One recent study finds that demand for these solutions could explode over the next three years — as XML standards become more widespread, and pricing comes down for XML-aware DBMS features (both native and enabled). Zapthink’s review of the topic “XML Data and Storage Trends” found that while XML-enabled DBMS vendors accounted for only 15% of the total database market in 2000, the popularity of XML databases will skyrocket over the next several years and account for 65% of all DBMS sales by 2005.

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