If you want to build a Web application, you're going to need a few pieces of software. You'll need a server operating system, such as Linux. You'll also need a server-side language and framework.

Regular readers of this column won't be surprised to hear that I love both Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL. Rails has been my primary server-side Web development framework for about eight years, and it ...

Systems management, data protection and security software company Quest Software Inc. today announced two updates designed to accelerate the enterprise adoption of the open-source relational database ...