For answers, we reviewed six popular free or open source database products: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle’s MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL.

MySQL is free for non-commercial purposes and cannot cost much for commercial use. Offers feature just like MS-SQL, Oracle, and IBM DB2, large-end database applications.

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

Instead of adding more MySQL servers, Green decided to roll out three installations of IBM ‘s new DB2 Express-C database. They are managed by a load-balancing application from Xkoto Inc., which is ...

SQL Diagnostic Manager for MySQL was previously known as Monyog, which was part of Webyog’s database administration and management products that Idera, Inc. acquired in April 2018.

Analyst firm Hydrasight research director John Brand believes even if free databases are now available from the tier-1 vendors, the commercial database is unlikely to disappear completely.

Microsoft has announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008 including SQL ...

The MySQL Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter engineering teams have joined forces to create their own version of MySQL, WebScaleSQL for their monster-sized databases.

And to capture the complete details of activity audits from the world’s most widely used relational database management system, McAfee releases a free downloadable audit plug-in for MySQL.

For answers, we reviewed six popular free or open source database products: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle’s MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby, and Firebird SQL.