To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and performance.

PostgreSQL provides more advanced security features, such as row-level security and auditing, making it suitable for use cases requiring fine-grained access control, such as multi-tenant applications ...

The use of MySQL and PostgreSQL on Azure datacenter infrastructure adds built-in scalability and high availability, plus a 99.99 percent service-level agreement uptime assurance from Microsoft.

Oracle is taking MySQL in a new direction: introducing an aggressively priced cloud service combining transaction processing and data warehousing, with the bonus of dispensing with ETL.

Microsoft also is promising compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it comes into effect on May 25. The use of MySQL and PostgreSQL on Azure datacenter infrastructure adds ...

Now, Microsoft offers them a service that should provide high availability, data protection and recovery, as well as the ability to easily scale. These new services is now available in 11 of Azure ...