Comments on: Boston is a database hub. Here are 5 startups to watch http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/ Thu, 23 May 2013 03:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff Schneider http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-817043 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:05:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-817043 I think we’ll see around 40 of them either go out of business in the next 24 months or be acquired as fire-sales. A handful of them will have huge exits. IMHO, the names of *most* of the winners are already known.

]]> By: Todd Stavish http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-816308 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:34:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-816308 Hadapt is in Boston too.

http://www.hadapt.com/

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-815944 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:36:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-815944 crowded as in you expect a shakeout? or just plain crowded?

]]> By: Jeff Schneider http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-815466 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:27:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-815466 Hey Barb,
I track the NewSQL/NoSQL space and have just over 60 companies I’m watching. It’s crowded; REAL crowded. Although not a perfect measuring stick, here’s some job board data on the companies you mentioned:
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=akiban&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Paradigm4&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Cloudant&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Parelastic&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=nuodb&l=

Jeff

]]> By: Mo Patel http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-815180 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:32:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-815180 What about Basho, makers of Riak?

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-815156 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:52:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-815156 thanks mike. noted and fixed!

]]> By: Mike Miller http://gigaom.com/2012/03/02/five-boston-database-startups-to-watch/#comment-815097 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:36:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=492349#comment-815097 Kendall square certainly turns out some great technology — thanks for bringing that to light. One small typo: we started Cloudant at the very end of 2008, so we’re ~3 years old.

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