Oracle has kept its lead as the No. 1 database software maker, but rival Microsoft is gaining ground in the highly competitive market, a new study shows. Oracle widened its lead to 33.8 percent of the ...

Oracle is facing the biggest threat ever to its database dominance, as IBM, Microsoft and new competitors chisel away at its market share. Although previous battles in the database software market ...

Preliminary market share numbers from IDC show Oracle clinging to top database spot despite mounting competition from IBM and Microsoft. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...