Smaller open source developers are fighting back against tech giants like Amazon using their code in commercial services.

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced Percona Platform to bring together database distributions, support expertise, services, ...

Open-source database management tool s can be very handy. These databases are either free or costs very little and offer most of the features of high-end database systems.

Open source PostgreSQL on steroids: Swarm64 database acceleration software for performance improvement and analytics Take the 4th most popular database in the world.

Pervasive Software, the power behind a Btrieve-based embeddable database, is expanding into the open-source world by backing PostgreSQL.

Open source database management systems (OSDBMSs) have matured into viable alternatives to proprietary, commercial solutions. It comes as no surprise that OSDBMSs are not-so-subtly pushing ...

YugaByte also announced that its database management software will be under a Polyform Project license — a new type of source-available license authored by a group of open source licensing lawyers.

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower up-front software and hardware costs, lower total cost of ownership, lack of ...