MySQL, the open source relational database that came to Oracle through the Sun Microsystems acquisition, originated as a relatively simple relational database that was known for one task: transaction ...

Oracle today is following through on its announced plans to make its MySQL HeatWave database management systems available on the Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud. MySQL HeatWave is a major upgrade to ...

Oracle is releasing MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, enabling customers to query data in object storage as fast as querying data inside the database. MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse supports a variety of object ...

Oracle probably didn't understand MySQL well enough to want to buy the open-source start-up, now part of Sun. Like a knife and screwdriver, their products are complementary. Matt Asay is a veteran ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...

Taking aim at competitors including Amazon Aurora and Snowflake, Oracle has enhanced the MySQL HeatWave in-memory query accelerator in the Oracle Cloud’s MySQL Database Service by leveraging advanced ...

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees things ...

After launching MySQL HeatWave in December, Oracle Corp. did not wait long to add enhancements to the database query accelerator and ratchet up the competitive pressure in the process. The company ...