Oracle (ORCL +3.42%) has been in the database business for more than 40 years. Its database software, running on customers' hardware and increasingly in the cloud, is mission-critical for a wide array ...

DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

ESRI's newest version of BusinessMAP Financial now includes up-to-date map and financial services data and has been enhanced to work with Microsoft's most current operating system, Windows Vista. This ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...