Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an open standard application programming interface (API) that allows application programmers to easily access data stored in a database. The main proponent and ...

The database giant said Sleepycat’s open-source Berkeley DB database will complement Oracle’s existing line of closed-source databases for embedding within applications. The products differ from ...

Terms of the deal, which was announced Friday, were not disclosed. Innobase, a profitable company that was founded 10 years ago, makes a database “engine” called InnoDB for storing data to the MySQL ...

Oracle has acquired open-source database vendor Sleepycat Software, strengthening its hand in the embedded database market and putting to rest at least one of the rumors about its plans to buy ...

Oracle’s recent move to acquire Sun has placed the responsibility for advancing MySQL development into the hands of the project’s most prominent competitor. The move is of deep concern to MySQL ...

ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) is a uniform interface standard that you may use to access database systems. Learn about ODBC classes and how to use the ODBC .NET Data Provider within the Microsoft ...

It's far too early to count Oracle out of the database wars. According to a new report from DB-Engines, a site that tracks the popularity of database technologies, Oracle was not only the most widely ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...

Sony Online Entertainment Inc. has started a shift from Oracle to open-source software with the signing of a deal to use database technology from EnterpriseDB Corp. As part of an effort to cut ...