New open source databases users seem to blend the fervor of religious converts with the hardheaded realism of IT professionals. “I needed an inexpensive database that could handle millions of records ...

Databases were once the forgotten stepchild of the open-source family. Companies like Red Hat Inc. included database software with their Linux distribution disks, but the main focus was on the ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

The notion of basing critical business work on an open source database might have been unthinkable just a few years ago. But no longer. This week our Special Focus section takes a look at what’s ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a global leader in enterprise-grade open source database software and services, today announced the release of a new research report, “Key Value Stores: ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Qdrant, the company behind the eponymous open source vector database, has raised $28 million in a Series A round of funding led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2021, Berlin-based Qdrant is seeking to ...

Like many companies, National Semiconductor Corp. is looking for ways to cut costs and has Linux and open-source high on its list. While the Santa Clara, Calif., company already is making the move to ...

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RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade, open source database software, support, and services, today announced the appointment of Liz Warner as its new Chief Technology ...

The world of open source has moved from being a niche interest that was the province of academics and self-described geeks to the mainstream. From being the purview of free software interest groups, ...

EnterpriseDB has released an upgrade to its open-source database that comes with a newer code base and an open-source reporting tool called JasperReports, the company said this week. EnterpriseDB 2005 ...