Oracle Is No. 1 in Embedded DBMS

The market research firm IDC has named Oracle the overall leader in the embedded database management sector with 23.2 percent of the worldwide market.

IDC states in its latest report, "Worldwide Embedded DBMS 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares," that Oracle's 23.2 percent of worldwide embedded DBMS software revenue by vendor surpasses the next closest vendor with 14.1 percent. Additionally, IDC notes that Oracle achieved an annual growth rate of 23.3 percent, almost double the 11.7 percent growth rate for the industry as a whole.

"Oracle sees a growing need for databases that are embedded within our partners' applications and devices, running in the data center, in the network, at the edge, and in the mobile environment," said Rex Wang, vice president, embedded systems marketing, Oracle. "By embedding Oracle databases, partners can deliver more complete solutions faster and at lower cost. Oracle is fully committed to serving the needs of embedded developers."

Oracle offers developers building embedded systems the industry's broadest selection of world-class embeddable database products to meet their specific application requirements, including

Oracle Database—for advanced relational database features in an embeddable package

Oracle TimesTen—for real-time, in-memory relational data management and caching

Oracle Berkeley DB—for high performance, nonrelational data management

Oracle Database Lite—for online/offline mobile relational data management.

Requiring virtually no human administration, these products are ideal for developers in industries such as telecommunications and high technology, which have demanding requirements for intelligent edge devices and services.