Selecting the Right Database

Pervasive Can Help

For both application providers and the organizations they serve, few decisions are as important as selecting the right database for powering business-critical applications. The stakes are high. The wrong decision can lead to anything from frustrated customers to lost sales.

Pervasive is the Clear Winner

A recent Aberdeen Report found that "Low-IT" users-a group that includes small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and departments within larger businesses-are not well served by databases aimed a large data stores because these users lack the large corporate IT departments of major enterprises.

Aberdeen compared the costs in licensing, developing, deploying, administering and maintaining, training, and upgrading four major databases. Pervasive was the clear winner for SMBs and other Low-IT users.

Aberdeen Group Finding: Database TCO for 10 clients
Database	Pervasive.SQL V8	Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio 7	Microsoft SQL Server 2000	Oracle 9i Standard Edition
Cost	$7,580	$19,594	$54,526	$218,141
Pervasive.SQL Cost Advantage	1:1	2.5:1	7.2:1	28.8:1

Aberdeen Report: Low-IT Database Cost-of-Ownership Study

What SMBs Need

What's involved in selecting a database? SMBs should look for an optimal combination of several factors, including-

Performance, measured by both transaction speeds and data access time. Scalability, with the ability to maintain performance over many implementations and expansions. Ease-of-use, helping to contain training costs and support high productivity. A low total cost of ownership based on an affordable initial cost as well as minimal downtime and maintenance.

There's much to consider when you're faced with this make-or-break decision. Pervasive can help make it easy.

We have both technical expertise and business experience in providing database solutions well-suited to the needs of SMBs and departments. Pervasive products are flexible, affordable and fully embeddable in solutions developed by other vendors.

Learn more about database selection for applications targeted to organizations with limited resources by reading "Picking the Right Database," an in-depth look from Pervasive.