Following Linux's footsteps, open-source databases are moving toward mainstream use and threatening proprietary software alternatives, a new survey says. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

* Open source databases start to gain capabilities of proprietary databases Open source software has made significant inroads into many enterprise data centers. IT managers have seen the licensing ...

Big companies are warming up to open-source database software as an alternative to Microsoft products, according to a new study. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Highgo Database made a prominent appearance at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, showcasing its open-source product, the IvorySQL Open-Source Database. The team engaged with global tech enthusiasts and industry ...

Databases were once the forgotten stepchild of the open-source family. Companies like Red Hat Inc. included database software with their Linux distribution disks, but the main focus was on the ...

So you think you can just take that MySQL or Oracle database with all of that data that you have been using for 4 years or more and transfer it up to the cloud? Cloud don’t work like that. But ...

Marten Mickos may no longer run MySQL, but his ghost still haunts the database market. Years ago, Mickos declared, “The relational database market is a $9 billion a year market. I want to shrink it to ...

As the growth in Web 2.0 applications spurs adoption of open-source databases within the enterprise, many organizations need to expand their security priorities to include these increasingly important ...

An open source database is just a regular database that’s distributed with its source code. Users can read, revise, and extend the software freely, although few use these opportunities. The most ...

Our first response when hearing of the license change was that at least Elastic didn't invent yet another weird new license, and instead grabbed one off the shelf. Customer legal departments can rest ...