Updated: Offering easier migration with Websphere and reducing sales incentives for Oracle databases, SAP and IBM are working together to win market share.

CEO Larry Ellison, speaking at OracleWorld in Beijing, questions whether IBM really is ahead in the database-management software market.

The Oracle SQL Developer tool can connect to databases other than Oracle, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2. The SQL development environment helps the programmer perform basic ...

I'm really pretty ignorant of database admin-type things. What I need to do is copy the contents of a table in a DB2 database into a table in an Oracle database on another physical server. I have ...

IBM's DB2 has a straightforward per-processor pricing structurewhile Oracle charges licence fees for unlimited users. However, all this could change when Oracle DB-on-Tap is launched in Asia.

IBM this week announced a new version of its flagship DB2 database with software that will provide compatibility with applications built for Oracle databases.

New pureScale clustering feature will enable companies to scale out their DB2 clusters without paying an enormous performance cost, IBM says ...

Microsoft Thursday strengthened its hand in the database market by releasing the first 64-bit version of SQL Server. The product should help Microsoft address a broader segment of the database ...

IBM has no plans to adopt the same "shared disk" clustering architecture as Oracle, but IBM is working with application providers to reduce the modifications needed to run software on DB2 clusters ...

That’s the mass market, where Oracle is trying to compete better [by offering its database on Linux], and where Microsoft is trying to move up with 64-bit SQL Server.