Create a 3- to 5-slide presentation including speaker notes.

Compare the distributed database management system capabilities of Oracle^® and Microsoft^® SQL Server^®.

Develop a list of database management system capabilities to compare these systems.

Develop your criterion and definitions in a table that lists the criteria, your definition, and your rankings.

Consider some of the following capabilities:

• Distributed data dictionary
• Distributed data location transparent to developers and users
• Security
• Concurrency
• Deadlock control
• Global query optimization
• Automatic failure recording and recovery
• Data consistency among distributed copies of data
• Single logical database view for distributed data
• Scalability
• Replication of data and stored procedures across distributed data
• Cost
• Support
• Training and skill requirements
• Database partitioning
• Application clustering
• Middleware integration and support