DBMS 1995 Readers' Choice Awards WINNERS!

News Flash: 1996 DBMS Readers' Choice Award Winners Announced

Announcing the winners of the 1995 Readers' Choice Awards! DBMS readers voted for their favorite client/server database products in more than 20 categories. The ballot appeared in the August 1995 issue. We had a few ties, a few landslides, and a few close calls. You may be surprised by the gold and silver medal winners! - Dave Kalman, Publisher and Maurice Frank, Editor.

CASE/Modeling

ERwin/ERX, SQL, or DBF (Logic Works Inc.)
The ERwin family consists of entity-relationship database design tools: ERwin/ERX generates from a graphical data model SQL create table and create index code for popular RDBMSs; ERwin/SQL is a subset of ERwin/ERX; and ERwin/DBF provides comparable features for Xbase developers.

S-Designor (Sybase Inc.)
Recently acquired from SDP Technologies, S-Designor is a modeling tool that lets users create, reverse- engineer, maintain, and document databases through a Windows interface.

Client/Server Application Testing

SQA TeamTest (SQA Inc.)
SQA TeamTest provides a team-testing architecture built on a networked test repository. It focuses on six key testing areas: test planning, test development, test execution, test results, defect tracking, and summary reporting and analysis.

Data Replication

Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 Replicator (Microsoft Corp.)
An integral part of Microsoft SQL Server 6.0, SQL Server Replicator is based on a publish-and-subscribe replication framework and integrates with the SQL Server Performance Monitor for graphical analysis and error detection.

Oracle Replication Server (Oracle Corp.)
Based on Oracle7.1, Oracle Replication Server provides replication features for distributed database environments, including "fast refresh" and "complete refresh" and conflict resolution.

Database Accounting

Oracle Cooperative Applications/Financials (Oracle Corp.)
The Oracle Cooperative Applications product family includes more than 26 integrated software modules for accounting, manufacturing, distribution, human resources, and project control, all built on the Oracle RDBMS.

SAP/R3 Client/Server Application Suite (SAP America Inc.)
The SAP/R3 Client/Server Application Suite covers four core functional areas: financial and accounting, human resources, manufacturing and logistics, and sales and distribution. All modules work standalone or integrated into an enterprise solution.

Database Application Development

PowerBuilder (Powersoft Corp., a Sybase company)
PowerBuilder provides a family of client/server development tools that supports centralized management and broad connectivity to front-end design tools and enterprise-wide, back-end database servers.

Delphi (Borland International Inc.)
A relative newcomer to the database application development arena, Delphi combines a visual development environment with the ability to use non-native components such as DLLs, OLE, and VBX controls.

Visual Basic (Microsoft Corp.)
The popular Visual Basic development environment provides an extensible programming language, data access, component reusability, as well as a syntax-checking editor and sophisticated debugging tools.

Database Servers, Host DBMS

Oracle7 (Oracle Corp.)
Oracle's flagship RDBMS runs on more than 80 hardware and operating system platforms, from desktop systems to mainframes, supercomputers, and MPP machines.

Sybase SQL Server (Sybase Inc.)
Sybase SQL Server is an RDBMS based on a multithreaded database operating system architecture, with such features as scalability, server-enforced integrity, high application availability, and online distributed DBMS capabilities.

Microsoft SQL Server (Microsoft Corp.)
Part of the Microsoft BackOffice family of server applications, Microsoft SQL Server provides high performance, scalability, interoperability, and built-in graphical tools.

DBA Tools

Microsoft SQL Administrator (Microsoft Corp.)
Microsoft SQL Administrator is a database management tool that lets users set up, manage, modify, update, and troubleshoot multiple SQL Server systems from a single workstation.

CA-Unicenter (Computer Associates International Inc.)
CA-Unicenter is a policy-based multiplatform systems management environment that provides security with user and resource controls, problem management, file backup and archiving, event-based scheduling, load balancing, and more.

DBMS Connectivity, Distributed Access, Migration

Open Data Services (Microsoft Corp.)
The underlying foundation for all Microsoft database and connectivity products, Open Data Services enables remote data access to multiple sites.

SQL*Net (Oracle Corp.)
A cooperative tool for Oracle7, SQL*Net is remote data access software for use between user applications and Oracle databases, or among multiple databases.

DBMS Developer Productivity

Access Upsizing Tools (Microsoft Corp.)
The Access Upsizing Tools family lets developers automatically upsize their Microsoft Access applications to Microsoft SQL Server. The toolset includes the Upsizing Wizard and the SQL Server Browser.

Decision Support/OLAP

Essbase Analytical Server (Arbor Software Corp.)
The Essbase Analytical Server is a multidimensional database server optimized for complex business planning and analysis, as well as for users who want to share and analyze enterprise data directly from a spreadsheet or custom application.

InfoMaker (Powersoft Corp., a Sybase company)
InfoMaker is a Windows-based tool for personal data access, management, and reporting that includes built-in connectivity to a variety of desktop and server-based RDBMSs.

