforeaseofprogramming,easeofoperationandeaseofimplementation.
McObject
HeadquarteredinIssaquah,Washington,U.S.,McObjectofferseXtremeDBversion6.0,asmallfootprint
relationalinmemoryDBMSwithextendedarrayandvectorsupport.Since2001,millionsofcopiesof
eXtremeDBhavebeendeployedworldwideinembeddedandrealtimeapplications.
Strengths
Functionality:Typicallyembedded,eXtremeDBprovidesfullACIDandtunablepersistence,
multiversionconcurrencycontrol(MVCC),andclusteringandhybridstorageforscalability.
Partnerships:McObjecthaspartnershipswithEMC,HP,IBM,SanDiskandothers.Numerous
distributorsmarketitsproduct,andithascustomersworldwide.
Majorshiftindoingbusiness:Lastyear,McObjectreceivedthelowestscoreforeaseofdoing
business,butinour2015surveyitreceivedanaboveaveragescoreinthisregard.
Cautions
Marketclout:eXtremeDB'senginesandhorizontalandverticalscalabilityremainlittleknownin
themarket,asisindicatedbyourclientinquiryservice'sreceiptofnoinquiriesabouteXtremeDB
overthepastyear.
Increasingcompetition:InmemorycapabilitieshavebecomepervasiveacrosstheDBMSmarket.
McObject,previouslyaloneinthemarketinthisregard,isnowchallenged(especiallyasastand
aloneproduct)bymanyDBMSvendors,largeandsmall.
Customersatisfaction:SurveyedcustomersgaveMcObjectlowscoresforHA/DR,easeof
implementationandeaseofprogramming.Thesearenotallnewissuesandtheymayreflectthe
useoflowerlevelAPIsineXtremeDB.
MemSQL
MemSQLwasfoundedin2011andisheadquarteredinSanFrancisco,California,U.S.Itprovidesthe
MemSQLdistributedinmemoryACIDcompliantRDBMS,whichconvertsSQLtoC++throughcode
generationforincreasedefficiencyandperformance,incommunity,enterpriseandfederaleditions.Itis
compatiblewithMySQLandsupportsMySQLbasedapplications,aswellasapplicationconnectivityvia
OpenDatabaseConnectivity(ODBC)andJavaDatabaseConnectivity(JDBC).
Strengths
Innovation:MemSQL'sfunctionalitymeetsbothtraditionalandemergingrequirements(suchas
HTAP).ItscorednearthetopoverallforitsR&Dmodelandplatform/technologysupport,andit
continuestoinnovatetomeetemergingmarketneeds.
Richfunctionality:MemSQLoffersACIDcompliance,isfullyinmemory,supportsgeodistribution,
andismultimodel,withsupportforJSON,geospatialdataandApacheSpark.Thevendoralso
providesacompleteoperationscenterformanagementandmonitoring.
Easeofprogrammingandimplementation:ReferencecustomersgaveMemSQLthehighest
overallscoreforeaseofprogramming.Therewasnotasinglereportofdifficultyinimplementation
oruse.
Cautions
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Limitedmarketshareandfinancialstrength:MemSQLhasthelowestestimatedmarketshare
ofanyvendorinthisMagicQuadrant.Itwillneedtoincreaseitscustomerbaseandvisibilityquickly
inordertoincreaseitsfinancialstrength,ifitistocompeteandexecuteeffectively.
Challengeswithcustomerloyalty:Only30%ofMemSQL'sreferencecustomersindicatedan
intentiontopurchaseadditionallicenses,productsorfeaturesfromMemSQL.Thisisprobablydueto
lowcustomernumbersandlimiteduse.
Limitedgeographicreach:MemSQLhaslimitedglobalpresenceforsalesandsupport.Althoughit
offersworldwidesupport,withstaffpresentintheU.S.,EasternEurope,theMiddleEastandIndia,
itslimitedregionalmarketingandsalesstaffandglobalpartnerslimititsabilitytogrowitspresence.
Microsoft
HeadquarteredinRedmond,Washington,U.S.,MicrosoftmarketsitsSQLServerDBMSfortheoperational
DBMSmarket,aswellastheMicrosoftAzureSQLDatabase(aDBMSplatformasaservice),andthe
NoSQLDBMSsMicrosoftAzureDocumentDBandAzureTables.
Strengths
Marketvision:Microsoft'smarketleadingvisionconsistsofNoSQL(AzureDocumentDBandAzure
Tables),cloudofferings(includinghybridcloud),theuseofanalyticsintransactions(HTAP)and
supportformobility.Itsvisionforinmemorycomputingacrossproducts,hybridcloud
implementationsanda"cloudfirst"strategyisaheadofitscompetitors.
Strongexecution:MicrosoftSQLServerisanenterprisewide,missioncriticalDBMScapableof
competingwithproductsfromtheotherlargeDBMSvendors.Gartner's2014marketsharedata
showsMicrosoftastheNo.2vendorintermsoftotalDBMSrevenue.
Performanceandsupport:Referencecustomerswereverypositive,withtheperformanceofSQL
Server,documentation,support,easeofinstallation,integrationandoperationallratedhighly.
Cautions
Marketimage:AlthoughSQLServerisanenterpriseclassDBMS,Microsoftcontinuestostruggle
todispelaperceptionofweaknessinthisarea.InquiriesfromGartnerclientsdemonstratea
continuingperceptionthatSQLServerisnotusedformissioncriticalenterprisewideapplications
aviewthatinhibitswideruseofSQLServerasaprimary,enterpriseclassDBMS.
Lackofanappliance:Microsoftstilllacksanappliancefortransactions(onecomparabletoits
MicrosoftAnalyticsPlatformSystem,formerlyParallelDataWarehouse).Bycontrast,itsmajor
competitors(IBM,OracleandSAP)allofferone,asdoesonenewentranttotheMagicQuadrant
(Fujitsu).
Pricing:Microsoftreceivedbelowaverageratingsforpricingsuitability,aproblemthatstemsfrom
thepricingmodelchangesimplementedinSQLServer2012.Microsoft'scloudofferingsappeartobe
partiallymitigatingthisconcern.
MongoDB
HeadquarteredinNewYorkCity,NewYorkandPaloAlto,California,U.S.,MongoDBoffersMongoDB
EnterpriseAdvanced,adocumentstyleDBMS,aswellascloudandonpremisesmanagementtools.
Strengths
RobustDBMSvision:MongoDBhasdefinedanexpansiveroadmap,movingbeyonditsNoSQL
rootstoencompassnewusecasesandtodisrupttraditionalvendors.Itappearstobeexecutingon
thatvision.
Servicedelivery:ReferencecustomersratedMongoDBveryhighlyforprofessionalservicesand
easeofdoingbusiness.
