On the software front, the open-source mySQL database is a weak on management and development tools, compared to the proprietary databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

Sybase is releasing real-time data management software and a new version of its relational database, and MySQL is adding clustering to its open source database.

Quest Software, a global systems management and security software provider, is releasing Toad Edge, a new commercial database toolset that can manage next-generation open source database environments.

A Chinese software vendor has brushed aside speculation that its enterprise product, which uses code from Oracle Corp's MySQL open-source relational database management system, faces the risk of ...

Two software rights organizations and a software freedom activist wrote in an open letter to the E.U. that it should not allow Oracle to acquire MySQL because of the potential harm, while MySQL's ...

MySQL has always denied it competes directly with Oracle and IBM, preferring to call its product “complementary.” That may have been due to the limitations of its software or because it was ...

MySQL management tool, Navicat 2005 was released on Wednesday adding new features including SSH Tunneling, data synchronization and a built-in SQL Console.

Open-source company MySQL confirmed recent reports that it will offer a database monitoring and advisory service as part of its MySQL Enterprise commercial subscription service later this year ...

Redgate announced today a new cross-database DevOps tool which allows development teams to include test data management in their DevOps processes.

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 ...