Given recent maneuvers by proprietarydatabase vendors, it is apparent thatopen source is having an impact on the database software market. Two recent reports from major IT analysis firmsIDC andGartner ...

But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives? Analysis When Microsoft rolled out an open source extension stack for PostgreSQL to handle document-style data, it wasn't just taking aim at ...

Commercial release of Toad Edge™ 2.0 toolset streamlines database implementations, development and management across PostgreSQL and EDB Postgres™ platforms Reduces Postgres learning curve and ...

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Earlier, we discussed SQL Databases. In this post, I will list some popular open-source, free database software. Before starting any service online, it is necessary to choose a database that can ...

PostgreSQL is a big deal. The most common SQL open source database that you have never heard of, as ZDNet's own Tony Baer called it. Besides being the framework on which a number of commercial ...

IT execs responding to two recent surveys cited "strong security" as one of the top reasons they're adopting open-source cloud databases—the lack of which was once considered an impediment to adoption ...

These open source databases implemented subsets of the features in the big relational databases, but they were rarely unique feature sets. However, when the biggest revolution in database technology ...

Five out of six developers today use or have used open source tools or deployed open source software in their projects, a recent Forrester Research study revealed. But in which software categories?

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the latest government spy agency to take the leap into the open source software community. Given the growing need for advanced databases with multiple ...