For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP ...

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

MySQL is integral to Sun Microsystems Inc.’s integrated open-source software stack, but developer MySQL AB freely admits it’s not yet the cure-all alternative to IBM’s DB2 or Oracle Corp.’s 9i ...

Hackers have been observed targeting vulnerable MySQL servers in an attempt to compromise and assimilate them into a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) botnet. Researchers at the AhnLab Security ...

Schema design, indexes, queries, configs, I/O... what could go wrong? Follow these 10 essential tips to keep your MySQL servers humming. MySQL is the world’s most widely used open source database, and ...

So you can say if I need more computing power, if I need five more databases there, because I’ve got this much data I need to be reading, and I have this many coordinated applications, you can take ...

A publicly disclosed vulnerability in the MySQL database could allow attackers to completely compromise some servers. The vulnerability affects “all MySQL servers in default configuration in all ...

"We are making sure that we can support the horizontal scaling of systems" where users add low-cost servers to a cluster or grid of servers rather than buying bigger servers, MySQL CEO Marten Mickos ...

According to a survey by security company Shadowserver, there are about 3.6 million MySQL servers accessible on port number 3306 / TCP, which may be the target of cyber attacks. Over 3.6 million ...