You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file extension, and you use them to restore database backups ...

When it comes to an open source database comparison, it is important to figure out what your organization wants out of your database in order to make the correct choice. The popularity of database ...

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 ...

An open source database is just a regular database that’s distributed with its source code. Users can read, revise, and extend the software freely, although few use these opportunities. The most ...

These applications are the open source movement’s biggest starsand hog the limelight from open source databases, which seem to bevoted off the island before the computing public can appreciate ...

PostgreSQL is a big deal. The most common SQL open source database that you have never heard of, as ZDNet’s own Tony Baer called it. Besides being the framework on which a number of commercial ...

We’ve watched a parade of NoSQL databases march through the Bossies the last few years. Well, SQL has had enough! Our 2017 winners include two examples of scale-out SQL databases, along with the usual ...