Oracle Corp.’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring together the world’s most valuable relational database with the most popular open source one: MySQL. Oracle reaped $22 ...

Earlier today Oracle executives, in an event spanning more than four hours, presented their strategy for integrating Sun’s assets with Oracle. I’ll just update readers on the section related to Sun’s ...

Oracle on Monday moved to reassure MySQL customers as it engages in "constructive discussions" with the European Union to win approval of its purchase of Sun Microsystems. In a statement, Oracle said ...

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source. Not really.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the speed at which an enterprise can analyze business-critical data directly impacts its ability to compete. Time matters when it comes to mission-critical ...

The main rival to Sun's MySQL database has always been Oracle not Microsoft, the creator of MySQL said, as Europe nears an antitrust decision on Oracle's proposed $7 billion purchase of Sun. European ...

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...

Red Hat Inc. has invested an unspecified amount in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Inc., a sign that the Linux vendor may be worried about the implications of Oracle Corp.’s takeover of MySQL ...

Oracle Corp.'s will bring together the world's most valuable relational database with the most popular open source one -- MySQL. Oracle reaped $22 billion in revenue from its namesake database between ...