RE: IBM or SQL Server? One Costs 33% Less
And depending on the requirements, using Hadoop/HBase (BigData/BigTable) has a lower overall TCO and scales better. :-) The sad reality is that you have to better quantify your needs. BigTable isn't good as a Point of Sale relational database. But taking data from all of your Point of Sale databases and rolling them up in to BigTable for analytics... that makes sense. (Right Wal*Mart, Sears, Home Depot, etc?) This is why Informix has to start making itself relevant by better tying in to these technologies. But what do I know? ;-) > Subject: Fw: IBM or SQL Server? One Costs 33% Less > To: informix-list@iiug.org > From: Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:57:46 -0400 > > > > > > From: "IT Knowledge Hub" <IT_Knowledge_Hub@mail.vresp.com> > To: darren_jacobs@carmax.com > Date: 03/14/2011 03:35 PM > Subject: IBM or SQL Server? One Costs 33% Less > > > |-------------------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | | > | | > |IBM or SQL Server? One Costs 33% Less | > | | > | | > |A report by International Technology Group (ITG) found compelling | > |cost savings and operational benefits achieved by mid-sized | > |businesses that chose IBM Informix database software over Microsoft| > |SQL Server. The report concludes that the overall Informix | > |three-year costs average 33 percent less than when compared to the | > |costs of using SQL Server. This webcast presents an overview of | > |Informix and the benefits that should compel mid-sized businesses | > |to adopt it as their data management platform of choice. | > | | > | | > |Download this webcast. | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > |-------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this > message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the > following link: Unsubscribe > > > > > > > IT Knowledge Hub LLC > PO Box #308 > > Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 > US > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list