In the wake of a rise of a variety of so-called NoSQL databases, there’s no doubt that data management has become more complex. But the one surprising thing is how constant the use of SQL has been.

According to Oracle (ORCL), the company is the leading player in the relational database market, with a revenue share of 48.3%. Oracle also claims that it holds larger revenue share than its four ...

NoSQL and big data will slow Oracle RDBMS's long-term growth, but it won't deliver a death blow anytime soon Like many people, I cheer any sign of Oracle’s downfall and chuckle at the thought of Larry ...

Oracle is introducing version 4.0 of its NoSQL database. First introduced in 2011, the Oracle NoSQL Database is a key-value database that evolved from the company's acquisition of BerkeleyDB Java ...

Amazon Web Services said yesterday it has launched its Relational Database Service for Oracle in a move that accommodates licensing within the offering and a bring-your-own license arrangement. Amazon ...

Alternatively, you should seriously rethink bringing on board people for whom transitioning to a NoSQL data store presents a serious challenge. There are not all that many cases where I want to keep ...

Microsoft has an unfortunate history of inventing amazing new technologies and then getting left in the dust. Microsoft had smartphones before Apple, and e-readers before Amazon, but never made a dent ...

Software Development Laboratories, the precursor to Oracle, is founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison (right), Bob Miner (left) and Ed Oates. A more generic name for an IT company would have been hard to ...

Look inside one of Sun's current "Niagara" or "coolthreads" machines and what you'll see is an early market product reflecting a deep commitment to migrating what we naively think of as SMP ...