Revitalizedexecutiveteam:MongoDBhascompletedrestaffeditsexecutiveteam,bringingin
significantexperienceinsalesandmarketingexecution.Inaddition,itspartnershipnetworkhas
morethandoubledinsize,increasingthecompany'sglobalreach.
Cautions
Customerexperiencescores:MongoDB'sreferencecustomerscoresremainhigh,butitsscores
inmostcustomerexperiencecategoriesweredownfromlastyear.
Poorperformanceinpilots:Overonethird(38%)ofthesurveyrespondentsthatdidnotselect
MongoDBcitedpoorperformanceinpilotsandproofsofconceptasthereason,whilemorethan
onequarter(27%)selected"Other,"unspecifiedreasonsfornotselectingMongoDB.
Pricingchallenges:ReferencecustomersratedthesuitabilityofMongoDB'spricingmethodabove
average,butrecentinquiriesfromGartnerclientsindicatedissatisfactionwithrenegotiatedcontract
pricing.
NeoTechnology
NeoTechnologyisheadquarteredinSanMateo,California,U.S.Neo4jisanativegraphstyleNoSQLDBMS
capableofhandlingtransactionswithACIDsupportandclusteringforscalabilityandHA.Thefirst
generallyavailableversionofNeo4jwasreleasedin2010asanopensourceoffering.Shortlythereafter,
NeoTechnologybecameanincorporatedcompany,basedinSiliconValley.Neo4jisofferedasbothan
opensourceCommunityEditionandanEnterpriseEdition.
Strengths
NativegraphDBMS:Neo4jisanativegraphstyleDBMS(asopposedtoanexistingDBMSto
whichgraphcapabilitieshavebeenadded).ItisengineeredforperformancewithtransactionalACID
capabilitiesinasingleinstance,offerstunableconsistencyacrossclustersforscalability,andfeatures
supportforusecasesbeyondbasicgraphfunctionality.
Supportandprofessionalservices:Neoreceivedhighmarksforitssupportandservicesinthe
referencecustomersurvey.
Growthandmarketpresence:Neocontinuestogeneratestronginterestin,andgrowthfrom,
bothitsopensourceversionandtheEnterpriseEdition.Ithasastrongmarketpresenceinthe
graphDBMSspace.
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Cautions
Graphmodel:ThegraphDBMSmodelcanbedifficulttounderstand,whichlengthensthelearning
curve.Neowillfaceincreasedcompetitionasothervendors,inboththerelationalandtheNoSQL
space,addgraphcapabilitytotheirofferings.
Challengingupgrades:Referencecustomersidentifiedchallengeswhenupgradingtonew
versions,particularlyintheareaofHA/DR.
Dataingestionperformance:Referencecustomersagainidentifieddataingestionasachallenge.
Neoreceivedamongthelowestscoresinthereferencecustomersurveyfordataingestion
performance,althoughcustomersdoreportsignificantimprovementsinthelatestrelease.
NuoDB
HeadquarteredinCambridge,Massachusetts,U.S.,NuoDBprovidesanoperationalSQLDBMSdesignedto
scalehorizontally(geographically)andelastically.NuoDBsupportsonpremises,cloudandhybridcloud
deployments,andisavailableinCommunityandEnterpriseEditions.NuoDBisalsoavailableonthe
AmazonCloudMarketplace.
Strengths
Geodistributed,flexibledeploymentoptions:NuoDB'sgeodistributedSQLdatabasewithACID
transactionalconsistencycanrunonpremises,inthecloud,orinhybridcloudconfigurations
spanningmultipleclouddatacentersandonpremisesimplementations.
Deliveryandsupport:NuoDBreceivedhighscoresforeaseofprogrammingandimplementation,
supportanddocumentation,andpricing.Overallscoresforcustomersupportandeaseofdoing
businesswerealsoexcellent.
Multimodelsupport:InadditiontoanACIDcompliantSQLdatabaseimplementation,NuoDB
offersacapablemultimodelDBMSwithNoSQLenginessupportinggraph,documentandkeyvalue
functionality.
Cautions
Inconsistentexperience:AlthoughNuoDBreceivedseveraltopscoresforservicedelivery,
documentationandsupport,referencecustomerswhowerenotfullofpraisewerehighlycritical.As
arelativelynewvendor,NuoDBisstillperfectingitsserviceandsupport.
Productmaturityandstability:EarlyexperienceswithNuoDB(asreportedinresponsestothe
customersurvey)reflectsomeoperationalavailabilitychallenges,althoughcustomersdoreport
improvementswithnewerreleases.Additionally,fewerthanhalfthereferencecustomersprovided
wereinfullproductionwithNuoDB.
Limitedmarketawareness:ThereferencecustomersurveydataindicatesthatNuoDBisrarely
shortlistedbythosewhodonotchooseit.Limitedglobalpresenceandanascentpartnersystem
meanthatNuoDBhasyettoattractthenumbersofcustomersneededtoestablishmarket
momentum.
Oracle
HeadquarteredinRedwoodShores,California,U.S.,OraclemarketsacompletesetofDBMSproductsfor
operationalsystems.TheseincludeOracleDatabase,OracleTimesTen,OracleBerkeleyDB,OracleNoSQL
DatabaseandMySQL.Inadditiontostandalonesoftwareandcloudversions,severalofOracle'sDBMSs
areavailableinengineeredsystems(appliances).
Strengths
Broadrangeofofferings:Oraclestillhasthebroadestproductportfoliointhismarket,covering
DBMSsformultiplepurposes(RDBMS,NoSQL,streamingdataandmobile).Also,itoffersdeliveryin
thecloud,onappliancesandasstandalonesoftware.AccordingtoGartner's2014statistics,Oracle
remainstheleaderforDBMSmarketsharebyrevenue.
Functionalityandinnovation:Oracleoffersextensivefunctionality,withmanynewfeatures
(suchasJSONdata)andoptionssuchasOracleDatabaseInMemoryandOracleMultitenant.Oracle
isalsopioneeringDBMSfunctionalityonsilicon,withnewSPARCM7andT7chipsscheduledfor
deliveryin2015.
Pricingflexibility:Inresponsetocustomerdemand,OraclenowoffersCapacityonDemand
licensingandflexibleconfigurationsforitsDBMSonitsExadataEngineeredSystem.Thishelps
reduceentryandupgradecosts,bothofwhichhadpreviouslybeenidentifiedasbarrierstoadoption.
Cautions
Perceivedlockin:AlthoughOracle'sDBMSarefullyportableacrosssupportedplatforms,Gartner's
clientinquiryservicecontinuestoindicateareluctancetopurchaseEngineeredSystemssuchas
ExadataandSuperCluster.
Customervalueproposition:Asin2014,referencecustomersgaveOraclethelowestscoresin
thisMagicQuadrantforvalue,basedoncostandthesuitabilityofthepricingmodel.Over40%ofall
thesurveyrespondentswhodidnotchooseanOracleDBMSidentifiedcostasthereason.
