With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL is designed to let users ...

In this issue's column I'll be providing a fundamental introduction to database and database management concepts. Many of you may think that they understand the basic concepts and fundamentals of ...

Skype is not a true database application, but rather a tool to communicate by sending data back-and-forth that is captured, stored, and delivered on the Skype platform.

Database vs. Application Virtually all of the paraphernalia of the modern SQL-Server style data model evolved in response to the many-single-users nature of the Microsoft client-server world.

What Does a Database Administrator Do? Technological advancements and the ability to store mind-boggling amounts of data on drives and in the cloud to run e-commerce is driving the increased need for ...

Choosing a graph database for a particular application depends on several factors, including the complexity of data relationships, scalability requirements, performance needs, and functionalities ...

A DBA is a technician who manages database software, backup and recovery processes, data security, and storage and capacity planning.