Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft's SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names ...

MySQL logo . SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have.

Oracle’s handling of MySQL has been closely watched by community members who use and help develop the database, which it acquired through the purchase of Sun Microsystems in 2010.

Although Oracle's acquisition of Sun does represent a massive stroke of consolidation for the database market, it's hard to believe that Oracle could truly kill off MySQL even if it really wanted to.

Oracle probably didn't understand MySQL well enough to want to buy the open-source start-up, now part of Sun. Like a knife and screwdriver, their products are complementary.

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 18, 2022 — Oracle today announced MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, enabling customers to process and query hundreds of terabytes of data in object store in a variety of file formats, such as ...

Oracle is taking MySQL in a new direction: ... Azure Database for MySQL, or Google Cloud SQL. Instead, Oracle set out to make its offering a different service by adding analytics, ...

Oracle has introduced JavaScript support in the MySQL database, allowing developers to write JavaScript stored programs, i.e. JavaScript functions and procedures, in the MySQL database server.

Oracle’s lack of attention on databases may be confined to its flagship database, since the CPU did not neglect MySQL. Of the 31 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL, four could be exploited ...