Briefs

David Norris, Bloor Research, 30th November, 2006

Having been very impressed by what Microsoft has to offer I wanted to learn more about what Oracle has to offer, and I am equally impressed. I, like many others I suspect, tend to rather overlook that Oracle does data mining; because Oracle has so much on offer, some elements do tend to get neglected. In my case, having been a Tru64 user for many years, Oracle was not an option because they did not support the platform. But now that the mining is integral to the kernel of the database it is universally available, but old habits die hard and it has rather been off my radar.

An aspect of the tool that I have to comment on is its pricing. I hear a lot from Oracle users about how expensive everything is getting, it therefore comes as a very pleasant surprise to find that the Oracle data mining option is one of the great bargains available today because it is affordable and when you look at what you are getting it is a real Rolls Royce of capability and features.

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