ZDNet

Oracle takes a new twist on MySQL: Adding data warehousing to the cloud service

MySQL, the open source relational database that came to Oracle through the Sun Microsystems acquisition, originated as a relatively simple relational database that was known for one task: transaction ...
ZDNet

Open-source MariaDB, a MySQL fork, challenges Oracle

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...
Computer Weekly

Oracle: shift back to red on MySQL Analytics Engine

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. Take a deep breath… Oracle’s eponymously named Oracle MySQL Database Service with integrated MySQL ...
Network World

UPDATE: Oracle goes after Microsoft SQL Server with MySQL

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 Server along with blazing performance on ...
InfoWorld

Many open-sourcers back an Oracle takeover of MySQL

Observers say that Oracle's acquisition of MySQL will not be damaging to MySQL itself and question the motives of some detractors A number of influential members of the open-source community are ...