Business software maker Oracle Corp. will make available today a free version of its flagship database software, amid intensifying competition in the database-software market, the company said ...

Oracle is finally making it easier for developers to test-drive its industry-leading database software. While Oracle's existing customer base, for the most part, isn't going anywhere, cloud computing ...

Microsoft is offering free licenses for its database software to current Oracle customers in its latest effort to wrestle market share from its competitor. Companies considering switching can apply to ...

Databases are about more than columns and rows. Whatever type of business you're running, you'll likely need a way to house data you've collected and, whether it's a simple mailing list or an ...

The North Orange County Computer Club helps The Gadgetress tackle the multitude of readers cries for help. NOCCC group has experts in Windows, Word and all sorts of computer topics. The club, which ...

Oracle Corp., which supplies Yahoo! Inc. with database software, may lose some of that business to a little-known competing product -- the free MySQL database. MySQL and others are starting to eat ...

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 ...