Relational database developer MariaDB is acquiring in-memory computing technology developer Gridgain to improve database performance for AI and agentic applications.

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

MariaDB never should have happened. Monty Widenius, the founder of both MySQL and MariaDB, made a bundle selling MySQL to Oracle years ago, but he then launched ...

For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP ...

But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled ...

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...

For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL's founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia, the world's ...

How to back up and restore MySQL/MariaDB data for a website Your email has been sent If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up ...