Oracle recently updated its MySQL 5.5 Enterprise Edition subscription service. The update adds new tools for design, development, administration, and backup, as well as enhancements to existing tools.

Database and enterprise application giant Oracle on May 17 released a new version of MySQL Enterprise, the first major upgrade of the open-source relational database since Oracle acquired MySQL ...

MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, has announced "MySQL Enterprise", a new version of its flagship commercial subscription service that includes automated ...

In a busy two days of announcements last week, MySQL, the Sweden- and U.S. West Coast-based vendor of the open source MySQL database, said that business users can expect an enriched Enterprise Edition ...

Sun is to begin offering certain MySQL features, beginning with some backup functions, solely to its enterprise subscription customers, the company announced this week. The plan is a shift from ...

Sun announced earlier this week that LinkedIn, the business networking website with over 25 million members, has chosen to use Sun's MySQL Enterprise subscription service. LinkedIn's Chief ...

The MySQL Enterprise Connection Alliance (MECA) offers a free entry-level membership called "MySQL Enterprise Ready Partner," as well as paid version for $2,995 called the "MySQL Enterprise Gold ...

Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft’s SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing ...

Open source database developer MySQL has launched an attack on the enterprise database business. The company on Tuesday revealed a new enterprise subscription pricing strategy that lets organizations ...

Sun is to begin offering certain MySQL features, beginning with some backup functions, solely to its enterprise subscription customers, the company announced this week. The plan is a shift from ...

Marten Mickos, MySQL's former chief, discusses Oracle's $7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems.