Oracle 11g XE (Express Edition), the free-of-charge version of Oracle’s flagship database, is now in beta. XE provides an “entry-level, small-footprint RDBMS” based on 11g Release 2 code, said Oracle ...

SAP is casting a wider net to build out its HANA platform ecosystem, as it aims to court developers beyond its customer base. At its TechEd developer powwow in Las Vegas, the company outlined a series ...

In a bid to expand the customer base for its database software, Sybase released on Tuesday a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems. In a bid to expand the customer base ...

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For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, including fully supported database mirroring, bug fixes, and add-ons for SQL Express. What's more, SP1 not only contains bug fixes, but also delivers ...