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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Powering the Web: Two Decades of Open Source Publishing With WordPress and MySQL

Percona

While not the first open source content management system (CMS), WordPress caught on like nothing before and helped spread open source to millions. It was simple, easy to deploy, and easy to use, and WordPress had the added benefit of being open source. It was easy to use. Note that I said values.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

As Kubernetes adoption increases and it continues to advance technologically, Kubernetes has emerged as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.

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PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: Difference in Costs, Ease of Use & Functionality

Scalegrid

The unstoppable rise of open source databases. One database in particular is causing a huge dent in Oracle’s market share – open source PostgreSQL. See how open source PostgreSQL Community version costs compare to Oracle Standard Edition and Oracle Enterprise Edition. What’s causing this massive shift?

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Scalable Solutions with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL (Part 2): Using Citus

Percona

You can read part one here: Scalable Solutions With Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL: Set Up Three PostgreSQL Database Instances. Citus is an open-source extension for PostgreSQL that expands its capacity to manage databases of varying scales, ranging from individual nodes to extensively distributed database clusters.

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What is IT operations analytics? Extract more data insights from more sources

Dynatrace

ITOA automates repetitive cloud operations tasks and streamlines the flow of analytics into decision-making processes. Additionally, ITOA gathers and processes information from applications, services, networks, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure hardware logs in real time. Automate analytics tools and processes.

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What is container orchestration?

Dynatrace

Docker containers can share an underlying operating system kernel, resulting in a lighter weight, speedier way to build, maintain, and port application services. Originally created by Google, Kubernetes was donated to the CNCF as an open source project.