On average, the annual cost for administration is $2,847 per year per database for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and $10,206 per year per database for Oracle 10g.

A strong cloud infrastructure outlook has sent Oracle shares into a sharp rally, as the company's future contract revenue ...

Most enterprises that opt for either SQL Server or Oracle do it for reasons other than software costs, writes eWEEK.com Database Center Editor Lisa Vaas.

Who knew that there would be so many different ways that cloud service providers could charge for services? You were expecting to pay for compute and storage resources, sure. And it’s not really ...

Both Oracle and SQL Server have very well-established communities. While they are different, they are also similar in many ways. All DBAs worry about the performance and security of the data and the ...