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.

I'd like to eventually become a full-time database developer, and I'm leaning toward Microsoft rather than Oracle. Right now I am in a database application support position, supporting various ...

The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

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 ...

Windows surged again in 2004 as a platform for new relational database management system licenses, but Linux is growing at an extremely rapid pace as Unix loses popularity, according to new research ...

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Oracle is an object-relational database system (RDBMS) primarily used by large companies to store and retrieve enterprise-wide, mission-critical, transactional data. When working with an Oracle ...

NoSQL keeps rising, but relational databases still dominate big data Your email has been sent NoSQL promised to upend the database market as big data forced a sea change in how we think about and ...

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 ...

Last year, Oracle saw its lead dwindle 4.4 percent, as measured by revenue derived from new license sales and maintenance, compared with 29.8 percent growth by IBM and 28.5 percent growth by Microsoft ...