I’d been planning a write-up anyway on the very different open source strategies of PostgreSQL-based EnterpriseDB, PostgreSQL-based Greenplum, and PostgreSQL-based Aster Data – not to mention ...

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...

Gartner has issued a new report “The Growing Maturity of Open-Source Database Management Systems” by DBMS analyst Donald Feinberg. Feinberg is an old hand at Gartner, having created the DBMS research ...

Computer Associates International plans to make its Ingres database an open-source product and to collaborate with open-source projects JBoss, Zope and Plone. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

The world of open source has moved from being a niche interest that was the province of academics and self-described geeks to the mainstream. From being the purview of free software interest groups, ...

Open-source software powers the majority of today’s businesses. An estimated 70% to 90% of modern software solutions use a code base made up of open-source components, according to 2022 data from the ...

Databases were once the forgotten stepchild of the open-source family. Companies like Red Hat Inc. included database software with their Linux distribution disks, but the main focus was on the ...