Study Shows SQL Server Costs $3.2 Million Less Than Oracle
Published: December 5, 2002
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Summary
The Walklett Group, a project delivery and project management company, explored the cost differences between two comparable business intelligence solutions that were designed to fit into a very large database environment—one from Unisys and Microsoft, the other from Sun Microsystems and Oracle. The Walklett Group found that a Unisys and SQL Server solution saves $3.2 million over five years compared to a Sun and Oracle solution. This paper details the analysis process and reveals the Walklett Group's findings.
Included in this document:
| • | Executive Summary |
| • | Introduction |
| • | Configuration Assumptions |
| • | Marketplace Solutions |
| • | Overview of Total Cost of Ownership |
| • | Solution Economics |
| • | Conclusions |
