Oracle 11g XE (Express Edition), the free-of-charge version of Oracle’s flagship database, is now in beta. XE provides an “entry-level, small-footprint RDBMS” based on 11g Release 2 code, said Oracle ...

Oracle® Database 11g Release 2, a steady improvement from its predecessor, is now available for download, the IT solutions provider announced Thursday. The new release, touted to bring better ...

It may be “a year or two” before Oracle releases a no-cost Express Edition (XE) of its 11g database, according to Andrew Mendelsohn, the company’s senior vice president of database server technologies ...

Available as a 150-Mbyte download via Oracle's Web site, 10g XE is compatible with the bigger-iron Oracle databases, the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company has said. Like competitive offerings from ...