History of the Database Industry

By ptoole
  • Oracle founded

  • Teradata founded

  • Sybase founded

  • Postgres founded

  • SQL Server branched

  • Teradata IPO

  • Teradata bought for $520M

  • MySQL founded

  • SybaseIQ founded

  • 1010 Data Founded

  • InfiniDB Founded

  • Netezza founded

  • DatAllegro founded

  • Greenplum founded

  • MonetDB founded

  • Aster Data Founded

  • CouchDB founded

  • Dataupia founded

  • Paraccel founded

  • Vertica founded

  • Exasol founded

  • Clustrix founded

  • Netezza IPOs

  • Teradata spun off NCR

  • Cassandra founded

  • DataAllegro acquired for $275M

  • ExaData created

  • VoltDB founded

  • MySQL acquired for $1B

  • CitrusLeaf founded

  • Greenplum acquired for ~$300M

  • Netezza acquired for $1.7B

  • Sybase acquired for $5.8B

  • Aster Data acquired for $275M

  • Vertica acquired for $350M