OpenSolaris may be having a hard time at Oracle, but months after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Java and MySQL are still viewed positively by users.

MySQL fits neatly with Sun's other major software offerings, the Solaris operating system and the Java programming language.

Administrators who support Java applications and various Oracle databases should pay close attention to the latest quarterly security update from Oracle, as more than a third of the security fixes ...

While most of the fixes for Java, Database, and MySQL are run-of-the-mill, four are rated critical if the targeted user has administrator privileges Oracle issued a gargantuan quarterly patch ...

PostgreSQL and MySQL have always been the go-to databases for Java development. However, as more developers move into the Microsoft Azure cloud, or get enticed by features Microsoft has weaved into ...

Overall, 16 of the 17 Java flaws Oracle has patched are remotely exploitable without needing user logins, while five of the 27 MySQL flaws are remotely exploitable.

Oracle’s latest announcements will surprise critics who expected the company to sideline “awkward” products such as MySQL and Java, inherited from its 2009 acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

With its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle is bringing the MySQL database into the fold, which analysts agree will pose a challenge for Microsoft and IBM. IBM, however, says its strategy ...

Oracle said it's made MySQL 70 times faster than previous versions. The new MySQL Cluster 7.2 database can now do 1.05 billion reads per minute, according to Oracle's benchmarks.

While most of the fixes for Java, Database, and MySQL are run-of-the-mill, four are rated critical if the targeted user has administrator privileges Oracle issued a gargantuan quarterly patch ...