DBMS Classification Matrix (Cont.)

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The Top Two Quadrants: Universal Applications and Servers

• A server with both relational and object-relational capabilities is called a universal server.


• An application that requires both upper-right and upper-left capabilities is a universal application, which includes
  • Risk assessment and fraud detection in the insurance industry
  • Modernizing a traditional human resources application
  • Multimedia and GIS data enhance travel reservation systems
  • Removing the mapping layer: tracking part numbers
  Technological drivers in the DBMS market include
  • Business data processing applications will largely become universal applications.
  • New multimedia applications will drive the market.

Universal servers and object-relational DBMSs is the largest database market in the year 2005. They combine

• the object-relational features from Quadrant 4, and
• scalability and good transaction processing from Quadrant 2.

The picture on the right gives relative size of DBMS markets in year 2005.