For any dynamic business, databases are the foundation. In our current technology-oriented world, where we encounter new and revolutionary applications and tools, databases make the foundational platform. And whether we use software-as-a-service (SAAS), e-commerce, or any other service-oriented tool, databases are the key drivers of data.
Interactive software (software with which a person iteratively interacts in real time) has changed in fundamental ways over the past 25 years. The “online” systems of the 1970s have, through a series of intermediate transformations, evolved into today’s web and mobile applications. These systems solve new problems for potentially vast and large user populations, and they execute atop a computing infrastructure that has changed even more radically over the years.
