But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives? Analysis When Microsoft rolled out an open source extension stack for PostgreSQL to handle document-style data, it wasn't just taking aim at ...

AWS today announced a new database product that is clearly meant to go after Microsoft’s SQL Server and make it easier — and cheaper — for SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud. The new service ...

Microsoft announced a smorgasbord of updates to its Azure cloud platform today, primarily aimed at helping companies migrate database workloads to its datacenters. These workloads are typically ...

Which distributed PostgreSQL database is tops when it comes to transaction processing throughput? It’s a good question, and Microsoft attempted to find answers when it commissioned GigaOM to benchmark ...

Microsoft has announced support for MySQL and PostgreSQL as fully managed instances on the Azure cloud platform. Additionally, the company has also launched a new NoSQL database called Cosmos DB with ...

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Microsoft has unveiled the preview of Azure HorizonDB at its Ignite developer conference. The new cloud database service is based on PostgreSQL and is aimed at both developers of new applications and ...

Microsoft has launched a document database platform constructed on a relational PostgreSQL back end.… The Redmond giant is also suggesting users can kick things off by implementing an open-source ...

The Kinsing malware is now actively breaching Kubernetes clusters by leveraging known weaknesses in container images and misconfigured, exposed PostgreSQL containers. While these tactics aren't novel, ...

At Microsoft Ignite 2022, the company launched new Azure cloud services including additions to its Dev Box developer environment, PostgreSQL support for Cosmos DB, invite-only access to the DALL·E 2 ...

Azures collection of open source data tools includes the popular PostgreSQL database. Postgres began its life in the mid-1980s as a follow-up to the University of California at Berkeley’s Ingres ...