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 ...

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 ...

MySQL Enterprise Edition is an RDBMS software that includes advanced management tools, features, and technical support to achieve high levels of MySQL security, reliability, scalability and uptime.

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.