Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft’s SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing performance on ...

MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in two weeks. Microsoft made the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX) ...

It probably won’t slow the amazing growth of Microsoft’s SQL Server database, a cornerstone of the company’s earnings in recent years. But a quirky Swedish company with a big Seattle presence may ...

Microsoft has announced support for MySQL and PostgreSQL as fully managed instances on the Azure cloud platform. Additionally, the company has also launched a new NoSQL database called Cosmos DB with ...

Microsoft fired another salvo in the database wars by announcing a new toolkit to help users migrate their databases from MySQL to SQL Server -- or SQL Azure, the new cloud offering. In a Data ...

The main rival to Sun's MySQL database has always been Oracle not Microsoft, the creator of MySQL said, as Europe nears an antitrust decision on Oracle's proposed $7 billion purchase of Sun. European ...

There are plenty of GUI tools available that can manage your MySQL database, even from the Windows environment. MySQL is one of the most popular database servers on the planet. It’s free, open source, ...