The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

Oracle Corp. has begun laying the groundwork needed to start construction on its new headquarters in Nashville.

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents and agentic CLIs (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, etc.) to work seamlessly with Minecraft mod development. Provides decompilation, ...

Pipelined Relational Query Language, pronounced "Prequel". PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. Like SQL, it's readable, explicit and ...

Oracle sets out refreshed approach to MySQL ...

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...

Overview: PostgreSQL leads in developer popularity in 2026 and offers advanced features for complex workloads.MySQL remains ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

Abstract: Spurred by the development of cloud computing, there has been considerable recent interest in the Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) paradigm. Users lacking in expertise or computational resources ...