To generate interest from developers, Boston-based Akiban Technologies has released as open source its flagship database software, called Akiban Server. The company also released a connector for ...

MariaDB, headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., positioned the SkySQL acquisition as creating more flexibility for customers ...

Updated: Sun Microsystems is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open source database developer MySQL for $1 billion ($800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL ...

Unix-like systems, such as Linux and BSD, run server software, including the MySQL database, as a separate user, shielding many critical system functions from exploitation by such a worm.

Open-source database vendor MySQL AB and business intelligence (BI) software provider JasperSoft Corp. Tuesday announced a joint reselling agreement.

MySQL offers a dual licensing model for its software, meaning people who download the company's database software for free must make any modifications available to the public.

MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB.

MySQL founder Michael “Monty” Widenius and his co-founder David Axmark, however, came up with a different model a few years ago: the Business Source License (BSL).

I need to update a MySQL database in response to a Web form submission that uses Perl. I know the basics of Perl, and the Web site provides the database connectivity modules for Perl, but I need ...

MySQL competes against proprietary database players like IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle, pitting its software both against their entry-level free databases and their commercial enterprise offerings.