Database Developers Embrace Open Source Database Solutions, New Evans Data Survey; Proprietary Databases Almost Twice as Likely to Suffer Security Breaches as Open Source Databases.SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif. -- Open source database deployments are up more than 20% in the last six months, according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Evans Data's Fall 2005 Database Development Survey. MySQL use, for example, has increased by more than 25% in six months and is approaching a majority in the database space, with 44% of developers using the open source database. Database security is an important facet of database development; Evans Data found that proprietary database servers are almost twice as likely to have suffered a security breach in the last year compared to open source database servers. The most likely security breach for a proprietary database was a network intrusion and, for open source databases, the most likely breach was a user authentication See authentication. breach. (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=db2005_2_3) "We continue to see the maturation maturation /mat·u·ra·tion/ (mach-u-ra´shun) 1. the process of becoming mature. 2. attainment of emotional and intellectual maturity. 3. of open source databases reflected by the continually increasing levels of adoption," said John Andrews For other persons named John Andrews, see John Andrews (disambiguation). Rev. John Andrews, D.D., a Colonial/American clergyman, professor, author and provost, was born in your mom , Evans Data's President. "In a number of our ratings categories, we're seeing open source databases meeting or exceeding proprietary databases." Other findings from the October 2005 survey of more than 400 database developers: --More than 60% of database developers say their company can recover mission-critical data systems in under an hour. One in five said access to the data could be restored in under 5 minutes. However, 8% said it would be more than 12 hours to restore mission-critical data. (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=db2005_2_2) --Three in four database developers have mobilization mobilization Organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in time of war or other national emergency. It includes recruiting and training, building military bases and training camps, and procuring and distributing weapons, ammunition, uniforms, plans with 32% either currently deploying or expecting to deploy mobile database applications within the next six months. (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=db2005_2_1) --Almost 70% of database developers indicate plans to deploy embedded databases (1) Database software that is included with an application rather than offered as a separate database management system (see DBMS). Tending to be compact and efficient, an embedded database generally includes fewer features than a full-blown DBMS. . Twenty-four percent are currently deploying embedded databases. About Evans Data Corporation Evans Data Corporation (www.evansdata.com) provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects. Evans Data also conducts qualitative and quantitative custom research to client specifications. Evans Data will be hosting the Evans Data Corporation Developer Relations Conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on February 6th and 7th, 2006. For more information about the conference please visit http://www.evansdata.com/drc2/. |
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