A database, the core of your enterprise data management. How do you know which one you need? With the choice of applications on the market today, selecting the database that fits your needs can be quite a challenge. So let’s see, here’s a few things that could make your list of priorities when selecting which database to use:

* Budget (obviously, first make up your mind on how much you wanna spend)

*Size and scalability

*Speed and optimization capacities

*Performance and reliability

*Security (access rights)

*Integration possibilities

If totally lost, you could check out Oracle Database 11g and IBM DB2 for starters.