To some, it might be another sign of an evil corporation turning over a new leaf. To others, it could be a plot to undermine its enemies. Both sides would probably agree it's another cold day in hell.

Microsoft is well-known for three things, their hardware (such as the Microsoft Surface series), their operating systems and their software. The problem being is that a lot of these are closely tied ...

Nearly one quarter of all the servers running in Microsoft's Azure cloud service are powered by the open source operating system Linux. But you can't actually run much Microsoft software on those ...

Database Management System (DBMS) software acts as an interface between an end user and a database and is designed to allow users to create databases as well as store, manipulate and manage data in an ...

Remember when Steve Ballmer likened Linux to cancer, and the notion of Microsoft courting the open source crowd was virtually unimaginable? The company has come a long, long way since then. Microsoft ...

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Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main ...

Belleview, Wash. – Reflecting the increased connectivity of most embedded systems designs, embedded database providfer ITTIA has added Open Database Connectivity, or ODBC drivers to its ITTIA DB.

The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...