While PostgreSQL has thrived in recent years, MySQL has languished. MySQL backers are coming together to change that.

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona CEO ...

This month MySQL turns 30. Once the bedrock of web development, MySQL remains immensely popular. But as MySQL enters its fourth decade, it ironically has sown the seeds of its own decline, especially ...

Love it or hate it, MySQL is the most popular open source database and one of the top relational databases—and with good reason. It is an extremely feature-rich and powerful database platform. With ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...

Adding data handling capabilities to your application or website can make it more user-friendly and enable you to store information obtained from users. MySQL, a free software application, helps you ...

I'm a big fan of MySQL. The community edition of the MySQL server, as the open-source database is formally known, is a popular choice for both development and deployment because it checks all the ...