In the wake of a rise of a variety of so-called NoSQL databases, there’s no doubt that data management has become more complex. But the one surprising thing is how constant the use of SQL has been.

I'd like to eventually become a full-time database developer, and I'm leaning toward Microsoft rather than Oracle. Right now I am in a database application support position, supporting various ...

What does the Oracle DBA need to know about NoSQL? Charles Pack, technical director, CSX Technology, answered that question in a session at Data Summit 2016 titled "Oracle NoSQL for the Oracle RDBMS ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Windows surged again in 2004 as a platform for new relational database management system licenses, but Linux is growing at an extremely rapid pace as Unix loses popularity, according to new research ...

Alternatively, you should seriously rethink bringing on board people for whom transitioning to a NoSQL data store presents a serious challenge. There are not all that many cases where I want to keep ...

Software Development Laboratories, the precursor to Oracle, is founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison (right), Bob Miner (left) and Ed Oates. A more generic name for an IT company would have been hard to ...

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Last year, Oracle saw its lead dwindle 4.4 percent, as measured by revenue derived from new license sales and maintenance, compared with 29.8 percent growth by IBM and 28.5 percent growth by Microsoft ...

Microsoft has an unfortunate history of inventing amazing new technologies and then getting left in the dust. Microsoft had smartphones before Apple, and e-readers before Amazon, but never made a dent ...