From October 13 to 17, 2025, one of the world’s most influential technology events—GITEX GLOBAL 2025—was held at the Dubai World Trade Center. Under the theme “AI Everywhere,” the exhibition brought ...

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025. The software and cloud giant is also ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

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 ...

Following Linux's footsteps, open-source databases are moving toward mainstream use and threatening proprietary software alternatives, a new survey says. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Open source databases emerged on the scene in the mid-to-late 1990s, following closely behind the release of Linux. Postgres had its roots in relational database research projects led by Michael ...

An open source database is just a regular database that’s distributed with its source code. Users can read, revise, and extend the software freely, although few use these opportunities. The most ...

Timescale is looking to further advance its namesake open-source database platform with new AI capabilities announced today. Timescale was founded in 2017 as a time series database (TSDB) technology ...

Big companies are warming up to open-source database software as an alternative to Microsoft products, according to a new study. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Materialize, the SQL streaming database startup built on top of the open-source Timely Dataflow project, announced a $32 million Series B investment led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from ...