Microsoft fired another salvo in the database wars by announcing a new toolkit to help users migrate their databases from MySQL to SQL Server -- or SQL Azure, the new cloud offering. In a Data ...

Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of the Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server.

Oracle threw its own punches at Red Hat and Microsoft today by detailing expanding integration of its MySQL with Windows and Oracle's heftier databases in the 2011-12 timeframe.In a webcast today ...

How to Connect to MySQL in SSIS. Every business intelligence solution needs data, which might come from a variety of sources and in different formats. Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, or ...

A new report from cybersecurity company Trustwave Holdings Inc. has found that attacks targeting Microsoft Corp.’s MS SQL are skyrocketing and that database vulnerabilities are increasing across ...

Microsoft adds MySQL, PostgreSQL to Azure's managed relational database platform.

Sun Microsystems set the stage for a heavyweight database battle with one-time close partner Oracle and longtime rival Microsoft with its $1 billion acquisition of open source database kingpin ...

Async I/O and UUID v7 highlights of the September release, though some SQL features are delayed Users and developers can ...

What Can You Migrate? SSMA currently automates the migrations to SQL Server from Oracle, Access, Db2, MySQL, and SAP ASE, including the conversion of data­base schemas to Microsoft SQL Server schemas ...

For those, Microsoft is adding both a MySQL and a PostgreSQL service; these provide the familiar open source databases in a platform-as-a-service style, removing the administrative overhead that ...