A top executive at SAP has predicted the eventual demise of the database, as solutions that allow for information to be stored and accessed directly via servers and other forms of hardware begin to mature.
Speaking on Tuesday at the SAP TechEd 2009 event in Vienna, SAP executive board member Jim Hagemann Snabe told an audience of press and analysts that as businesses move increasingly toward an "in-demand" world, there will be more demand for solutions that enable information to be accessed faster and faster.
"I can imagine a future where people don't even need a database," said Hagemann Snabe,who heads up the business solutions and technology division at SAP, one of the world's largest database developers.
In April, SAP announced a partnership with Californian data-analytics company Teradata to work on products for in-memory data management and other technology. In-memory databases eliminate disk access by storing and manipulating data in the main memory, and do not require caching.
SAP is working on similar projects with renowned Berlin-based technology think tank Handelsplatt.
Read more of "SAP: Days of the database are numbered" at ZDNet UK.
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