Daniel Oltmanns is a research assistant at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and an expert in the field of AJAX-technologies, databases, and Spring-architectures.
db4o, an open source object database system with broad industry
applicability, belongs to a popular database management systems that has
close to 2 million downloads to date. Here we'll illustrate the features and
application areas of such a database and compare db4o against relational
DBMS/object relational (OR) mappers.
It seems as if object databases are enjoying a rebirth. After the disastrous
but probably quite purifying hype of the '90s, many providers now offer
sophisticated products. Besides db4o, the products by Intersystems,
Objectivity, Gemstone, and Versant deserve to be mentioned. At this point the
most important question is: When or why should I use an object database?
There are many studies available that compare the benefits of object database
management... (more)
Daniel Oltmanns is a research assistant at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and an expert in the field of AJAX-technologies, databases, and Spring-architectures.
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