IBM's Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better

A short interview: IBM's Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better:

Q&A: Bob Picciano, vice president of database technology at IBM's Toronto lab, says the company continues to pummel main database rival Oracle in terms of price and scalability.

Sure, says IBM's database guru, Oracle is talking a good game on grid computing with Oracle Database 10g, but IBM's still pummeling its biggest database competitor in terms of price and in terms of how many nodes its technology has scaled to in production environments—try 1,000, compared with Oracle Corp.'s 16.