Increasingdisillusionment:AgrowingnumberofusersofGartner'sclientinquiryserviceexpress
dissatisfactionwithOracle's"draconian"pricingandauditingpoliciesthenumberoftheseusers
lookingforalternativestoOraclesoftwareisincreasing
OrientTechnologies
LocatedinLondon,U.K.,OrientTechnologies'operationalDBMS,OrientDB,althoughpredominantlya
graphdatabase,includesfeaturesfoundindocumentstoredatabases,makingitmultimodel.The
databasecanrunonpremises,butisalsoembeddable,andthereisacloudofferingavailablethrough
AWS,MicrosoftAzureandDigitalOcean.
Strengths
Multimodel:Referencecustomersareusingboththedocumentandthegraphcapabilitiesof
OrientDB,andfewareusingotherNoSQLdatabases.Thisillustratestheapplicabilityofthe
multimodelapproachtomultipleusecases.
Solidtechnology:Inadditiontomultimodelcapabilities,OrientDBhasfunctionalitynotfoundin
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othergraphstyleDBMSs(suchassupportforJSONandSQL),aswellasstrongersecurityandthe
abilitytobeembedded.
Valueformoney:ReferencecustomersgaveOrienttopmarksforpricingsuitability.Theyalso
rateditveryhighlyforvalueformoneyandeaseofdoingbusiness.
Cautions
Smallsize:OrientisoneofthesmallervendorsinthisMagicQuadrant,andhaslimitedresources.
Althoughitisgainingsomelargecustomersandgrowingitsorganizationglobally,asitgrowsitwill
encountermanychallengesintermsofsupport,salesandmarketing.
Limitedglobalfootprint:Althoughitisbeginningtoincreaseitsmarketing,andalthoughitslistof
globalcustomersisgrowing,Orienthasnotmarketeditsofferingseffectivelytoawidegeographical
baseofprospectivecustomers.
Support,documentationandbugs:Orientreceivedoneofthelowestscoresinoursurveyfor
supportanddocumentation.Furthermore,ahighpercentageofitsreferencecustomerscitedbugs
initssoftwareasaproblem.
Percona
HeadquarteredinDurham,NorthCarolina,U.S.,Perconadeliversenterpriseclass,opensourceversions
ofMySQLviaitsPerconaServerandPerconaXtraDBClusterproducts,andofMongoDBviaPercona
TokuMXandPerconaServerforMongoDB.Perconaprovidessupport,consultingandmanagedservicesfor
MySQL,MariaDB,AmazonRDS,OpenStackandMongoDB,aswellasitsownsolutions.
Strengths
Commitmenttoopensourcesoftware:Perconacontributesallitsinnovationstothe
communityversionsofMySQLandMongoDB,includingenterpriseclassfeaturessuchasclustering.
Onlyitsmanagementandmonitoringsoftwareisproprietary.
Satisfiedcustomers:Percona'sreferencecustomersscoredithighestofallthevendorsforoverall
customersentiment,highestforprofessionalservices,secondhighestforautomateddata
distributioncapabilities,andinthetopfourforcustomersupporttrackrecord.
Valueformoney:ReferencecustomersscoredPerconaveryhighlyforvalueformoney,behind
onlyFairCom.
Cautions
Limitedindustrystrategy:Perconadoesnotprovideanyindustryspecificsolutionsor
functionality,anditssalesteamslackthislevelofspecialization.Itisthereforelimitedinitsabilityto
appealtocustomersandtocompeteatthislevel.
Limitedfocusonemergingmarketinfluences:PerconaprovidesbothrelationalandNoSQL
DBMSs,whichenablesittosupportvariousconsistencymodelsandgeodistributionviaTokuMX.
However,therearenostatedplanstoextendTokuMXintoamultimodelcapableengine,likeits
NoSQLcompetitors.Furthermore,thereisnoinmemorycolumnstoreforanalytics,andthereare
nostatedplanstosupportIoTdataandapplications.
Limiteddifferentiation:Percona'sofferingscompetedirectlywiththoseofMariaDB,MongoDB,
Oracle(MySQL)andAWS(AmazonRDSforAurora),vendorsthatareplacedhigherontheAbilityto
Executeaxis.Withoutsignificantfunctionalitydifferentiationorindustrysolutions,Perconamaylose
outtocompetitors.
RedisLabs
HeadquarteredinMountainView,California,U.S.,RedisLabsprovidesacommerciallybacked
implementationoftheRedisdatastructurestore(anadvancedkeyvaluelikeDBMS)inbothcloud(Redis
Cloud)andonpremises(RedisLabsEnterpriseCluster)versions.RedisLabsaddscorefunctionalityto
opensourceRedisforclusteringandHA,andadvancedcapabilitiesfordataprocessingoverandabove
traditionalkeyvalueimplementations.ItalsoprovidesMemcacheDCloud.
Strengths
Performanceandcaching:RedisLabscustomersreportedtransactionvolumesandpeakrates
thatwereamongthehighestforthevendorsinthisMagicQuadrant.Scoresforoverallperformance
werealsoverygood.Redisalsoservesasacorecachingengineforothercomplementarydatabase
technologies.
Customerexperience:RedisLabstoppedthereferencecustomerscoresforoverallexperienceof
doingbusinesswithavendor.Itsscoresforeaseofimplementation,easeofoperation,HA/DR,ease
ofprogrammingandprofessionalserviceswerealsoamongthehighest.
Verticalbusinesssolutions:RedisLabsprovidesalibraryofverticallyfocusedfunctionsfor
gaming,locationbasedapplications,onlineadvertisingandtheIoT,whichaddstoitseaseof
implementation.
Cautions
Growingperceivedcompetition:RedisLabs'datastructurestoreimplementationisoften
confusedwithtraditionalkeyvaluedatabases.Althoughitofferssignificantcapabilitiesover
traditionalkeyvaluedatastores,majorvendorswillcontinuetoaddbasickeyvaluefunctionality
(suchasinMicrosoftAzureTablesandOracleNoSQL,bothalreadyavailable),whichwillcreate
additionalcompetition.
Marketpresence:Inthereferencecustomersurvey,RedisLabswasevaluatedonly3%ofthe
timeasacandidateforoperationalDBMSusecasesbythosenotselectingit.Thisindicateslimited
awarenessofRedisLabsandthefullcapabilitiesitoffers.
Revenuemodel:RedisLabs'revenueremainsrelativelymodest,accordingtoGartner'sestimates.
Extrafundingwillbeneededtoachievethedesiredmarketgrowth.Arecent$15millionofSeries
"B"roundventurecapitalfundingshouldhelp.
