Study Shows SQL Server Costs $3.2 Million Less Than Oracle The Walklett Group, a project delivery and project management company, explored the cost differences between two comparable business intelligence solutions that were designed to fit into a very large database environment—one from Unisys and Microsoft, the other from Sun Microsystems and Oracle. The Walklett Group found that a Unisys and SQL Server solution saves $3.2 million over five years compared to a Sun and Oracle solution. This paper details the analysis process and reveals the Walklett Group's findings.

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