MySQL has become perhaps the most visible player in the open source database market. With revenues now at $20 million annually, the company is eyeing a greater enterprise presence with its upcoming ...

New open source databases users seem to blend the fervor of religious converts with the hardheaded realism of IT professionals. “I needed an inexpensive database that could handle millions of records ...

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

Like many companies, National Semiconductor Corp. is looking for ways to cut costs and has Linux and open-source high on its list. While the Santa Clara, Calif., company already is making the move to ...

MariaDB says it is building a database-as-a-service based on open source principles after offloading its old DBaaS before ...