How will I manage data?

In the system I am thinking of, I want the user to be capable of viewing all network information between a node and its server. Meaning, if the user clicks in a computer on the map, the program will display all information such as, IP address, Mac address, current status of the computer, amount of network bandwidth in use, what switch it is connected too, what port on the switch it is connected too, etc. All things that are widely required during network maintenance. This however will require the implementation of a database into the application.

From my experience, there are a small number of database applications that widely know as being successful in data industries. The main one being, SQL. SQL would be considered the most popular information data management application in the world.

Microsoft offers their version called MySQL, but there are many other open source versions available. MySQL is also very flexible in terms that it can be integrated cross-platform.

The data management utility I am currently used to and have used before is a program called FileMaker Pro. It has been around for several years and I find more comprehensive to use over Microsoft Access.