PS: I am one of the founders of ScaleGrid

One question: How would you estimate the current and future presence of Microsoft SQL Server vs. MySQL within mid-enterprise companies?

Your findings state that “MySQL was once the default database for new Web applications.” From what we see, MySQL’s leadership only applies to SMBs and startups. In the world of SMEs and mid-tier companies, Microsoft stack/Microsoft SQL Server remains a platform of choice for new Web applications.

I think it would be very interesting to see a study that incorporates not just MySQL vs. NoSQL but also Microsoft SQL Server vs. MySQL vs. NoSQL vs. NewSQL, especially as Microsoft is getting ready to integrate Big Data/Hadoop into its SQL Server offering.

Derrick — Would love to get your insights on this as well.

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However, one of our findings was that initial adoption of cloud-based
MySQL-as-a-service offerings might have been focused on development-and-test environments and new apps, but increased competition, lower prices and more entry-level offerings – combined with increased confidence in the cloud itself as a platform for mainstream applications – is likely to increase the adoption of DBaaS as a complement to traditional on-premises deployment.

One data point: we estimated that MySQL-as-a-service providers, including Amazon and Google, accounted for just 7% of all MySQL ecosystem revenue ($171m in total) in 2011. That figure is expected to rise to 22% (of $664m) by 2015.

More details here: http://blogs.the451group.com/information_management/2012/05/22/mysql-nosql-newsql/

Question: Are you aware of any market research on the future market share of cloud databases vs. on-premise installs as well as new entrants vs. established players like Oracle and Microsoft.

There seems to be a lot of talk about database as a service in Silicon Valley but from what we see working day to day with mid-enterprise companies, this is still a very small market.

It uses a traditional SQL interface (having a PostgreSQL based heritage), is fully ACID and unlike some of the solutions here which are limited to just one Vitrual Machine or server, StormDB scales out across multiple servers, all while running on bare metal (no VMs).

Also unlike some of the other solutions that offer either only read scalability or write scalability, StormDB offers OLTP read and write scalability and BI/DW scalability with MPP parallelism.