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.

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees ...

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

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.

Linux distributors have been moving from Oracle's MySQL to its popular fork, MariaDB - and now Google is also moving to MariaDB.

Oracle announces the latest batch of updates to HeatWave that bring new capabilities for enterprise machine learning, AI-driven automation, and multi-cloud support.

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 ...

Addition of MySQL Analytics Engine is expected to bolster the adoption of Oracle's (ORCL) MySQL Database Service and consolidate its position in the lucrative database management service market.

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL is designed to let users ...

Oracle is staking its claim in the data lakehouse business while continuing to augment its ongoing generative AI efforts.

Oracle recently announced the general availability of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, a fully managed database service. The company previously debuted the service at its CloudWorld event last October. This ...