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Intellor Group, Inc. Provides Valuable Insight Into XML Database Technology Adoption And Usage Trends

Survey on XML Database Adoption Signals Profound Changes In Data Management

Intellor Group, Inc., an independent e-business intelligence and integration knowledge exchange company, and Wilshire Conferences, a provider of high quality educational conferences to Information Technology (IT) professionals, announced today the completion of a research summary, titled XML Database Trends And Influences, that analyzes how IT professionals' need to manage unstructured and structured data within their companies is influencing the adoption of XML databases.

The data analyzed in this Intellor Research Summary was derived from a survey conducted by Intellor Group, Inc. and Wilshire Conferences at the Wilshire Meta-Data Conference and DAMA Symposium held March 4-8. The more than 225 respondents to the survey provided a current snapshot of where companies are with their levels of understanding, acceptance, adoption, implementation, application, and selection of XML and XML-related technologies as well as the impact XML has had or will have on their organizations.

"A typical organization's enterprise information is no longer maintained as structured data alone-much of it is now in the form of unstructured data as well," said Grant Laing, senior analyst, Intellor Group, Inc. "This research summary examines how widespread the management of unstructured data has become, the use of XML to manage all data (structured and unstructured), and whether or not it makes sense to store XML in native XML databases or if traditional databases, such as relational databases, are up to the task. It is clear from the results that expectations are high that XML is going to revolutionize the management of structured and unstructured data."

Key Findings From The Research Summary on XML Database Adoption

  • Twelve percent (12) of respondents have already implemented native XML databases or plan to implement them within the next 12 months.
  • Thirty-two (32) percent of respondents-nearly three times greater than for native XML databases-have already implemented XML-enabled databases or plan to implement them within the next 12 months.

"In all likelihood, XML databases will do well in certain applications, such as content-management data stores, and XML-enabled databases will dominate in more data-centric XML applications," concluded Laing.

Importance Of Management Of Unstructured Data Today:

Thirty-eight (38) percent of respondents claim a 90 percent/10 percent split in IT resource allocation today between structured and unstructured data management respectively, 18 percent claim a 80 percent/20 percent split, and 9 percent claim a 70 percent/30 percent split.

In One Year:

Nineteen (19) percent of respondents expect a 90 percent/10 percent split in IT resource allocation in a year between structured and unstructured data management respectively, 26 percent expect an 80 percent/20 percent split, and 17 percent expect a 70 percent/30 percent split.

In Three Years:

Twelve (12) percent of respondents expect a 90 percent/10 percent split in IT resource allocation in three years between structured and unstructured data management respectively, 23 percent expect an 80 percent/20 percent split, and 21 percent expect a 70 percent/30 percent split.

"We are in the midst of profound changes in thinking about data management. The trend is for fewer and fewer organizations to have such an extreme disparity in resource allocation. This indicates that management of unstructured data is moving out of the niche role it occupies today in many organizations and is going to occupy an increasingly larger share of most IT departments' time, energy and money," Laing presumes.

Impact Of Convergence Of Mark-Up Languages And Data Management On Organizations 

Today:

  • Fifteen (15) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to be a "Key Criteria In Any Decision".
  • Sixty-seven (67) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to have "No Impact" or "Minimal Impact" on their organization.
    In One Year:
  • Thirty-one (31) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to be a "Key Criteria In Any Decision".
  • Forty-nine (49) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to have "No Impact" or "Minimal Impact" on their organization.
    In Three Years:
  • Fifty-eight (58) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to be a "Key Criteria In Any Decision".
  • Nineteen (19) percent of respondents rated the impact of the convergence of mark-up languages and data management to have "No Impact" or "Minimal Impact" on their organization.

The Intellor Research Summary: XML Database Trends And Influences is available for download to members of Intellor.com at http://www.intellor.com/links/?pg=RS5PR. Membership at Intellor.com is free to IT professionals. 

Intellor Group, Inc., located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is an independent knowledge exchange company focused on promoting the success of organizations' e-business initiatives in the e-Business Intelligence and Integration (eBII) marketplace through the rapid and comprehensive exchange of knowledge.