SAP
HeadquarteredinWalldorf,Germany,SAPhasseveralDBMSproductsthatareusedfortransaction
systems:SAPAdaptiveServerEnterprise(ASE),SAPSQLAnywhereandSAPHana.Allthreeareavailable
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assoftwareonly(SAPHanaasTailoredDatacenterIntegration[TDI]),whileSAPHanaisalsomarketedas
anappliance.SAPASEandSAPHanaarealsoavailableascloudofferings.
Strengths
StrongDBMSgrowth:Gartner'smarketstatisticscontinuetoshowstronggrowthforSAPacross
allthreeDBMSproducts.AccordingtoSAP,Hanahadover8,000customersasof2Q15.
InmemoryDBMSleader:SAPremainsaleaderwithitsvisionforHTAP,withover2,000
customersofSuiteonHanaandS/4Hana,wherethetransactionsandanalyticsrunonasingle,in
memorycolumnstoreDBMS.
Cloudsupport:WiththeintroductionoftheHanaCloudPlatform(HCP),SAPhascombinedSAP
HanaandSAPASEintoasingleclouddbPaaSoffering,includingbothinmemoryandtraditional
DBMStechnology.
Cautions
Assertivemarketingandselling:AmajorconcernisthezealouswayinwhichSAPdrivesclients
toitsSAPHanasoftwareasageneralpurposeplatform.UsersofGartner'sclientinquiryservice
provideevidencethattheplatformisnotyetsufficientlyfunctionalforthis.
Qualityconcerns:Thenumberofsurveyrespondentsreportingsoftwareandbugswasthe
highestofallthevendorsinthisMagicQuadrant.Coupledwiththesecondlowestscoreforsupport,
thisraisesquestionsaboutthequalityofSAP'sDBMSsoftwareanditsabilitytosupportit.
Operationalperception:AlthoughSAPhasmadeimprovementstoitssoftwareandservices,the
surveyedcustomers(forSAPHana,SAPASEandSAPSQLAnywhere)awardeditlowscoresfor
professionalservices,performanceandHA/DRcapabilities,andthesecondlowestscorefortheir
experienceofdoingbusinesswithavendor.
TmaxSoft
HeadquarteredinBundangguintheSeoulCapitalArea,SouthKorea,TmaxSoft(formerlyTmaxData),
providesTibero,anSQLRDBMSfeaturingvariousclusteringoptions,integratedencryptionand
compatibilitywithothervendors'DBMSproducts.Itisavailableonpremises,inthecloudandviaan
appliance.
Strengths
Customersupportsatisfaction:ReferencecustomersscoredTmaxSofthighestoverallforlackof
problemsencountered,extremelystraightforwardupgradesbetweenversions,andintentionto
purchaseadditionallicenses,productsorfeaturesoverthenext12months.
Highcompatibilityandreducedtotalcostofownership(TCO):Tiberomaintainshigh
compatibilitywithmanyDBMSs(EnterpriseDBPostgresPlus,IBMDB2,MicrosoftSQLServerand
OracleDatabase)forcodefreemigrationandoperationatalowerTCO.
Supportformixedworkloads:TiberoincludesseveralfeaturesforefficientHTAPprocessing,
includingbitmappedindexes,specializedtransformationforstarschemaswithoptimizedjoin
queries,andautomaticcreationofpartitionsbyinsertiontimeframe.
Cautions
Limitedgeographictraction:TmaxSofthasyettogainsignificanttractionoutsideSouthKorea,
butitisaddressingthisbyopeningregionalheadquartersintheU.S.,EuropeandAsia/Pacific.Itis
alsoopeningmorelocalofficesworldwide.
Unevencustomerexperience:SomereferencecustomersgaveTmaxSoftarelativelylowscore
fortheirexperienceofdoingbusinesswiththecompany.UsersoftheGartner'sclientinquiryservice
havealsoindicatedsomesatisfactionissues.
Limitedsupportforemergingrequirements:Tiberodoesnotyetincludesupportformany
emergingneeds,suchasmultimodelsupportandgeodistribution.However,manyofthesefeatures
areplannedforthenextversion.
VoltDB
HeadquarteredinBoston,Massachusetts,U.S.,VoltDBmarketsanopensource,inmemoryrowstore
operationalRDBMSforsharednothingclusters.Itisavailableinseveralpackageformatsforleadingcloud
andvirtualizationplatforms.
Strengths
Operationalintegration:RDBMS,ACIDsupport,tunableconsistency,faulttolerance,JSON/SQL
integration,andHadoopandKafkasupportandpartnershipsdriveVoltDB'sroleinemerging"fast
data"usecasesrequiringahighspeedtransactionalengine.OverhalfofVoltDB'scustomersuseits
softwareforHTAP.
Performance:AsexpectedforaninmemoryDBMSvendor,VoltDBreceivedhighscoresfrom
surveyedreferencecustomersfortheoverallperformanceofitsproduct,includingthehighestscore
forhighspeeddataingestion.
Customersatisfaction:VoltDBreceivedveryhighsurveyratingsforvalueformoneyandeaseof
doingbusiness.MostsurveyedcustomersareusingitsHA/DRandautomateddatadistribution
capabilities,andtheyratethemwell.
Cautions
Featuregaps:VoltDB'sHTAPcustomerresultsareencouraging,butitsgeospatialsupportremains
aworkinprogress.Noneofthesurveyedcustomersuseitsofferingfordistributedvariabledatause
cases.
Slowexpansion:VoltDB'ssmall,U.S.centricsalesorganizationandmodestecosystemare
growing,thankstotheadditionofsellingpartners,butthecompany'ssmallsizestilllimitsitsability
toreachnewcustomers.VoltDB'scustomercountremainslow,asdoesthevolumeofinquiries
Gartnerreceivesaboutthisvendor.
Funding:VoltDB'srevenueremainsrelativelymodest,accordingtoGartner'sestimates.OEMsales
helpwithrevenuegeneration,andadditionalfundinghascontinuedtoarriveinrelativelymodest
increments,withanadditional$10millionroundofventurecapitalfunding.VoltDBneedsto
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increaseitsmarketingexpendituretocreateafastgrowthenvironment.
VendorsAddedandDropped
WereviewandadjustourinclusioncriteriaforMagicQuadrantsandMarketScopesasmarketschange.As
aresultoftheseadjustments,themixofvendorsinanyMagicQuadrantorMarketScopemaychange
overtime.Avendor'sappearanceinaMagicQuadrantorMarketScopeoneyearandnotthenextdoes
notnecessarilyindicatethatwehavechangedouropinionofthatvendor.Itmaybeareflectionofa
changeinthemarketand,therefore,changedevaluationcriteria,orofachangeoffocusbythatvendor.
