The market leader in the embedded database space is Progress Software Corp, according to a new survey from Gartner Group Inc. Progress has a 21.3% share of a market which Gartner estimates is worth around $450m. The second-placed company is Sybase Inc with 15.9%. Surprisingly, the market leader for server-based database software, Oracle Corp, is the seventh placed company with a 2.2% share, according to the research firm. This is the third consecutive year that Progress has led this sector.
Dataquest defines embedded DBMS (Database Management System) products as databases that are sold primarily as part of an application, such as an accounting package. Embedded database vendors typically generate more than 70% of their revenue from Independent Software Vendors (ISV) or Value-Added Resellers (VARs). IDC defines an embedded database as "one that is contained entirely within another software product often entirely hidden from the user."
"The Progress RDBMS has long appealed to ISVs with its reputation for high reliability and data integrity, and the industry`s lowest total cost of ownership resulting from its ease of database administration," says Progress SA managing director Rick Parry. "In addition, the Progress RDBMS can scale from small workgroup to large enterprise and Web-based applications used by thousands of users. These capabilities and the company`s channel-friendly business model have contributed to the Progress RDBMS being embedded in applications that are used by more than 2 million people worldwide."
The recent release of Version 9.1 of the Progress RDBMS was developed specifically for ISVs building business applications for the growing Application Service Provider (ASP) market, such as improved scalability and database management features that support high availability.
In the report, Dataquest Analyst Norma Schroder noted that Progress Software`s ASPEN(tm) Program continues the company`s tradition of helping independent software vendors and value-added resellers leverage emerging market opportunities, in this case the application service provider (ASP) movement.
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