Hi! Thanks for the question.
The main players in the database software industry right now are IBM
Corp., Oracle, and Microsoft with SQL Server.
According to the IT advisory firm Gartner Dataquest and published in
the May 7, 2002 article of Information week by Rick Whiting, IBM is
now the market leader with 34.6%. This is mainly to its acquisition of
Informix. Oracle comes in second with 32%. Oracle however leads in the
relational database market with 39.8 Market share. To read the whole
article please click on this link
(http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020507S0008).
I have prepared a simple table here so that there is a proper
perspective regarding this matter:
Database software market share:
Company 2001 2000
IBM 34.6% 33.7%
Oracle 32% 34.1%
Microsoft 16.3% 14%
For more angles to the reports please visit the following websites:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2109726,00.html
A discussion about IBM's acquisition of Informix Corp., which gave
them the lead in the database software industry:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-273678.html?legacy=cnet
The following web pages can give you a better view of the database
software market
The Database Market by Clara Parkes
http://www.esj.com/Departments/article.asp?EditorialsID=43
Application server software market cools By Wylie Wong
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,5100183,00.html
This page from Business 2.0 gives a rundown of other notable database
software companies.
http://www.business2.com/webguide/0,1660,32460,00.html
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