Added
AmazonWebServices
Fujitsu
Hortonworks
MemSQL
OrientTechnologies
Percona
RedisLabs
Dropped
Pivotal:ThisvendorparticipatedinthecompleteMagicQuadrantprocessbysubmittingaresponse
toourRFIandsupplyingdetailsoftherequisitenumberofreferencecustomersforthesurvey
originally,therefore,itappearedtoqualifyforinclusioninthisMagicQuadrant.InSeptember2015,
PivotalinformedGartnerthatithadremovedGemFireXDandSQLFirefromsaleinDecember2014,
butGartnerunderstoodthat,inlate2013,SQLFire(aninmemoryDBMS)andGemFire(anin
memorydatagrid)hadbeencombinedintoasingleproduct,GemFireXD,whichwasrenamed
GemFirein2014.However,PivotalalsoinformedusinSeptember2015thatthiswasnotthecase
thatGemFireisnotaDBMSbutonlyadatagrid.Assuch,Pivotalnolongerqualifiesforinclusion
inthisMagicQuadrantandhasbeendropped.
InclusionandExclusionCriteria
TobeincludedinthisMagicQuadrant,vendorsandproductshadtomeetthefollowingcriteria:
Softwareavailability:VendorsmusthaveDBMSsoftwarethathasbeengenerallyavailableforlicensing
orsupporteddownloadforatleastayear,asofmidnight,U.S.EasternDaylightTimeon1July2015.
Softwarereleases:Weusethemostrecentgenerallyavailablereleaseofthesoftwaretoevaluate
currenttechnicalcapabilities.Wedonotconsiderbeta,"earlyaccess,""technologypreview,""rampup"
orotherreleasesthatarenotgenerallyavailable.Forreferencecustomersandtheirsurveyresponses,all
versionscurrentlyusedinproductionareadmissible.Whenolderversionsareinuse,weconsider
whetherlaterreleasesmayhaveaddressedreportedissues,butalsotherateatwhichcustomersmove
tonewerversions.
Featureavailability:Productevaluationsincludetechnicalcapabilities,featuresandfunctionality
presentintheproductorsupportedfordownloadthroughmidnight,U.S.EasternDaylightTimeon1July
2015.Capabilities,productfeaturesorfunctionalityreleasedafterthisdatecouldbeincludedatGartner's
discretionandinamannerGartnerdeemedappropriatetoensurethequalityofourresearchonbehalfof
ournonvendorclients.Wemayconsiderhowsuchlaterreleasesmightreasonablyimpacttheenduser
experience.
Customersandrevenue:Vendorsmustgenerateaminimumof$20millioninverifiableannual
softwarerevenue,ormaintainaminimumof100verifiableanddistinctorganizationswithoperational
DBMSsinproduction.Inaddition,aminimumof10customerresponsestoGartner'ssurvey
questionnairewasrequired.Revenuecanbefromlicenses,supportand/ormaintenance.Gartnermay
includeadditionalvendors,basedonundisclosedreferences,incasesofknownuseforclassifiedbut
unspecifiedpurposes.Forthisyear'sMagicQuadrant,thequestionnairewasproducedinEnglishonly.
Support:VendorsmustprovidesupportfortheseoperationalDBMSproduct(s).Foranopensource
DBMS,maintenanceandsupportmustbeavailablefromavendorthatowns,orhassubstantialcontrol
over,thesourcecodeandbeofferedwithafullGeneralPublicLicense(oranalternative).
Services:Vendorsmustdemonstratetheirabilitytodeliverthenecessaryservicestosupport
transactionsystemsviatheestablishmentanddeliveryofsupportprocesses,professionalservices,and/or
committedresourcesandbudget.
Geographicalavailability:VendorsmustdemonstratesupportforoperationalDBMScustomersinat
leasttwoofthemajorgeographicregions:NorthAmerica,LatinAmerica,Europe,theMiddleEastand
Africa,andAsia/Pacific.
Excludedproducts:SomeproductsareexplicitlyexcludedfromthisMagicQuadrant.
Productsthat"addalayer"toandthatrequireorembedacompleteornearcompleteimplementationof
anothercommerciallymarketedproduct(suchasOracleMySQL)areexcluded.
Highlyspecializedengines,suchasgraphonly,textonlyorobjectorientedDBMSs,whichmayperform
sometransactionsintargetingsmallsubsetsofoperationalusecasesareexcluded.
ProductscoveredbytechnologieslistedintheReplacementphaseof"ITMarketClockforDatabase
ManagementSystems,2015"areexcluded.
"Streaming"engines,whoseusecasesaredominatedbyimmediateeventprocessing,andwhichare
rarely,ifever,usedforsubsequentmanagementofthedatainvolved,areexcluded.
OtherproductcategoriesexcludedfromthisMagicQuadrantare:
EmbeddedonlyDBMSproducts
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DatawarehouseonlyDBMSproducts
PrerelationalDBMSproducts
Datagridproducts
Complexeventprocessingengines
EvaluationCriteria
AbilitytoExecute
AbilitytoExecutecriteriaareprimarilyconcernedwithvendors'capabilitiesandmaturity.Criteriaunder
thisheadingalsoconsiderproducts'portabilityandtheirabilitytoscaleandrunindifferentoperating
environments(givingthecustomerarangeofoptions).AbilitytoExecutecriteriaarecriticalto
customers'satisfactionandsuccesswithaproduct,sointerviewswith,andsurveyresponsesfrom,
referencecustomersareweightedheavilythroughout.
ProductorserviceincludesthetechnicalattributesoftheDBMS(s),aswellasfeaturesandfunctions
builtspecificallytomanagetheDBMSwhenusedasplatformfortransactions,interactionsand
observations.WeincludeHA/DR,performanceandscalability,andsupportformultipledeployment
options(suchasvirtualizationcloudandhybridcloud/onpremises),multipledevelopmentlanguages,and
newhardwareandmemorymodels.Theseattributesareevaluatedacrossavarietyofdatabasesizesand
applicationworkloads.Wealsoconsidertheautomatedmanagement,toolsandresourcesnecessaryto
manageadatabaseenvironment,especiallyasitscalestomorecomplexapplicationworkloads.Finally,
weconsidertheflexibilityoftheDBMStoincorporatenewdatatypes,applicationtypes,andnew
requirementsfordistributingdataacrossmultipleserversandgeographies.
Overallviabilityincludescorporateaspectssuchastheskillsofthepersonnel,financialstability,
researchanddevelopment(R&D)investment,andmergerandacquisitionactivity.Italsocoversthe
management'sabilitytorespondtomarketchangesandthecompany'sabilitytoweathermarket
difficulties(crucialforlongtermsurvival).Vendorsarefurtherevaluatedontheircapabilitytoestablish
dominanceinmeetingaspecificmarketdemand.
Salesexecution/pricingcoverstheprice/performanceandpricingmodelsoftheDBMS,andtheability
ofthesalesforcetomanageaccounts(judgingfromfeedbackfrominterviews,surveysandinquiry
interactionswithourclients).WealsoconsiderthemarketshareoftheDBMSsoftwareproduct(s).Also
consideredarethediversityandinnovativenatureofthevendor'spackagingandpricingmodels,including
theabilitytopromoteandselltheproductsglobally.
