Oracle is now seeing the MySQL database user base as an opportunity, unlike two years ago, when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said users of the open source product are not the people who would buy Oracle ...

Customers at the MySQL conference this week said Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of the database company could increase MySQL’s credibility among senior IT decision makers still skittish about using ...

Open-source database software maker MySQL AB warned its users to tighten security yesterday after reports of a new Internet worm that targets its popular relational database, according to a company ...

The European Union is not the only one antsy about Oracle taking possession of the open source MySQL database should the commercial database giant’s merger with Sun Microsystems get final approval. So ...

MySQL's Marten Mickos says that coming under the Sun Microsystems umbrella will not change the interaction between his company and its user community. Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET ...

While NoSQL may be getting all the buzz, in many cases an old fashioned relational database, such as MySQL, may work just as well if not better. That was the message from a number of MySQL users who ...

Open source database software maker MySQL AB warned its users to tighten security Thursday, after news broke about a new Internet worm that targets Windows computers running the popular relational ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study. The MySQL community is mostly neutral or ...