For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

When Oracle Corp. acquired the rights to MySQL through its purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. in 2010, the company had a decision to make. Should it pursue a set of partnerships to retool the database ...

Percona continues to nip at Oracle’s heels, releasing a free version of the open-source MySQL 5.6 database with advanced features similar to ones in Oracle’s paid enterprise edition. The newly ...