Business decision makers will be tasked to do more for less money, which may make open-source databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL an attractive option. However, it is unclear just how much the economy will affect adoption.

According to Forrester Research, companies such as Sun Microsystems, Ingres and EnterpriseDB have reasons to smile.

“Based our research we were now expecting a 24 percent growth in the open-source database—new licenses, support and services—market in 2009, revised upward from an earlier 18 percent projected growth,” said Noel Yuhanna, an analyst with Forrester. “This takes into account the current economic condition and market movement. Over the last month, we are already seeing a large number of customer inquiries asking about how to save money in databases, and some are looking at open-source databases.”

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