Dbms Selection And Evaluation: Perspectives And Practical Issues
Summary: Panel session on DBMS selection/evaluation; identifies questions to ask vendors and how to evaluate answers. Covers benchmarking, pre-selection testing, cost, transportability, security, conversion, reliability, and procurement strategy for managers. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. F. Brett Berlin (Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center)
- 2. James R. Deline (DBD Systems, Inc.)
- 3. J. Ron Phillips (B. F. Goodrich Company)
- 4. Wanda A. Reynolds (Texas State Comptroller)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{berlin_sigmod78,
title = {{DBMS SELECTION AND EVALUATION: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICAL ISSUES}},
author = {Berlin, F. Brett and Deline, James R. and Phillips, J. Ron and Reynolds, Wanda A.},
series = {{SIGMOD} '78},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/509252.509266},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/509252.509266},
year = {1978}
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