Jul
10
2009

Benefits of Hosted MS SQL

When it comes to databases and small businesses, it’s safe to say that most SMBs are built on SQL. Regardless of flavor, the open source MySQL or Microsoft’s MS SQL, the SQL relational database language has become de facto for millions of business applications. That established pedigree also comes with a frequently debated question: how can administrators and company decision makers’ best decide which to use?

The thing that makes MySQL attractive to startups is the same thing that works against it as a business becomes more and more successful- it’s open source software. For new companies it means no licensing fees and a rich open source community. For SMBs with revenue dependant databases, it means no vendor support and limited native interoperability with other entrenched business applications. When salaries, shareholder’s dividends and operating capital is on the line, that’s a deal breaker.

It’s one thing to say “there are unlimited resources in the open source community.” It’s another thing to be looking at a corrupted database that’s crashed, halting sales and bleeding revenue and perhaps losing valuable customer and billing information in the process. The value of the vendor partner relationship is clearly evident when the chips are down. You don’t handle your business accounting without professional support. Your critical database infrastructure should receive the same care.
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