Comparing IBM DB2 and Oracle Database for SAP
Last week, at an event that IBM hosted for analysts and press, there were some very interesting Twitter messages from John Rymer, Merv Adrian, and Carl Olofson, including: In case you are interested in...
View ArticleTruth in Advertising – Oracle’s Claims about Performance and Energy Consumption
Last year, I blogged about some issues regarding Truth in Advertising – Advanced Data Compression in Oracle 11g. Well, our friends over at Oracle are at it again. This time thay are making some...
View ArticleIBM Again Shatters World Record on Two-Tier SAP SD Benchmark
IBM today announced a new two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) benchmark result that crushes the Oracle/Sun results. The new benchmark result uses a 256-core Power 795 system with DB2 to support...
View ArticleOracle uses 9x CPUs to Achieve only 3x the Performance for TPC-C Benchmark
According to IDC’s latest server market share report, released earlier this week, Oracle is languishing in fourth place with 6.6 points of market share (IBM has 30.5 points of market share). When you...
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