It may be time for Oracle to donate MySQL -- as it did with OpenOffice -- to The Apache Foundation, or another open source house. It's no secret that the Redwood Shores, Calif. company acquired Sun, ...

Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

The European Union is justifiably investigating whether Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun -- and its subsidiary MySQL -- will lead to reduced competition and higher prices in the database market. Of ...

Oracle's recent release of three new commercial extensions to the MySQL database has caused an outcry among some in the MySQL community. Some, including project founder Michael "Monty" Widenius, are ...

Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...

Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users of large-volume distributed databases. MySQL Cluster 7.2, released for general ...

Oracle today is following through on its announced plans to make its MySQL HeatWave database management systems available on the Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud. MySQL HeatWave is a major upgrade to ...

Oracle Corp. is expanding the cloud footprint for its MySQL HeatWave database offering. Oracle took a key step to change that narrative this week with the news that HeatWave would now be available on ...

Oracle ORCL rolled out MySQL Autopilot feature for its MySQL Heatwave service at no extra costs to Heatwave clients. The new capabilities are available on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ...