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THE INEXORABLE FORCES of cloud and automation are increasingly impacting data management. Already, one-fourth of corporate data is being maintained by cloud providers, and data managers expect to move as much of their data environments to the cloud as they can, as soon as possible, according to the "2019 IOUG Databases in the Cloud Survey" report, produced by Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc. and sponsored by Amazon Web Services.
The most significant trend in databases over the next 3 years will be the transition from on-premise systems to hybrid environments, according to Unisphere Research analyst Joe McKendrick. "At the same time, close to half of new database projects are going to public cloud providers. While most database projects are still...