MySQL AB wants to launch a global project to build a massive, distributed repository containing all of the world’s data now stored in structured databases, the company’s chief executive officer said ...

Oracle Corp.’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring together the world’s most valuable relational database with the most popular open source one: MySQL. Oracle reaped $22 ...

There are many different permutations of MySQL available; which should you be using? This whitepaper compares and contrasts the major builds, including MariaDB, Percona, and Galera. Benefits and bugs ...

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 ...