Re: Bank Databases

From: Matthew Zito <matt_at_crackpotideas.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:55:23 -0400
Message-ID: <CAJ7936yDR_4zi3yi-qjZLk+41aMn2uMSDk2NOnKpVo1WsDwONw_at_mail.gmail.com>

From direct experience working with about 3/4 of the major banks in the US, they all use Oracle to one degree or another, and at most of them, Oracle is a primary database platform.

That being said, they have all kinds of other databases too, from MySQL to DB2 to NoSQL data stores, to Netezza and Greenplum datawarehouses, etc.

Matt

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Oracle's financial services page claims
> #1 in Financial Services
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>   - Oracle is #1 in Financial Services customer relationship management
>   - Oracle is #1 in Financial Services human capital management
>   - 20 of the 20 top banks run Oracle
>   - 20 of the top 20 insurance companies run Oracle applications
>   - 9 of the top 10 securities firms use Oracle applications
>   - 4 of the top 5 mutual fund companies use Oracle applications
>   - 4 of the top 5 world stock exchanges use Oracle applications
>
> I think it fair to say that if you can think of a bank, likely it uses
> Oracle for at least some important systems.
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Anyone know which banks are big users of Oracle?
>> I know Citibank used to be.
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>> Howard A. Latham
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> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> http://www.orawin.info
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