Winter Corporation Launches TopTen™ Program that Recognizes the World’s Largest Databases
Program Celebrates Users, Vendors and Products at Leading Installations
Waltham, MA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) March 10, 2005 -- Winter Corporation, a leading center of expertise
in very large databases, has launched the 2005 TopTen™ Program to identify the
world’s largest and most heavily used databases. Data collection for the Program
runs until July 15th. Winter Corp. will announce the award recipients and
research results on September 8th.
The TopTen Program is a survey-based
global research effort directed at organizations with large-scale database
operations. The Program’s primary objective is to pay tribute to those who build
or manage large data repositories that support business-critical applications on
data warehouses and operational systems. The campaign identifies the products,
platforms and architectures that comprise the leading implementations. In
addition, the TopTen Program recognizes the vendors whose products and services
have enabled users to reach these new heights in database size and
performance.
Any database with a minimum of 1TB of data (excludes
freespace and redundancy) may be entered. Respondents complete a short
questionnaire on current and projected database size and workload, DBMS, server
and storage environments, database and system architectures, and project
benefits and obstacles. Participants are required to validate their submissions
by running queries developed by their database vendor and Winter Corp. or
submitting system-generated documentation that supports their figures. Award
winners will be announced for up to 48 categories defined by usage (DSS, BI or
DW; OLTP, operational or e-Commerce; Scientific, Content Store or Other),
operating system and the four Program metrics: database size (compressed and
uncompressed), number of rows/records/objects and workload. In the last Program,
193 awards were distributed to 63 different organizations.
Awareness of
the Program has grown steadily, as seen in the ever-broadening cross-section of
the participants’ location, job titles and industries. Participants represent
virtually all types of businesses. In the last campaign, half of the
questionnaires were submitted from sites outside the U.S.
Doug Border,
Chief Technology Officer at Stratapult, commented, “Stratapult is delighted to
have been selected Grand Prize Winner status in the TopTen Program in
consecutive years. We strive to provide our clients with technology solutions
that meet business requirements and improve their competitive position in the
marketplace. The Winter Corp. recognition helps validate the effort and
technical expertise that our talented development team poured into this mission
critical application.”
The TopTen Program generates both promotional
benefits and research findings. Winter Corporation executes a campaign to
promote the achievements of the award recipients and their industry vendors to
the press, analyst community and other database practitioners. Previous
campaigns have been covered by The New York Times, eWeek, InformationWeek,
Forbes.com, CIO Magazine, Computerworld, Database Trends and Applications, and
other industry publications. Using the survey data, Winter Corp. has built an
actual - not hypothetical - knowledgebase about large-scale database operations,
enabling the company to offer the foremost primary examination of best practices
at the world’s leading databases.
Kathy Auerbach, Director of the TopTen
Program for Winter Corporation, remarked, “Advancements in database size and
performance often signify that a previously unsolved technical challenge has
been mastered. Those who successfully build and support large-scale databases
deserve to be recognized. The TopTen Program celebrates the unsung heroes whose
contributions are so vital to organizations reaching their corporate goals.”
The 2005 TopTen Program is sponsored by HP (NYSE: HPQ), Microsoft
Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sybase Inc.
(NYSE: SY). Sponsorship does not sanction influence on the TopTen Program in any
way.
Click the link below to learn more about the TopTen Program and for
directions on filling out a questionnaire.
http://www.wintercorp.com/VLDB/2005_TopTen_Survey/TopTenProgram.html
About
Winter Corporation
Winter Corporation is an independent consulting firm that
helps customers maximize the value of their large-scale database solutions, data
warehouses and operational systems. The company provides research, consulting
and education services that help users and vendors define their database
solutions, architect and engineer their implementations, and manage their
scalability issues. Winter Corporation focuses on database technology near, at
and beyond the frontier of database of scalability.
For more
information, contact Winter Corporation by e-mail at e-mail protected from spam
bots, on the WorldWideWeb at http://www.wintercorp.com, or by calling 617-695-1800.
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