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 ...

The Fate of Java As for the fate of MySQL and Java, Hilwa said the company has a vested interest in advancing, not fracturing, them. "Oracle has built its most strategic product lines -- Oracle Fusion ...

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.

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 ...

Choosing between schemaless NoSQL databases and strong-schema relational designs isn't an either-or decision, as this case study points out. When dealing with their big data problem, Craigslist ...

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 ...