Oracle today announced Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), a free, starter edition of the world’s leading database software. A beta version of Oracle Database XE is available for ...

Oracle Corp. plans to release a free version of its database by the end of the year in a move to compete more effectively at the low end of the market. Oracle released a beta version of the product, ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...

The company on Friday posted a "freebie" version of its 10g product to the Oracle Technical Network (OTN). Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, or XE, targets hobbyists, new database developers and ...

Oracle says it has begun beta testing a free, although limited, version of its 10g database designed for developers and students. Dubbed the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), ...

Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases. The database heavyweight on Tuesday is expected to announce ...

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at Oracle’s new free database (free as in beer, that is). Not to mention a Lego self-adaptive hand. Another freebie. This time it’s a database and its name may be ...

This new edition of Oracle Database 10g offers application developers, database administrators (DBAs) and students a free starter database to develop and deploy their applications. It is also freely ...