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To: bsl113 who wrote (10855)	5/20/1998 3:58:00 PM
From: bsl113	Respond to of 14631

The data warehouse segment of the market is growing. Informix should benefit in this arena because of it strategic position in this area. -> Just my opinion, Bryan techweb.com New Reality : 0.80 TechWeb News, May 13, 1998 The database market grew only 7 percent last year to $6.6 billion, compared with 14.8 percent in 1996, according to Dataquest, San Jose, Calif. That slowdown, and their own missteps, hit Informix and Sybase the hardest -- but others, including Oracle, were also adversely affected. By comparison, demand for data warehousing products and services is booming, which helps explain the burst of product and service offerings coming from many companies. The Meta Group estimates the data warehousing market will grow 40 percent this year to $8 billion. <IMG SRC="http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/681/graphics/iunew.gif"ALT="bar graph">