Embedded Data/File Manager

Microsoft SQL Server (Microsoft Corp.)
Part of the Microsoft BackOffice family of server applications, Microsoft SQL Server provides high performance, scalablity, interoperability, and built-in graphical tools.

Watcom SQL (Watcom International Corp., a Sybase company)
Watcom SQL includes a standalone, single-user SQL database server that lets users develop and deploy single-user standalone applications, as well as develop applications for use with the Watcom SQL Network Server or with other databases and front ends through ODBC.

Multimedia/Document Management

Oracle Media Server (Oracle Corp.)
Oracle Media Server is a specialized database server built on Oracle7 that lets users access "video on demand," as well as access e-mail and other services through set-top/interactive TV technology.

Folio Views Professional Infobase Development Kit (Folio Corp.)
The Folio Views toolset lets users tranform electronic information into Folio Infobases via import/export support, a flat-file validator, and search-and-replace mechanisms.

Object-Oriented DBMS

ObjectStore (Object Design Inc.)
ObjectStore is an ODBMS that provides high performance, ease of use, migration, and data modeling capabilities for large-scale, distributed business and engineering applications.

Parallel Query DBMS

Oracle7.1 (Oracle Corp.)
With its Parallel Query Option, Oracle7.1 is optimized for parallel processing environments, including cluster, SMP, and MPP.

Personal Database for Windows, Macintosh, or OS/2 (GUI)

Access (Microsoft Corp.)
Access is Microsoft's popular Windows-based database package that provides ease of use through a combination of Wizards and intuitive graphical tools.

Report Writer/Database Publishing

Crystal Reports (Crystal Services, a Seagate company)
A Windows-based reporting tool, Crystal Reports provides an intuitive interface that lets users lay out, sort, group, and summarize reporting information, as well as specify database connections and queries without coding.

Systems Administration

Systems Management Server [SMS] (Microsoft Corp.)
Microsoft SMS provides tools for hardware and software inventory, software distribution and installation, performance monitoring and analysis, and troubleshooting.

Workflow Technology

WorkFlo System Development Kit (FileNet Corp.)
WorkFlo integrates with FileNet's document-image and workflow processing system to enable users to create scripts that automate, reengineer, and manage business processes.

Xbase Language

FoxPro for Windows, DOS, Unix, Mac (Microsoft Corp.)
The FoxPro family of products consists of rapid application database development tools that provide object-oriented programming and integrated client/server features, including the ability to connect to multiple back-end data sources through ODBC.

Favorite DBMS Columnist/Author

Joe Celko (SQL Explorer)
For the second year in a row, our irreverent Contributing Editor Joe Celko wins the Favorite Columnist award.

Winning Companies

Arbor Software Corp.
1325 Chesapeake Terrace
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
800-858-1666
408-727-5800
fax 408-727-7140
http://www.arborsoft.com

Borland International Inc.
100 Borland Way
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
800-233-2444
408-431-1000
fax 408-431-4122
http://www.borland.com

Computer Associates International Inc.
One Computer Associates Plaza
Islandia, NY 11788
800-225-5224
516-342-5224
fax 516-342-5734
http://www.cai.com

Crystal Services Inc.
(a Seagate Software company)
1095 W. Pender St., 4th Fl.
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 2M6
800-877-2340
604-681-3435
fax 604-681-2934
http://www.seagate.com/software/crystal

FileNet Corp.
3565 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
800-345-3638
714-966-3400
fax 714-966-3490
http://www.filenet.com

Folio Corp.
(a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, plc.)
5072 North 300 West
Provo, UT 84604
800-231-3654
801-229-6700
fax 801-229-6790
http://www.folio.com

Logic Works Inc.
University Square at Princeton
111 Campus Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540 800-783-7946
609-514-1177
fax 609-514-1175
http://www.logicworks.com

Microsoft Corp.
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
800-426-9400
206-882-8080
fax 206-936-7329
http://www.microsoft.com

Object Design Inc.
25 Burlington Mall Rd.
Burlington, MA 01803
800-962-9620
617-674-5000
fax 617-674-5010
http://www.odi.com

Oracle Corp.
500 Oracle Pkwy.
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
800-633-0596
415-506-7000
fax 415-506-7200
http://www.oracle.com

Powersoft Corp.
(a subsidiary of Sybase Inc.)
561 Virginia Rd.
Concord, MA 01742
800-395-3525
508-287-1500
fax 508-369-3997
http://www.powersoft.com

SAP America Inc.
(a division of SAP AG)
300 Stevens Dr.
International Court Three
Philadelphia, PA 19113
800-872-1727
610-521-4500
fax 610-521-6290
http://www.sap.com

SQA Inc.
10 State St.
Woburn, MA 01810
800-228-9922
617-932-0110
fax 617-932-3280
http://www.sqa.com

Sybase Inc.
6475 Christie Ave.
Emeryville, CA 94608
800-792-2731
510-922-3500
fax 510-922-9441
http://www.sybase.com

Watcom International Corp.
(a subsidiary of Powersoft Corp.)
415 Phillip St.
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3X2
800-265-4555
519-886-3700
fax 519-747-4971
http://www.watcom.com

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Updated Wednesday, May 22, 1996