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InformationWeek 2014 State of
Database Technology Survey
Research Findings
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Executive Summary
The 956 respondents to our 2014 State of Database Technology Survey are a conservative lot. They run mission-critical

systems on tried-and-true conventional databases from Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM, with little inclination to take a
chance with new NoSQL offerings like PostgreSQL (with just 3% of critical loads) or MongoDB (at just 1%).
In short, the databases of the 1990s are still very much alive and well in today's enterprises.
Other data points:
>> 57% of IBM DB2 users pony up for no-limit enterprise licenses vs. 41% buying by the CPU/core.
>> 51% run Microsoft Access on bare metal in private datacenters.
>> 36% are very satisfied with their MySQL licensing agreements vs. 17% saying the same for their Oracle deals.
>> 13% run Hadoop, either in pilot (8%) or production (5%). An additional 21% are considering.
Respondent breakdown: Respondents screened into the survey by indicating involvement with selecting, managing, or
otherwise interacting with their organizations' databases. 31% have 5,000 or more employees; 23% are over 10,000.
Financial services, education, and government are well-represented, and 41% are IT director/manager or IT executive
management (C-level/VP) level.
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Most popular: Microsoft SQL Server
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Critical functions: SQL Server
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Where is your money going?
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Types of licenses
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Licensing satisfaction
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Where do you keep your data?
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Where do you run your database?
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Where will you run your database in 2 years?
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Expect more SQL Server
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Who runs your database?
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Do you Hadoop?
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Hadoop uses
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Hadoop + who?
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Most say databases are secure
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Most encrypt sensitive data
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Most organizations assess database security
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Most survey respondents work in IT
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Respondents’ industries
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Respondent companies’ revenue
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Most respondents work in SMBs
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Research Synopsis
Survey Name InformationWeek 2014 State of Database Technology Survey

Survey Date 
January 2014
Region North America
Number of Respondents
956

Purpose 

To determine the role of database technologies in the enterprise
Methodology 
InformationWeek surveyed 956 business technology professionals at North American organizations.
The survey was conducted online, and respondents were recruited via an email invitation containing an embedded link
to the survey. The email invitation was sent to qualified InformationWeek subscribers.
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