Marketresponsiveness/recordincludesthediversityofthevendor'sofferingsinresponsetochanging
marketdemand(forexample,itsabilityandflexibilitytoofferappliances,clouddeployment,newdata
typesandnewprogrammingrequirements).Weconsidergeneralmarketperceptionsofvendorsandtheir
products.Weassessvendors'abilitytoadapttomarketchangesduringtheprevious18monthsandtheir
flexibilityinresponsetomarketdynamicsoveralongerperiod.
Marketingexecutionevaluatessuchactivitiesasleadgeneration,includingtraditionalmethodsand
Internetenabledtrialsoftwaredelivery,andtheexecutionofchanneldevelopmentthroughpartnering
agreements(includingcoseller,comarketingandcoleadmanagementarrangements).Alsoconsidered
arevendors'coordinationanddeliveryofeducationandmarketingeventsthroughouttheworldand
acrossverticalmarkets,andthecreationandsupportof"community"activitiesthathelptoraise
awarenessanddevelopskillsamongbuyersandprospectivebuyers.
Customerexperienceisassessedprimarilyonthebasisofinterviewswith,andsurveyresponsesfrom,
vendors'referencecustomers,aswellasdiscussionswithusersofGartner'sinquiryserviceduringthe
previoussixquarters.Weconsidervendors'trackrecordofproofsofconcept,customers'perceptionsof
theirproduct(s),andcustomers'loyaltytothevendors(thisreflectstheirtoleranceofvendors'practices
andcanindicatetheirlevelofsatisfaction).Additionally,customerinputregardingtheapplicabilityof
productstolimitedusecasescanbeconsideredsignificant,dependingonthesuccessorfailureofa
vendor'sapproachtothismarket.
Operationscoversthealignmentofavendor'sorganization,aswellaswhetherandhowthisenhances
itsabilitytodeliver.Aspectsconsideredincludefielddeliveryofappliances,manufacturing(includingthe
identificationofdiversegeographiccostadvantages),internationalizationoftheproduct(s)inlightofboth
technicalandlegalrequirements,andadequatestaffing.
Table1.AbilitytoExecuteEvaluation
Criteria
EvaluationCriteria
Weighting
ProductorService
High
OverallViability
Low
SalesExecution/Pricing
Medium
MarketResponsiveness/Record
High
MarketingExecution
Medium
CustomerExperience
High
Operations
Low
CompletenessofVision
CompletenessofVisionencompassesavendor'sabilitiestounderstandthefunctionalcapabilitiesneeded
tosupportoperationalenvironments,todevelopaproductstrategythatmeetsthemarket's
requirements,tocomprehendoverallmarkettrends,andtoinfluenceorleadthemarketwhen
necessary.Avisionaryleadershiproleisnecessaryforthelongtermviabilityofbothproductand
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company.Avendor'svisionmaybedemonstratedandimprovedbyitswillingnesstoextendits
influencethroughoutthemarketbyworkingwithindependentthirdpartyapplicationsoftwarevendors
thatdeliverbothaddedfunctionalityfortheoperationalenvironmentandcommercialofftheshelf
software.Asuccessfulvendorwillbeablenotonlytounderstandthecompetitivelandscapeofoperational
transactionsbutalsotoshapeitsfuture.
Marketunderstandingassessesavendor'sabilitytounderstandthemarketandshapeitsgrowthand
vision.Inadditiontoexaminingavendor'scorecompetenciesinthismarket,weconsideritsawareness
ofnewtrends,suchastheincreasingsophisticationofendusers,growingscalabilityneeds(especially
acrossserverclusters),thecloudasaplatformforDBMSs,thedemandforinmemorycomputingand
HTAP,theuseofnewconsistencymodels,andthegrowingdesiretousedatastructuresotherthan
relationalones.
Marketingstrategyreferstoavendor'smarketingthemes,productR&Dfocus,andabilitytochoose
appropriatetargetmarketsandthirdpartysoftwarevendorpartnershipstoenhancethemarketabilityof
itsproducts.Forexample,weconsiderwhetherthevendorencouragesandsupportsindependent
softwarevendorsinitseffortstosupportitsDBMSinnativemode(via,forinstance,comarketingorco
advertisingwith"valueadded"partners).Thiscriterionincludesthevendor'sresponsestothemarket
trendsidentifiedaboveandanyoffersofalternativesolutionsinitsmarketingmaterialsandplans.
Salesstrategyassesseshowavendordesignsandtargetsitschannelsandpartnershipstoassistwith
selling.Itisespeciallyimportantforyoungerorganizations,assalesstrategycanenablethemtogreatly
increasetheirmarketpresence,whilemaintaininglowersalescosts(forexample,throughdownloadable
freecommunityeditions,cosellingandjointadvertising).Thiscriterionalsocoversavendor'sstrategyfor
communicatingitsvisiontoitsfieldorganizationand,therefore,toexistingandprospectivecustomers.
Offering(product)strategycoversthedesignofproductpackaginganddeploymentoptions,including
theavailabilityofdevelopereditions,cloudversionsandappliancesbasedonthevendor'sDBMS.Vendors
shoulddemonstrateadiversestrategythatenablescustomerstochoosewhattheyneedtobuilda
completesolutionforanoperationalenvironment.Alsocoveredarepartners'offeringsthatinclude
technical,marketing,salesandsupportintegration.
Businessmodelcovershowavendor'smodelofatargetmarketcombineswithitsproductsandpricing,
andwhetherthevendorcangenerateprofitswiththismodel,judgingfromitspackagingandofferings.
Alsoincludedarepricinginnovationsandstrategies,suchasnewlicensingarrangementsandcloudbased
modelsforelasticprovisioningtosupportpeakdemand.Additionally,weconsiderreviewsofpublicly
announcedearningsandforwardlookingstatementsrelatingtoanintendedmarketfocus.Forprivate
companies,andtoaugmentpubliclyavailableinformation,weuseproxiesforearningsandnewcustomer
growth,suchasthenumberofGartnerclientswhoindicateinterestin,orawarenessof,avendor's
productsduringcallstoourinquiryservice.
Vertical/industrystrategyaffectsavendor'sabilitytounderstanditsclients.Weconsideraspectssuch
asverticalmarketsalesteamsandpartnershipswithverticalmarketserviceproviders.
Innovationassessesavendor'sapproachtodevelopingnewfunctionalitythatalignswithitsmarketand
offeringstrategiesbyallocatingandmanagingR&Dexpenditureandleadingthemarketinnewdirections.
Theuseofnewstorageandhardwaremodelsarekeyexamplesofsuchanapproach.
