Top 20 Database Technology Companies - 2017

Today, the data has emerged as the lifeblood of organizations—fueling growth and competitiveness. On the other hand, Database Management System (DBMS) has emerged as the heart of business operations acting as a conduit by which data is stored, managed, secured, and served to applications and users.

It’s no surprise that the demand for DBMS is on the rise as organizations build next-generation business applications. As a result, the market is flooded with different forms and types of DBMS offerings.

Relational Databases Management Systems (RDBMS) are based on the sound mathematics of set theory and offer data storage, access and protection meeting the needs of most of the applications, whether operational or analytical in nature. NoSQL Database Management Systems (NoSQL DBMS) are the next breed of data base systems that are adept to process unstructured data or data sets with a highly variable structure. For the applications that require high-speed transactions and rapid response rate as in case of big data analytics environment, the organizations can benefit from in-memory database systems.

With DBMS becoming an indispensible part of modern applications, choosing the proper database system determines the success or failure of an organization’s IT strategies. In order to help the CIOs find the right database solutions provider, a distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, Analysts and the CIOReview’s editorial board, has reviewed companies with a proven record of expertise in assisting organizations with cost-effective and best-of-breed solutions. The panel has weighed the support for analytics, integration capabilities and robustness besides quality of service above all else, before cataloguing the finalists.

In this edition of CIOReview, we present to you the “20 Most Promising Database Technology Solution Providers-2017”.