Comments on: Benioff Delivers on Promise to Democratize Databases http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 8 Cloud Companies to Watch in 2011: Cloud Computing News « http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/#comment-568320 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:01:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=268719#comment-568320 [...] Benioff Delivers on Promise to Democratize Databases [...]

]]> By: AWS Eyes Android, iOS Developers: Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/#comment-546194 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:01:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=268719#comment-546194 [...] Earlier in the week, Salesforce.com also made mobile applications a focal point of its new Database.com offering, as did Joyent with new gaming [...]

]]> By: Roger Jennings http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/#comment-545938 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:39:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=268719#comment-545938 Derrick,

Re: “Part of democratization is a low price, and with free introductory pricing and $10-per-month increments for additional users and usage tiers, pricing shouldn’t prove too big a hindrance.

My analysis of Database.com pricing indicates it’s many times more expensive than competitors, such as SQL Azure. See my “Preliminary Cost Comparison of Database.com and SQL Azure Databases for 3 to 500 Users” post at http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/prelminary-cost-comparison-of.html for details.

Cheers,

–rj

]]> By: What to Make of Benioff’s Growing Cloud Empire: Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/#comment-543922 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:30:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=268719#comment-543922 [...] to the masses. That’s been changing over the past several months with offerings like VMforce and Database.com, and its acquisition of PaaS pioneer Heroku for $212 million is the icing on the cake. Now, [...]

]]> By: New Joyent Packages Target Large-Scale Online Gaming: Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2010/12/07/benioff-delivers-on-promise-to-democratize-databases/#comment-542366 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:19:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=268719#comment-542366 [...] to Facebook developers for a few years now. Even Salesforce.com’s new Database.com, which I covered this morning, has specific features for social media applications. RightScale, too, offers test-dev, grid and [...]

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