"A Business View of the Database Landscape"

Charlie Perkins
VP, Data Engineering
Fidelity Investments Systems Company

Friday, November 9, 2001, 4:00 PM
Volen 101, Brandeis University

Abstract:

In this talk, I will attempt to portray the real world of a large business database shop. After giving a brief overview of his lack of qualifications and a rough inventory of the Fidelity DBMS landscape, I will review some relevant history (how did we get in this mess?). I will then describe the emergence of the current database powers and the challenges facing todays business database environment: resources, pace of technology, breadth of technology portfolio, costs (TCO, vendor pricing, etc.). . .

Without going into too much detail (read, lying), I will discuss some of the sharp pains facing the eBusiness Database Administrator (DBA): web traffic, warehouse building and growth (web enabling), tools. . .

Finally, I will try to map the Big 3 Database superpowers deliveries to the eBusiness requirements and wrap up with a quick peek at some of the potentially useful DBMS futures.

Speaker Bio:

Charlie is the head of the Data Engineering group within Fidelity Investments Systems Company. His group provides full database development life cycle support for Oracle, Sybase and DB2 DBMS as well as data management product life cycle management (evaluation, classification, certification, benchmarking, consulting, vendor relationship services) for DBMS and related products.

Prior to his nearly 6 years at Fidelity, Charlie managed data management organizations at UNUM Insurance Company and Cullinet Software. He has worked in database roles since 1977, and, prior to that, developed business applications for 5 years. His database experience spans the hierarchical, network and relational models, and he has survived many of the hot technology waves (4GL, AI, CASE, Client/Server, Web) of the past several decades.

He has worked extensively with many of the primary database and tool vendors (IBM, Bachman, Platinum Technology, BMC, etc.) and has been active in database technology user groups.

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Last updated on 11/1/01