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Readers' Choice Awards 2014
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NoSQL, NewSQL, in-memory databases, and cloud database—or database as a service approaches—are increasingly coming to the fore to address a dizzying array of new requirements posed by the massive influx of unstructured,the Internet of Things, and the new demands posed by e-commerce and mobile applications. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Database (Overall).
A new class of databases called NewSQL has emerged, leveraging the best of NoSQL and SQL. With the ability to ingest large amounts of data quickly and scale to meet growing demand, NewSQL data systems support rapid analytics and decision making, helping organizations leverage their data for business advantage. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best NewSQL Database.
There is a young upstart in the world of data management these days, eager to take on the establishment and show how things can be done differently—NoSQL. Why are NoSQL database approaches gaining ground? Because the pressure is strong to compete on analytics and leverage big data, using all the information available to make better decisions faster to take advantage of new business opportunities and better understand customer sentiment as well as detect problems ahead and spot anomalies. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best NoSQL Database
Best Analytical Platform (Overall)
In-memory is gaining traction within enterprise data environments and leading enterprise vendors are including it in their new releases with the goal of finally making the real-time enterprise a reality. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best In-Memory Database.
To succeed today, organizations need to become analytics-focused enterprises. Like the emerging category of in in-memory database technologies, columnar databases are deployed in market segments where speed of data analysis is paramount, such as financial services, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Columnar Database.
Best Database Administration Solution
Database development solutions provide the necessary support to help database development teams achieve success by avoiding the risks posed by a range of potential problems—from software bugs, to geographically dispersed development teams, to varied code standards and skill sets. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Database Development Solution.
Best Database Backup Solution
Best Database Security Solution
Effective data modeling solutions help organizations construct high quality data models, modify existing structures as well as produce detailed documentation. And today, data modeling solutions also help companies visualize and manage business data across more platforms than ever before and extend that data to users with varying job roles and skill levels across geographies and time zones. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Data Modeling Solution.
Poor quality data can mean a host of problems for companies. Incorrect data can result in duplicate entries which can make it difficult for vendors to achieve a single version of the truth, increase data storage costs, impede CRM initiatives, and create data compliance and security headaches. Data quality solutions provide the necessary data integrity for critical systems including customer relationship management, master data management, and database management. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Data Quality Solution.
Data governance is growing in importance along with the recognition of the game-changing potential posed by big data. As more data is amassed within organizations, effective data governance enables them to have confidence in the quality of that data for a variety of tasks as well adhere to security and privacy standards. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Data Governance Solution.
Best Data Integration Solution (Overall)
Best Data Replication Solution
Best Change Data Capture Solution
Best Data Virtualization Solution
Best Cloud Integration Solution
Big data represents an ocean of possible insight which has yet to be thoroughly leveraged. The goal today is to embed business intelligence more widely and more deeply into the enterprise so that insights from analytics can inform day-to-day business decisions. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Business Intelligence Solution.
Best Streaming Data Solution
Best Data Mining Solution
The converging forces of open source, with its rapid crowd-sourced innovation, cloud, with its unlimited capacity and on-demand deployment options, and NoSQL database technologies, with their ability to handle unstructured data, are helping companies address the new challenges and opportunities presented by big data. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Big Data Solution.
Query and reporting solutions are part of a comprehensive business intelligence approach, and increasingly modern query and reporting solutions provide capabilities for self-service reports so users can get answers independently, include visualizations that support better understanding of data, and enable users to easily share insights with others. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Query and Reporting Solution.
Cloud improves organizations' flexibility and accessibility. Spanning services of all types, including software as a service, database as a service, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, cloud puts a range of technologies within users' easy reach—when they need it, where they need it, with the ability to scale elastically. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Cloud Solution.
With companies drowning in data, they are encountering storage problems that are impacting the performance of critical systems and applications. What's needed are smarter approaches. Today's storage solutions are coming to the rescue, enabling greater efficiency through data compression, information lifecycle management, and tiered storage strategies. Here are the winners of the 2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards for Best Data Storage Solution.
Best Database Performance Solution
Actions
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