MySQL is a popular open source relational database management system (RDBMS) choice for web-based applications. Developers, database administrators and DevOps teams use MySQL to build and manage ...

As the volumes of data generated by organizations get larger and larger, data professionals face a dilemma: Must database bills get bigger in the process? And, increasingly, IT shops with an eye on ...

Today, MySQL rolled out a new hosting program that offers the company's top-of-the-line software and tools, plus 24-hour support, to partners. With Sun's acqusition of MySQL already under way, is this ...

There is a typical story cycle in IT: Every new technology destroys and replaces an older one. PCs displaced mini-computers. Smartphones unseated cameras and flip phones. Online streaming wipes out ...

Nowadays, huge volumes of unstructured data are generated, and this cannot be restricted to standardized text inputs for the RDBMS. For example, every corporate entity has applications that generate ...