In fact, Microsoft has called in its lawyers over Oracle's recent criticisms of Microsoft's SQL Server performance, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison mentioned casually during a Wednesday night ...

Microsoft laid out the case for enterprises to ditch Oracle's database system for its own at this week's Data Driven conference in New York City. Exec Judson Althoff detailed a SQL Server 2016 ...

and Latin America use Microsoft's SQL Server, compared to 46 percent using MySQL. Oracle database technology? It's used, but not nearly as extensively. MySQL gives Oracle a club with which to beat ...

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

With SQL Server 2016, Microsoft isn’t just targeting its own customer base — it’s also challenging Oracle. In March, it offered free licenses to Oracle customers to make the switch.