VMs traditionally host OSes, desktops and applications, but if you want to virtualize a database server, there are some extra steps you must take to ensure the process goes smoothly so you can reap ...

Automate database backup with Prapl SQL Backup Software for PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, MySQL, SQLite, ...

Oracle and Microsoft have signed a deal that will see Oracle colocate its Exadata database-optimized server and Real Application Clusters in Microsoft Azure data centers. By doing so, the companies ...

A researcher at Black Hat Europe this month will demonstrate a new hack that uses SQL injection as a stepping stone to take control of a database server. "SQL injection becomes a stepping stone to the ...

PostgreSQL vulnerability CVE-2026-6471 allows low-privileged attackers to execute code, gain PostgreSQL superuser access and ...

Users exposing poorly secured PostgreSQL and MySQL servers online are in danger of getting their databases wiped by a ransomware bot, Border0 researchers are warning. The attackers asks for a small ...

Unsecured MongoDB database servers allowed a "white-hat" hacker to access the account information for over 13 million MacKeeper users. MacKeeper is a program that supposedly optimizes your Mac so that ...

A computer in a network that is dedicated to database storage and retrieval. It holds the database management system (see DBMS) and the databases. Upon requests from the client machines, it searches ...