Comments on: Databases move closer to commoditization http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/ Simeon Simeonov on entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-20 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:08:20 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-20 web, that’ll be comparing apples & organges ‘cos the two deal with different data types, amounts & increase rates. If you have specific questions about Streambase & Vertica, shoot.

]]> By: web http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-19 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:38:37 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-19 How about a “compare and contrast” note between Streambase and Vertica?

]]> By: Michael Stonebraker http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-10 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:19:10 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-10 Thanks for your question Kurt. Vertica is based on the premise that “one size does not fit all”. The market leaders (as well as the recent DBMS appliances) are all selling aging legacy software architectures, oriented toward OLTP. In other markets, especially ones that are read intensive, there is a breathtaking performance advantage from a new software orientation. It’s too early for me to share Vertica details publicly, but we will be releasing a product during the 4th quarter of 2006. In the meantime, we are doing that on a private basis with potential customers and partners.

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-8 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:35:10 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-8 Kurt, while Mike Stonebraker and I have talked in detail about StreamBase we have not talked about Vertica. Yes, they are in high-performance data warehousing but most of the info beyond that I have is second hand. I’ll ask Mike and perhaps he’ll comment here.

]]> By: Kurt Thearling http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-7 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:32:44 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-7 Sim, any thoughts on Vertica, which was co-founded by Michael Stonebraker (co-founder of StreamBase among others)? Apparently they are in the high-end data warehouse biz, but not may details are available.

]]> By: Andy Astor http://blog.simeonov.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-6 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:41:07 +0000 https://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/databases-move-closer-to-commoditization/#comment-6 Well, first of all, Thanks for the kind words, Sim. I am really pleased about the great reception we’ve gotten over the past 15 months in the marketplace, both in terms of customer adoption and from smart VC’s such as yourself… ;-)

I completely agree with your comments about the commoditization of the SQL database space. And it *is* about time. As you say, databases have become over-featured (mostly to protect their pricing structures), yet most customers use only a fraction of these features, and resent the lock-in from the vendors. We’ve seen this pattern before in mature, commoditized markets, where new players arrive to disrupt the status quo…Think Amdahl/IBM, MCI/AT&T, Linux/Unix, and Dell/Compaq… Frankly, open source in the enterprise software market is really about commoditizing stuff that has simply become inflexible and unaffordable.

Always good to hear from you, Sim.

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