"Oracle can no longer count on its near-monopoly in database systems, as the emerging technologies of big data and cloud computing--often available in open-source versions that cost far less to ...

In response to pressure from low-end databases, Oracle recently released a free version of Oracle's 10g database. Oracle is also reported to be in talks to buy open-source middleware company JBoss ...

SQL Developer Data Modeler 3.0 users can link to Subversion version control system; Microsoft, IBM databases supported too Oracle will release on Monday Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler 3.0, an ...

Database heavyweight Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy, a privately held Finnish company with close ties to open-source database company MySQL. Terms of the deal, which was announced Friday, were ...

Oracle also recently acquired a small Finnish company called InnoDB which supplies a storage engine to the MySQL open-source database. Officials from Oracle, Sleepycat, and Zend did not respond ...

Oracle’s open source plans for the JavaFX rich Internet application platform call for transparency and replacing any closed code with open code, an Oracle official said recently on a Java ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Oracle tried to acquire open-source database maker MySQL, an indication of the profound changes the software giant is willing to make as it adapts to the increasingly significant ...

Closed source databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and IBM DB2 are still enormously popular, according to DB-Engines, but the fastest growing databases are all open source.