Geographicstrategy,includingavendor'sworldwidereach,isevaluatedbyconsideringavendor'splan
touseitsresourcesindifferentregions,aswellastheresourcesofitssubsidiariesandpartners.This
criterionconsidersavendor'splanforsupportingclientsthroughouttheworld,aroundtheclockandin
manylanguages.Anticipationofregionalandglobaleconomicconditionsisalsoconsidered.
Table2.CompletenessofVision
EvaluationCriteria
EvaluationCriteria
Weighting
MarketUnderstanding
High
MarketingStrategy
Medium
SalesStrategy
Medium
Offering(Product)Strategy
High
BusinessModel
Low
Vertical/IndustryStrategy
Medium
Innovation
High
GeographicStrategy
Medium
QuadrantDescriptions
Leaders
Leadersgenerallydemonstratethemostsupportforabroadrangeofoperationalapplications,basedon
supportforawiderangeofdatatypesandmultipleusecases.Thesevendorsdemonstrateconsistent
customersatisfactionandstrongcustomersupport.Manyhavecompetedinthismarketformanyyears,
andhavebuiltawidepartnerecosystemfortheirproducts.Hence,Leadersgenerallyrepresentthe
lowestriskforcustomersintheareasofperformance,scalability,reliabilityandsupport.Asthemarket's
demandschange,soLeadersdemonstratestrongvisioninsupportnotonlyofthemarket'scurrent
needs,butalsoofemergingtrends.Finally,themessaging,productR&DanddeliveryofLeadersarein
linewithtoday'smarketandwithnewtrendsinbothDBMSsoftwareandhardwaretechnology.
Challengers
Challengersarestablevendorswithstrong,establishedofferingsbutarelativelackofvision.Itisnormal
forsomevendorstohavehighscoresforexecutionbuttolagintermsoftheadoptionlevelsandvision
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neededforleadership.Challengersnormallyshowstrongcorporateviabilityandfinancialstability,and
demonstratestrongcustomersupport.However,theylacksomefeaturestosupportthenewtrendsin
theoperationalDBMSmarket,suchassupportforinteractionandobservationdataintransactions,anda
roadmapformovingtowardmultimodelDBMScapabilities.Althoughtheymaybelackinginrelationto
someofthemarket'sinnovativeconcepts,Challengersofferstability,simplicityofinstallationandsupport,
andstrongperformance.AswiththeNichePlayers,Gartnerconsiderssupportforonlyalimitednumber
ofdatatypesandhardwaremodelsasevidenceoflimitedvision.
Visionaries
Visionariestakeaforwardthinkingapproachtomanagingthehardware,softwareandenduseraspects
ofanoperationalDBMSenvironment.Visionariestypicallyhaveinnovativeideasfornewfunctionalityand
advanceduseofnewhardware.Theyhavetherequisitenumberofproductioncustomers,butlackthe
marketmomentumofLeaders.Inthismarket,Visionariesareoftenyoung,smallandinnovativevendors
withgreatnewideasthatarespurringonthemorematurevendorsandthemarketingeneral.
NichePlayers
NichePlayersgenerallydeliverahighlyspecializedproductwithlimitedmarketappeal.Frequently,a
NichePlayerprovidesanexceptionaloperationalDBMSproduct,butisisolatedorlimitedtoaspecificend
usercommunity,regionorindustry.Althoughthesolutionitselfmaynothavelimitations,adoptionis
limited.NichePlayerscontainsvendorswithoperationalDBMSsthat:
Lackastrongoralargecustomerbase
LackthebreadthoffunctionalityofthoseofLeaders
Lackgeneralcustomeracceptanceortheprovenfunctionalitytomovebeyondnichestatus
Context
ThisMagicQuadrantdealswiththekeyinformationmanagementcapabilitiesforoperationalprocessing.
Itshouldthereforeinterestanyoneinvolvedindefining,purchasing,buildingormanagingatransaction
processingenvironmentnotably,CIOs,CTOs,infrastructuremanagers,databaseandapplication
architects,databaseadministratorsandITpurchasingmanagers.
Atonetime,Gartnerviewedtheonlinetransactionprocessing(OLTP)DBMSmarketasverymature,with
fewnewentrantstochallengethestatusquo.However,inrecentyears,themarkethaschangedrapidly,
whichpromptedourredefinitionofitin2013astheoperationalDBMSmarket(see"TheOLTPDBMS
MarketBecomestheOperationalDBMSMarket").TheintroductionofNoSQLDBMSsandHadoop
supportingtheuseofadditionaldatatypesand"unstructureddata"intransactions,andthepervasive
implementationofinmemorycomputing,havebeentransformational.Manyorganizationsarebeginning
tousethesenewDBMSenginestoincorporateanalyticsdirectlyintotransactionalstreamsforHTAPand
todeployothernewusecases,suchasglobalscalabilityforWebapplicationsandemergingIoT
applicationsinvolvingeventprocessing(see"MatchUseCasesandCapabilitiesforOperationalDBMSs").
Thisyear,wehaveaddedtotheMagicQuadranttwocloudonlyvendors(AWSandRedisLabs),two
relativelysmallvendorsthatnowmeettheinclusioncriteria(MemSQLandOrientTechnologies),and
threeothers(Fujitsu,HortonworksandPercona).Evenwiththesesevenadditions,thevendorsaremore
spreadoutthroughouttheMagicQuadrant,asthenewcapabilities,andtheabilitytodeliverthem,are
unevenlydistributed.EventheLeadershavespreadout,despitetheirnumberhavingagainincreased,
primarilyduetotheadditionofdbPaaSonlyvendors.WebelievethatdbPaaSisreadyforusethroughout
theapplicationspresentinenduserorganizations.
Althoughmostvendorsaregainingmultimodelcapabilities(see"TheRiseofPolyglotPersistence
DemandsYourConsideration"),asyetmostsupportonlytwoorthreemodels(whichincluderelational,
keyvalue,graph,tablestyleanddocumentstyle),andonlyoneortwodatatypes(suchasstructured
[relational],unstructured,XML,interactionandobservation).Hence,althoughmanyvendorstypically
thesmalleronesremainbelowtheMagicQuadrant'smidline(duetotheirlimitationsintermsof
execution),theyhavespreadtotheright(duetotheirgrowingvision).
Asrecentlyas2013,weconsideredinmemorycapabilityasanindicatorofavendor'svision.Now,just
twoyearslater,ithasnotonlybecomeanaspectofavendor'sexecutionbutisvirtuallyabasic
requirementtocompetesuccessfullyinthismarketvendorsthathavenotatleastbegunto
implementitarelaggingbehind.Wedonotbelievethatallvisionarytrendsforexample,the
developmentofmultimodelcapabilitieswillbecomeexecutionfactorssoquickly.
Atthesametimeasvendorsbothtraditionalandnewofferawiderrangeoffunctions,theoperational
DBMSmarketwillbecomemorehomogeneousandcommoditized(see"ITMarketClockforDatabase
ManagementSystems,2015").Consolidationwillreducethenumberofvendors.
