Microsoft is preparing to release a preview of a new version of its Azure SQL database before year-end which is aimed at simplifying the move of database applications to the cloud.

Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the 'Business Critical' tier.

RDS is its standard-performance relational database service, which supports five engines: MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.

But what can you do when that’s not possible and you have to get onto a supported database version? Shifting to PaaS database services could, in theory, be as simple as signing up for a database ...

There is an alternative: cloud-based database services. This isn’t just the cloud version of the Infrastructure as a Service approach that IT managers in all sectors are embracing. Database as a ...

.@Yugabyte announces the general availability of Yugabyte Cloud, a public database-as-a-service offering that combines the power of distributed SQL with the ease of use of a #cloud #database.