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Pervasive will bundle up its own install procedures and various JDBC/ODBC drivers with the database itself, said Lance Obermeyer, director of products for Pervasive, Austin, Texas. Starting in ...

New open source databases users seem to blend the fervor of religious converts with the hardheaded realism of IT professionals. “I needed an inexpensive database that could handle millions of records ...

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 ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

The developer behind the popular open-source PostgreSQL database software, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, today announced the release of PostgreSQL 16 that includes enhancements to security, ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a leader in open source database software, support, and services, today announced that Ann Schlemmer, former President, is officially stepping into the role of ...

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced the results of its Open Source Software Database Survey. More than 830 ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems has thrown its weight behind PostgreSQL, announcing plans to distribute and support the open-source database. The server and software company said Thursday that it will ...

PostgreSQL: This project began at the University of California, Berkeley, but soon outgrew the computer science department. Today, GreatBridge and Red Hat battle to provide support services for the ...

Databases were once the forgotten stepchild of the open-source family. Companies like Red Hat Inc. included database software with their Linux distribution disks, but the main focus was on the ...