Given recent maneuvers by proprietarydatabase vendors, it is apparent thatopen source is having an impact on the database software market. Two recent reports from major IT analysis firmsIDC andGartner ...

Commercial release of Toad Edge™ 2.0 toolset streamlines database implementations, development and management across PostgreSQL and EDB Postgres™ platforms Reduces Postgres learning curve and ...

Earlier, we discussed SQL Databases. In this post, I will list some popular open-source, free database software. Before starting any service online, it is necessary to choose a database that can ...

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Five out of six developers today use or have used open source tools or deployed open source software in their projects, a recent Forrester Research study revealed. But in which software categories?

In the worlds of Big Data, NoSQL and relational databases, Splice Machine's name doesn't come up that often. But a closer look at the company's product, architectural approach and CEO put them on my ...

But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives? Analysis When Microsoft rolled out an open source extension stack for PostgreSQL to handle document-style data, it wasn't just taking aim at ...

IT execs responding to two recent surveys cited "strong security" as one of the top reasons they're adopting open-source cloud databases—the lack of which was once considered an impediment to adoption ...

Why more and more organizations are shifting their next-generation database architectures to focus on solutions instead of servers, and to embrace the value of open source database technologies 2017 ...

An open source database is just a regular database that’s distributed with its source code. Users can read, revise, and extend the software freely, although few use these opportunities. The most ...

The roots of open source go back to the original pioneers of the computer revolution. Early pioneers of computing at organizations such as Bell Labs and MIT held a belief that sharing program code was ...

Many of today’s hottest new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. As a result, many big companies — from financial giants to retailers to services firms — are ...