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by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
Welcome to 2002! By now, you've read a lot of predictions -- dire or not-so-dire -- about the upcoming year. In a nutshell, here were my relatively safe predictions: - Renewed focus on the essentials: availability, security, reliability, performance and ROI.
- Rise of web services: XML, J2EE, .NET
- Appearance of petabyte-sized databases; increased need for analysis and BI systems
- Recovery of Oracle
- Increased remote data administration; wireless DBMS's
What do you, the members of searchDatabase.com and the true experts in the trenches, think about the upcoming year in the data management industry? I posed that question in our forums a few weeks ago, and here is a selection of the responses: - Brian said: "One of the latest trends is to introduce more features to make database management easier on the DBA. While some of the more mundane, day-to-day tasks may become more automated, I still see an important role for the DBA in the organization. Instead of worrying about the details of managing one particular aspect of the database, the database will take care of that aspect itself. This will free up the DBA to work on higher-level concerns.
- Zaj said: "There is going to be a concurrence of a lot of databases with a very diversified content. The peak will occur when virtual reality applications arrive at the market."
- Homeybear said: "Less people doing more work with less of a budget means increased generalization of our skills and decreased depth. Proliferating operating systems and servers and development languages seem destined to continue this trend. In short, the DBA now has to worry about corporate management issues when making recommendations as well as the technical and operational efficiency issues that seem to cross all departments.
- HSM says: "There won't be a big array of different DBMSs around. The market will be dominated by three players: MS SQL Server in Windows arena, DB2 in IBM shops, and Oracle in UNIX, Windows and IBM shops... As DBMSs are loaded with new features on top of old ones, it will be harder and take more work. However, this is driven by application and market readiness -- both of which have slowed down lately and won't pick up quickly in the next couple of months unless there is a dramatic change in the world economic climate for the better."
In December, 2002 I'll revisit all these predictions and determine who was the best prognosticator. One thing is certain though, it's going to be a lively year! As always, let me know if we're covering the issues important to you... and have a great new year! Cheers,
Tim DiChiara, Editor |
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Data storage in 2002
by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
One of the most important functions of a DBA in 2002 will be storage management: the backup and recovery of business-critical data. But how do you keep up with emerging technologies such as DAS, SAN, and NAS? We have the answers you need inside...
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