The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fueled in part by Linux, new research shows. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996.

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Oracle recovered ground in the worldwide relational database market last year to draw roughly level with IBM, thanks in part to Oracle’s strong performance in the fast-growing Linux segment, according ...

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The results are in, and it appears that corporate customers are spending more money on back-end business software. Preliminary results from IDC's annual survey of relational-database market share ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) --Oracle Corp. shares fell Friday after stagnant quarterly sales of the company's key database software and a slim rise in profit combined with a tepid revenue outlook to ...

The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fueled in part by sales of Linux. Overall sales of relational database software ...