Strengths: SQL Server and MySQL To give a better idea of the differences between MySQL and SQL Server -MySQL is geared more toward selecting data so it can be displayed, updated and saved again ...

Oracle has announced significant MySQL tweaks, including new storage engine HeatWave and pricing structure updates.

MySQL AB plans to wean itself from dependence on erstwhile rival Oracle Corp. by building a data storage engine to work with its open-source database and will encourage other firms to create ...

Oracle is taking MySQL in a new direction: introducing an aggressively priced cloud service combining transaction processing and data warehousing, with the bonus of dispensing with ETL.

In the same announcement, Oracle also unveiled MySQL Scale-out Data Management, a service that improves the performance of reloading data into HeatWave “by up to 100 times”.

Customers in diverse markets such as ad targeting and network monitoring find that ever increasing data rates, database sizes, and query complexity eventually strain MySQL's capabilities.

A couple of years back, MySQL embarked upon a strategy to be more open and encourage third-party companies to create their own pluggable storage engines. The strategy was partly a response to ...

An independent developer has created a free plug-in for the open-source MySQL database that lets users inexpensively store their data on Amazon.com Inc.’s Web storage service, S3. Mark Atwood, a ...

When MySQL 5.5 switched its underlying storage engine MyISAM to another, InnoDB, it drew questions and created some confusion about the foundation of this database. Certainly, the choice of a storage ...

It’s looking to build a data storage engine that will work with its open-source database as part of an effort to wean itself from reliance on Oracle Corp.