It's no secret that even though MySQL has been a Microsoft partner, it also is a Microsoft competitor. And ever since Oracle made overtures to buy Sun and (get MySQL in the process), Microsoft's been ...

The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems MySQL is a complex system that requires many tools to repair, diagnose, and ...

Open source database company MySQL on Tuesday released a beta version of a tool that it claims makes it significantly easier for a companies to migrate to MySQL from certain proprietary databases. The ...

For database administrators (DBAs), keeping databases running at peak performance can be a little like spinning plates: It takes agility, concentration, quick reactions, a cool head, and an occasional ...

Looking to boost the reliability and availability of its open-source database, MySQL AB last week said it plans to add clustering support to the software later this year. At its user conference in ...

MySQL AB on Tuesday announced the release of two new visual database tools for Mac OS X, designed to help developers, DBAs and user who are working with MySQL databases. New beta versions of the MySQL ...

Sun has announced that, contrary to ideas it floated earlier, MySQL and all its accompanying tools will remain open source. Although Sun has never suggested that the MySQL database server itself would ...