How to Restore a SQL Database From a .MDF File. Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure.

CockroachDB, an open source, fault-tolerant SQL database with horizontal scaling and strong consistency across nodes—and a name few people will likely forget—is now officially available.

Earlier, we discussed SQL Databases. In this post, I will list some popular open-source, free database software. Before starting any service online, it is necessary to choose a database that can ...

PostgreSQL implementation of document-oriented NoSQL datastore adopted under permissive MIT license The Linux Foundation on ...

It currently provides three SQL products to the market covering different use cases: YugabyteDB, its free, open source distributed SQL database; Yugabyte Platform, its self-managed cloud database ...

Open source databases are attractive, but the gift of the source code can come with several catches, some explicit and some implicit.

Big companies are warming up to open-source database software as an alternative to Microsoft products, according to a new study.

Looking to use an open source general-purpose database? This extensive comparison of MySQL vs. PostgreSQL explores the strengths and weaknesses of each.

By joining the Linux Foundation, DocumentDB reaffirms its core mission: to build an open, interoperable and developer-friendly document database on top of PostgreSQL. To learn more about DocumentDB's ...

Closed source databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and IBM DB2 are still enormously popular, according to DB-Engines, but the fastest growing databases are all open source.

Open-source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining steam, but rip-and-replace situations where MySQL and PostgreSQL replace Oracle Database, IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server databases remain rare.