Manyofthenewerplayersinthismarketarebeginningtheirtransitionsfromsub$50millionperyear
businessmodelstobusinessmodelsdesignedtogeneratehundredsofmillionsofdollars(ormore)each
yeartransitionsforwhichtheywillneedfunds.Changesattheexecutivelevel,geographicalexpansion
andamovetoverticalmarketofferingsandindustrytargetedsellinghavecharacterizedthejourneysof
severalofthisyear'srisingstars,thefirstofthesedevelopmentsoftenbeingpromptedbyinvestorswho
expectamoreexperiencedandprofessionalexecutiveteam.
OuranalysisinthisMagicQuadrantisbasedoninformationgatheredfrominteractionswithGartner
clientsoverthepast12monthsandoursurveyofthevendors'referencecustomers,conductedduring
July2015.Wealsoconsideredearlierinformationandanynewsaboutvendors'products,customersand
financesthatcametolightduringthetimeframeofouranalysis.
MarketOverview
TheOLTPDBMSmarket,fromwhichtheoperationalDBMSmarketevolved,wasverymatureintheearly
yearsofthe21stcentury.However,asInternetusageandavailabilitygrew,sodidtheapplications
necessarytosupporttheassociatedgrowthininfrastructure.Consequently,overthepastfiveyears,
manynewvendorshaveenteredthismarketwithproductstosupportthespecializedapplications
requiredbyanewandglobalbusinessarena.
Manydriversofinnovationarewidelyinfluential.Newformsofdatahavebecomeavailablefrom
connected(IoT)devices,suchassmartmeterdataandmachineordevicedatawecallthis"observation
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data."Pervasiveuseofpersonaldevicesandsocialmediahasalsobecomeasourceofsocialand
businessrelateddatawecallthis"interactiondata."
Bestfitengineeringadoptionisdrivingtheuseofalternativedatastorestomanagethesenewformsof
data:while91%oftheorganizationswesurveyedsaidtheyuseRDBMSs,45%areusingkeyvalue
stores,38%documentstyleDBMSs,22%tablestyleDBMSsand16%graphstyleDBMSs.
Thenewformsofdatamustnowbeusednotonlyforanalytics,butalsowithintransactions.The
associatedgrowthofHTAPisevidentfromoursurveyresults:50%ofthesurveyrespondentsidentified
HTAPasausecase,while20%identifieditastheprimaryusecase.
Consistencyrequirementsarealsoshiftingevenfortransactionalusecases,only69%ofrespondents
identifiedACIDrequirementsasapplicable,with16%optingfortunableconsistencyand14%for
eventualconsistency.Forthedistributedvariabledatausecase,onethirdoftherespondentsconsidered
automaticdatadistributionarequirement,as"selfadministered"shardinganddistributionstrategies
begintobeseenasonerousandfragile.Almostonethird(31%)ofthoserespondentsalsorequireonline
schemachange,whichisanotherindicationoftheemergingchangesinexpectations.
ThecloudisbeingwidelyadoptedasadeliveryplatformintheoperationalDBMSmarket.Itsimpacthas
beennotjusttospawnasubstantialnumberofnewplayerswhohavegrownintocontendersinthe
marketithasalsobecomeavectorforthemarketvisionoflargeestablishedplayers,separatingthemin
termsoftheirrecognitionoftheimpactthatcloudbasedandhybriddeploymentwillhaveoncustomers,
productarchitectureandpricing.Overthenextfewyears,weexpectmostvendorstooffercloudversions
oftheirDBMSproducts.ThesewillrangefromsimpleofferingsofsupportforIaaS(andIaaS+)andcloud
hosting,tofullcloudDBMSplatformswithelasticityandmultitenantcapabilities(dbPaaS).Asthe
operationalDBMSmarketmatures,clouddeploymentandespeciallyhybriddeploymenthasbecome
importantevaluationcriterion,asitoffersusersanadditionalplatformchoicewithscalabilityandHA.
Standardshavegonebimodal(see"BimodalIT:HowtoBeDigitallyAgileWithoutMakingaMess"):26%
ofthesurveyrespondentshaveestablishedabimodalapproachtooperationalDBMSstandards,enforcing
Mode1andpermittingMode2experiments29%enforceaMode1approachtostandards(anadditional
14%saidtheyadhereto,butdonotenforce,aMode1onlyapproach)and21%enforcenostandardsat
all.Separately,70%ofrespondentsidentifiedtheDBMSforwhichtheywereprovidingareferenceas
theiroperationalDBMSstandard.
Clientsoftenexpectthatdoingbusinesswithnewvendorscanbechallengingbecauseofthesevendors'
relativeimmaturity.SometimesthatistrueHortonworks,forexample,receivedthelowestsurvey
ratingforcustomers'experienceofdoingbusinesswithit.Butmaturityisnoguaranteeofsmoothnessin
thisregardaverymaturemegavendor,SAP,receivedthesecondlowestscore.Infact,threeofthetop
fourvendorsbyrevenue(IBM,OracleandSAP)fellbelowthemedianonthisquestion.Newervendors,
includingRedisLabs,FairCom,MapRandMongoDB,receivedthehighestratingsinthisregard.
Nonetheless,overall,58%oftherespondentsexpecttodomorebusinesswiththeirexistingvendor
withinthenext12months.
Changestopricingandlicensingarealsohavingamajorimpactonthismarket,partlyduetotheriseof
opensourceDBMSs.SuchsoftwareiskeytoseveralofthevendorsdiscussedinthisMagicQuadrant,
eitherbecauseitformsthebasisoftheirbusinessmodel,orbecauseitiscausingatransformationintheir
businessmodel.NocommercialvendorcanignoretheimpactofopensourceDBMSsmostalreadyoffer
afreeversionoftheirflagshipproductorareaddingonetotheirportfolio(see"TheStateofOpenSource
RDBMSs,2015").Thenewopensourceplayersareattractingcustomersformanyofthenewusecases.
Thisdevelopmentisflatteningthegrowthofsomeofthemegavendorswhostilldominatetherevenue
numbersbutwhoserevenuemodelsareincreasinglybasedonmaintenancebusiness,ratherthansales
ofnewlicenses.Usersareincreasinglyasking,withjustification,whethertheirnewusecasesnecessitate
thehighlistpricesandvendor"lockin"thatcharacterizestheirlegacyportfolio.Ingeneral,theyconsider
theyaregettingvalueformoney86%ratetheirvendorabovethemidpointinthisregardbutsome
megavendors,notablyOracleandSAP,comeatornearthebottomonthismetric.Thisquestion,like
thoseabouttheuseofthecloud,isincreasinglyaccompaniedbyquestionsaboutthefeasibilityof
migration.
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