Oracle's database software is still widely used, but cloud computing has disrupted its business model. There's no doubt the company is losing mindshare among developers and start-ups. A free developer ...

PostgreSQL is a big deal. The most common SQL open source database that you have never heard of, as ZDNet's own Tony Baer called it. Besides being the framework on which a number of commercial ...

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Snowflake announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, an open source PostgreSQL technology, to advance its vision to be the ultimate platform for data-driven innovation. This move will allow the ...

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has been in the database business for more than 40 years. Its database software, running on customers' hardware and increasingly in the cloud, is mission-critical for a wide array ...