Oracle's database software is still widely used, but cloud computing has disrupted its business model. There's no doubt the company is losing mindshare among developers and start-ups. A free developer ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Oracle ORCL has made its Database Software free for developers. Oracle is making it easier for developers to try its industry-leading database software. Oracle has been in the database industry for ...

DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...

Confio Software which offers Ignite 8 performance analysis software, has unveiled IgniteFree, which the company describes as the only free response-time database performance analysis tool. IgniteFree ...