In a move to capture a piece of the cloud computing pie, Microsoft announced its upcoming Azure Services Platform back in October last year. Today it unleashed a free trial of SQL Azure Database, the ...

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Google today announced a major update to its Cloud SQL, which, as its name implies, is a MySQL database that lives in Google’s cloud. The highlights are this: 10 times more storage, faster reads, ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service as two older on-premises varieties finally will see the end of extended support Tuesday. Having transformed ...

Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads. In ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Google Cloud SQL service, which provides a database ...

In today's fast-paced, digital world, enterprises require modern databases that are not only powerful and secure but also highly available, easy to manage, scale, and ready to support our gen AI ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Almost every agency business function relies on at least one database. These range from ...

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also: Here's ...