Carl W. Olofson

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Current: Carl W. Olofson

Carl W. Olofson

Research Vice President, Data Management Software

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Quest Software Acquires erwin Inc.

Jan 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47286021

By: Stewart BondResearch Director, Data Integration and Data Intelligence Software, Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

Quest Software is a leading provider of system management and database tools and utilities, including the Toad product line for database development and tuning, the SharePlex product for database replication, and the monitoring tools Foglig...
EDB Acquires Rival PostgreSQL Vendor 2ndQuadrant

Oct 2020 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS45959020

By: Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

As enterprises evolve their information technology from bare metal deployments in data centers on the premises to hybrid and public cloud models, they are increasingly adopting open source database management systems (DBMSs). PostgreSQL is ...
Oracle Announces Oracle Autonomous Database for JSON

Aug 2020 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44825919

By: Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

During a keynote emphasizing the multimodel nature of Oracle Autonomous Database and its support for a wide range of data management models and the benefits that such a range delivers to developers, Oracle's Juan Loaiza announced that Oracl...

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Experience in Migrating Databases to the Cloud

Mar 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US46433821

By: Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

This IDC Survey Spotlight describes key results from an IDC survey of 406 qualified professionals, DBAs, and IT managers, at both the central IT and line-of-business levels, regarding their plans for and experience with migrating databases ...
Significant Data Management Announcements in January 2021

Feb 2021 | Market Note | Doc # US45958920

By: Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

This IDC Market Note discusses five significant announcements made in early 2021, four of which are specific to the database technology markets and one is more general. These announcements point to maturation and consolidation of IT (in the...
Cloud-Native Database Platforms

Dec 2020 | Market Perspective | Doc # US45437920

By: Carl W. OlofsonResearch Vice President, Data Management Software

This IDC Market Perspective examines the growing importance of cloud-native databases in the data management software market. It includes an explanation of "cloud native" versus "born in the cloud," looks at the evolution of cloud-native da...

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Analyst Location

United States

Coverage

Application development and deployment

Regions

Worldwide, North America

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Big Data, Analytics and Cognitive, Client Computing, Integration, IT Executive Programs Analyst Team