The database giant said Sleepycat's open-source Berkeley DB database will complement Oracle's existing line of closed-source databases for embedding within applications.

The database giant said Sleepycat's open-source Berkeley DB database will complement Oracle's existing line of closed-source databases for embedding within applications.

The database vendor says doesn't fear open-source competition and it will continue to go to market with vertical industry solutions that solve specific business problems.

Database heavyweight Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy, a privately held Finnish company with close ties to open-source database company MySQL.

The growing preference for open-source technologies and databases plays a crucial role in Oracle’s recent struggles.

EnterpriseDB aims to put open-source database software on more blue-chip servers through a forthcoming product that offers compatibility with some Oracle database applications. The US-based ...

The double-digit growth of open source databases is posing an additional threat to Oracle, which has a revenue share of 48.3% in this space.

Database heavyweight Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy, a privately held Finnish company with close ties to open-source database company MySQL. Terms of the deal, which was announced Friday, were ...

Database developers and database administrators (DBAs) have been using open-source databases, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, for years. The platforms are mature, offer flexibility with low license ...

Oracle has tried to break into this field with its own Oracle NoSQL database and Oracle Big Data Appliance, but the real action remains in the world of open source, according to DB-Engines.

Despite the ascendancy of open source, It's far too early to count Oracle out of the database wars.