With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL is designed to let users ...

What is MySQL? MySQL is a sophisticated and powerful relational database used to create and change website content quickly. MySQL is open-source, which means you can download and use it for free.

MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

As a MySQL developer, you should be at least dimly aware that MySQL supports several database formats. Find out what each is good for and how you use them.

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names ...

Oracle's recent release of MySQL 8.0 adds NoSQL features that appeal to the next generation of cloud-native developers.

Until now, it has sold support services for a competing open-source database, PostgreSQL. MySQL is one of the most successful open-source companies founded in the past five years.