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Database start-ups bet on open source
News Growing interest in open-source databases fuels industry of add-ons and services--vital to winning corporate customers.
Tags: Databases, Open source
Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL
News Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.
Tags: Databases, Acquisitions, Strategy
MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole
News Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB.
Tags: Databases, Open source
Choose the right licensing for security software
Techguide There are three general licensing models available for security software. There's a case to be made for one of them being more suitable than the others, and it may not be what you think.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Security, License, Open-source Software, PostgreSQL, GPL, Developer
Open source allies woo US govt
News A sprawling list of companies, individuals, schools, and others join in an effort to spur the U.S. government to use more open source software.
Tags: Open source, Federal Government, Zimbra, Open-source Software, EnterpriseDB, U.S. Government, America, Open source, Federal Government
Oracle has customers over a barrel
News As CEO Larry Ellison tries to extend the company's reach into hardware, more corporate clients fret about its high prices and tough tactics.
Tags: Databases, Customer resource management (CRM), Cost control, Customer support, software company, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., Customer, audit, Oracle Corp.
IBM invests in open source database firm EnterpriseDB
News PostgreSQL-based company raises funds, refreshes open source and commercial versions of Oracle-compatible databases.
Tags: Databases, Open source
Red Hat launches open-source Exchange
News Linux seller bands with open-source allies to sell wide range of server software on the Red Hat Exchange.
Tags: Linux, Open source
Web 2.0 fuels open source database boom
News Forrester has found that databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining momentum through new markets, despite lack of movement away from existing proprietary installations.
Tags: Web 2.0, Open source, Databases, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Open-source Database, Database, stored procedure, Environment, Web 2.0
Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL
Techguide Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.
Database vendors eye open-source effect
News The big three database suppliers--Oracle, IBM and Microsoft--are prepping major product releases meant to steal away one another's customers.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Databases, Open source
MySQL hits US$50 million revenue, plans IPO
News Open-source database maker hopes going public will raise funds for acquisitions, CEO Marten Mickos says.
Tags: Databases, Open source
MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database
Techguide Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB.
Open-source firms team up for interoperability
News Open Solutions Alliance hopes to make open-source software programs work better together.
Tags: Linux, Customer resource management (CRM), Open source
