A list of 5 best popular Open Source, free database software, Mysql, PostgreSQl, Firebird, Berkley DB and SQlite, along with comparison.

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

Having a database released under the CDDL license would be handy for Sun--especially if it chooses to release its Java Enterprise System as open-source software, as Sun hinted last week it might.

InfluxDB is an open source time series database with no external dependencies. Designed to handle heavy write and query loads, it’s useful for recording metrics and events, and performing analytics.

Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

2010 was a very good year for open source databases, with the top RDBMSs like Oracle's MySQL and PostgreSQL showing momentum with impressive customer gains and new releases that delivered much-desired ...

As Oracle, IBM and Microsoft ready the next competitive round, open-source alternatives start to make their mark.

Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced Percona Platform to bring together database distributions, support expertise, services, management and automated ...

Big companies are warming up to open-source database software, according to a new study. The open source database MySQL grew rapidly in popularity over the past year, according to results from a ...

Following Linux's footsteps, open-source databases are moving toward mainstream use and threatening proprietary software alternatives, a new survey says.