A researcher has discovered a critical security flaw in the world’s most widely used open-source database application — one that could allow hackers to completely take over a web server. And, because ...

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

The founder of MySQL Michael Widenius "Monty" claims that Oracle is killing off his MySQL database and he is recommending that people move to his new project MariaDB. In an interview with Muktware ...

Speculation has been running rampant that Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL database at the OpenWorld conference, to be held next week in San Francisco. While Oracle thus far has been quiet about the ...

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It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona CEO ...

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the speed at which an enterprise can analyze business-critical data directly impacts its ability to compete. Time matters when it comes to mission-critical ...

With the EU finally saying ‘oh, go on then’ today to the Oracle-Sun combination and Larry Ellison due to talk up the new hybrid beast of Snoracle on 27 January, I suppose it was only a matter of time ...

With the release of MySQL version 5.5, Oracle is marketing the open-source database for Web application duties, while targeting its namesake Oracle database for enterprise applications. “We see them ...

Oracle's ( ORCL) database software market share has increased from near 47% in 2005 to around 49% in 2009, based on Gartner estimates. Database software is used by Internet sites like Facebook, ...