This article explores the choice between proprietary and third-party databases, weighing control, customization, and support against flexibility and innovation. The question of using a proprietary vs.

Legacy proprietary databases are at last starting to succumb to open source alternatives, according to Gartner. Martin Banks reckons this could be true. For a wide range of thoroughly understandable ...

According to Eric Raymond, a widely respected American software developer and open source advocate, computer software—so often said to be eating the world—is an increasingly critical factor in the ...

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 ...

NoSQL databases have made it possible to store more data faster and cheaper than ever before. Web giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook have come to depend on them in a big way. But they have some ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lifespin GmbH, based in Regensburg (Germany), with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, announced today that it has entered into a scientific collaborative agreement with Biobank ...