Oracle 10g, which came out in early 2004, pushed grids into the foreground; no competitors have a credible response. 10g R2 similarly raised the bar for database availability.
Business Objects
With Crystal Reports, now offers top suite of biz reporting software.
Embarcadero
Agentless data management tools dominate enterprise deployments.
IBM
Open-source Cloudscape raised bar for Java, app-specific databases.
Microsoft
SQL Server power is being enhanced by Yukon’s .NET integration.
MySQL
Forced many closed-source vendors to adopt open-source strategies.
Progress
With ObjectStore, Persistence, emerged as new data powerhouse.
Sleepycat
Innovator proves complex data can be mastered by small database.
SolarMetric
Moved to forefront with focus on data objects and JDO specification.
Sybase
Early leader in integration of RFID into enterprise database systems.
