© William Wood 2019
William WoodMigrating to MariaDBhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3997-1_1

1. Drivers for Change

William Wood1 
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Pacific, MO, USA
 

There are many drivers for change in the world of technology and business. We are going to look at a couple of those in the following chapters from the viewpoint of a fictional company that has come out with a new product while at the same time going through a licensing audit. These two catalysts caused the company, Financial Widgets Plus (FWP), to evaluate their current database solution and possible alternative solutions because the cost, along with the overhead of use, of the proprietary solution could no longer be supported or fiscally responsible. They needed a replacement that would propel ...

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