THE STATE OF THE MULTIVALUE MARKETPLACE 2007
The study was completed in April, 2007. (17 pages and 26 graphs and charts. Sponsored by Revelation Software, InterSystems, and DesignBais)
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Since its debut more than 40 years ago, MultiValue database technology has won a loyal following as a platform for application development. It differs from relational databases in several ways. MultiValue databases support an unlimited number of values in a single field. In relational database technology, each entry requires its own field. Secondly, MultiValue databases support variable-length fields. The fields in relational databases must be of a fixed length. These two characteristics lead to several advantages, according to MultiValue loyalists. MultiValue databases are more flexible and easier
to change than relational databases. They conserve storage space. And they have performance advantages.
In April 2007, Unisphere Research conducted a survey of the MultiValue community, including end-users as well as value-added resellers (VARs) systems integrators (SIs) and independent software vendors (ISVs).
Among the key findings:
- The MultiValue community remains committed to the technology and there should not be wholesale migration off the platform over the next year.
- Internal developers and commercial developers plan to add new features to existing MultiValue applications this year.
- Modernizing the user interface is high on developers’ priority lists.
In total, 252 people participated in the study. About 40 percent of the respondents identified themselves as end-users of MultiValue technology. The remaining 60 percent were VARs, SIs and ISVs.
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