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 ...

Unix-like systems, such as Linux and BSD, run server software, including the MySQL database, as a separate user, shielding many critical system functions from exploitation by such a worm.

International Business Machines Corp. <IBM.N> plans to start selling products from smaller rival MySQL AB, a developer of an open-source database that is used to help run Web sites ...

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.