Oracle is taking MySQL in a new direction: introducing an aggressively priced cloud service combining transaction processing and data warehousing, with the bonus of dispensing with ETL.

MySQL boasts might against big players At the first MySQL confab, the database company releases source code for its upcoming product and touts itself as the little database company that could.

At its first MySQL conference next week, Sun will release MySQL 5.1, which will feature partitioning, events scheduling, row-based replication, and disk-based clustering ...

MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the open-source database this week when Sun Microsystems Inc. hosts its first MySQL user conference since acquiring the ...