MySQL, the open source relational database that came to Oracle through the Sun Microsystems acquisition, originated as a relatively simple relational database that was known for one task: transaction ...

Monty Widenius, one of the original cofounders of MySQL, issued a statement Monday articulating his latest views about Oracle’s acquisition of Sun. He shares the European Commission’s concern that the ...

Big Red's acquisition of MySQL sent users running toward the open source alternative, says Michael Stonebraker ...

Members of the MySQL community are calling on Oracle to establish a foundation for the project, with an open letter that lays out a few pressing concerns affecting MySQL today. “We see MySQL kind of ...

Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...

Specifically, MySQL Autopilot uses internalized machine learning to assist users for some tasks, and applies closed-loop automation to handle others. It assists users by making recommendations on how ...

The new lakehouse service, designed to quickly load and query up to 400TB of data, will compete with offerings from Oracle rivals that have also jumped on the lakehouse concept, including Snowflake, ...

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld-- Oracle today announced significant enhancements to MySQL HeatWave, including support for vector store, generative AI, new in-database ...

When the European Commission isn’t occupied with important duties such as regulating banana curvature, it likes to turn its attention to large companies with significant market share. EU regulators ...

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

There is no shortage of people calling for Oracle to sell MySQL. I keep reading that Oracle should sell MySQL to “a suitable third-party” or to a “neutral third party.” I understand why these people ...

Speculation has been running rampant that Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL database at the OpenWorld conference, to be held next week in San Francisco. While Oracle thus far has been quiet about the ...