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Worldwide Database Market Reached $5.7 Billion in 1996, According to
Dataquest; Oracle Tops IBM as Market Leader for Second Consecutive Year
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Date: Friday, April 11, 1997
Source: Business Wire
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- Driven by the
strong growth in the relational database management system (RDBMS) market,
the worldwide database market grew 15 percent in 1996 with revenue reaching
$5.7 billion, up from $4.9 billion in 1995, according to Dataquest.
Oracle was the No. 1 vendor for the second year in a row with 30 percent
market share, and IBM maintained the No. 2 position with 26 percent market
share (see Table 1). Informix was the No. 3 vendor, and its success was due
in part to its healthy growth in the RDBMS market.
"The need for data management solutions accessing complex data -- in data
warehouses, Web pages, or competitive advantage applications -- has
demanded an updated RDBMS model," said Carolyn DiCenzo, Director of
Dataquest's Client/Server Software Worldwide program. "The emergence of the
Universal Server has prompted renewed activity in the RDBMS market, which
has benefited all participating vendors."
Dataquest forecasts the worldwide database market to reach $10.1 billion in
the year 2001. The majority of the revenue will come from RDBMS products
and with UNIX, the platform for half of the overall revenue base.
Table 1
Worldwide Database Vendor Revenue Estimates for 1996
(Millions of U.S. Dollars)
1995 1995 Market 1996 1996 Market 1995-1996
Company Revenue Share(%) Revenue Share (%) Growth (%)
Oracle 1,341 27.0 1,701 29.8 26.8
IBM 1,327 26.7 1,462 25.6 10.2
Informix 367 7.4 527 9.3 43.6
Others 1,927 38.8 2,006 35.2 4.1
Total 4,962 100.0 5,695 100.0 14.8
Note: Columns may not add to totals shown because of rounding.
Source: Dataquest (April 1997)
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The Object database market showed strong growth in 1996, but the market's
still relatively small. "Vendor revenue growth in the market has been slow,
but the Internet is about to change that," said Ms. DiCenzo. "The Internet
has provided the 'killer application' that this technology is uniquely
designed to address."
The Dataquest Perspective titled "Worldwide Database Preliminary Market
Statistics-1996" provides preliminary market share statistics as well as a
forecast by platform to the year 2001. This report takes a preliminary look
at the data that will be published in an upcoming Market Statistics report.
This report is part of Dataquest's Client/Server Software Worldwide program
that provides data and analysis on a broad range of client/server software
segments including database, network and system management, application
development tools, and operating systems.
To purchase this report, or to subscribe to Dataquest's Client/Server
Software Worldwide program, please call 800/419-DATA. More information
about Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports, and
full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at
http://www.dataquest.com .
Dataquest is a 26-year-old global market research and consulting company
serving the high-technology and financial communities. The company provides
worldwide market coverage on the semiconductor, computer systems and
peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services
sectors of the information technology industry. Dataquest is a Gartner
Group Company.
CONTACT: Dataquest | Tom McCall, 408/468-8312 | [email protected]
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