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IDC RELEASES FORECAST FOR EMERGING DBASE OPTIMIZATION SW MKT

According to IDC, the database optimization technologies software market reached $414 million in 2002 and is expected to increase to $950 million by 2007. IDC believes this new breed of technology offers a key solution for some database technology users to achieve their goals affordably, without investing in much more extensive data management environments than needed.

"Technology that optimizes database accessibility, performance, scalability, and efficiency has been key in the race amongst the top RDBMS vendors," says Carl Olofson, program director for IDC's Information Management and Data Integration Software research. "More and more companies are looking to a panoply of products that address specific needs with respect to database optimization, especially as budgets remain tight, databases grow larger and more numerous, and as demand for data continues to increase."

Database optimization technologies enable database users to optimize their access, use, management, and operation of their databases. This market comprises a range of products that provide one or more of these benefits, but each product is typically focused on a small range of capabilities. The products that provide database optimization capabilities come from various markets including: database management facilities, access integration middleware, performance management software, storage resource management software, backup and archiving software and clustering and availability software.

IDC's just-released Worldwide Database Optimization Technologies Software Market Forecast and Analysis, 2003-2007 (IDC #29397) is the first sizing and forecast for the emerging database optimization technologies software market. This report includes a detailed market definition complete with sample vendors and products by sub-market. Also included is a five-year market forecast by sub-market and geographic region as well as key forecast assumptions. To purchase this document, call IDC's sales hotline at 508-988-7988 or email sales@idc.com.