Worldwide relational database management systems (RDBMS) new license sales totaled $7.8 bln in 2004, a 10.3% increase from 2003 revenue, according to Gartner. IBM and Oracle were in a virtual tie for the top position based on new license revenue. RDBMS on the Windows server platform totaled $3.1 bln in 2004, a 10% increase from 2003. Microsoft extended its lead in this segment, as it accounted for 50.9% of new license revenue.
RDBMS on the Unix platform declined 0.7%, however much of this decline was attributed to Oracle’s strong performance in the Linux segment. Oracle accounted for 55.9% of RDBMS new license revenue. The Linux RDBMS was still relatively small with new license revenue of $654.8 mln in 2004, but this segment showed the largest growth rate. Linux RDBMS new license sales increased 118.4% from 2003 revenue of $299.8 mln. Oracle was the clear market leader in this space, as it accounted for 80.5% of new license sales. Its revenue increased 154.8%.
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Relational database management |
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| Vendor | 2004 rev, mln. $ |
2004 market share, % |
2003 rev, mln. $ |
2003 market share, % |
2003-2004 growth, % |
| IBM (total) | 2,664.9 | 34.1 | 2,518.8 | 35.5 | 5.8 |
| IBM (specifically) | 2,554.0 | 32.7 | 2,384.2 | 33.6 | 7.1 |
| IBM (Informix) | 110.9 | 1.4 | 134.6 | 1.9 | -17.6 |
| Oracle | 2,636.0 | 33.7 | 2,299.3 | 32.4 | 14.6 |
| Microsoft | 1,561.1 | 20.0 | 1,323.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 |
| NCR Teradata | 230.0 | 2.9 | 196.3 | 2.8 | 17.2 |
| Sybase | 178.0 | 2.3 | 177.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Others | 517.1 | 6.6 | 545.4 | 7.7 | -5.2 |
| Total | 7,787.1 | 100.0 | 7,060.0 | 100.0 | 10.3 |
| Source: Gartner |
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