Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced two new offerings that will significantly expand customer choice by providing users with access to Sun's innovative open source software running on the Amazon Web Services platform. Sun has added premium technical support for its MySQL™ database running on Linux and on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to its global support and services offerings.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the availability of MySQL™ Workbench, a new visual database design tool that integrates data modeling, physical database design, database creation, change management and documentation capabilities into a single, seamless environment for MySQL developers and DBAs.
MySQL Workbench is available for download in two versions: an open source Community Edition and a (US) $99 commercial Standard Edition. Both are available now for Microsoft Windows, with future cross-platform support for Linux and Macintosh OS X under development.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the pending general availability of MySQL™ 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now at dev.mysql.com/downloads/.
Kickfire™, Inc. and Sun Microsystems today announced Transaction Processing Performance Council – H (TPC-H) benchmark results that break previous price-performance records. The benchmarks were run on Kickfire's new database appliance, which is based on Sun's MySQL™ database. The Kickfire Database Appliance demonstrates the speed of high-performance commercial database systems at a fraction of the cost with an exceptionally small, low-power footprint and the hallmark ease-of-use of MySQL, the world's most popular open source database.
Kickfire is formally launching this week at the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Zmanda, the open source leader in backup and recovery software, today announced they are partnering to deliver a comprehensive, global data backup and recovery solution for MySQL Enterprise subscribers. A 30-day trial of Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Edition -- the first open-source backup and recovery solution designed specifically for MySQL™ databases -- is available now at www.mysql.com/zrm. Starting April 1, MySQL Enterprise customers will be able to purchase ZRM for MySQL directly from Sun worldwide. Zmanda and Sun have also agreed to joint-selling and co-marketing activities in support of MySQL, the world's most popular open source database software.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has completed the acquisition of MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. Sun also unveiled the immediate availability of MySQL's complete portfolio of products and enterprise services backed by its 17,000-strong global sales and services organization and its extensive international network of authorized distribution channels. Sun now provides a single, secure choice for customers and developers seeking to put MySQL into deployment on a global basis. Users can get started today with free downloads at dev.mysql.com/downloads.
The sixth annual MySQL Conference & Expo, co-presented by MySQL AB and O'Reilly Media, is expected to bring together 2,000 open source and database users from some of the most exciting and fastest-growing companies in the world, as well as from the large and active MySQL community. The conference will take place April 14-17, 2008, in Santa Clara, California.
MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos and Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO of Sun Microsystems, will kick off the conference with keynotes highlighting the strategic, technical and community synergies between the two companies and their pending merger. Tuesday's other keynote will be Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, who will speak about distributed computing in the modern Internet era.
To register and learn about early registration discounts, please visit www.mysqlconf.com.
MySQL AB today announced that Yes Loans, the UK's number one provider of specialist unsecured loans, has now processed more than 1.7 million loan applications on top of the MySQL database. Yes Loans credits MySQL with supporting its phenomenal growth, and now operates its entire business on a MySQL Enterprise subscription.
Fronter, a leading provider of online e-learning solutions, has chosen to base its new open platform on MySQL and other open source software products -- making it possible to satisfy customer demands for scalability and easy integration with other systems. This investment means a complete transition to platforms with open source code.
Fronter, headquartered in Norway, has enjoyed tremendous success with its learning platform for the education sector. Today, more than 3.8 million users in over 3,000 learning institutions in the UK, Europe and Nordic countries utilise the system to streamline both teaching and collaboration.
KEWEGO, the European leader in Internet video distribution, has selected MySQL to power its video streaming solutions -– providing an obvious match between two key players in the growing Web 2.0 space.
David Axmark stopped in London on Friday to talk to customers about the future of the database under Sun - and to shed light on that closed-source issue
Microsoft has used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2 products
Google's Enterprise Search Appliance customers are to get a free upgrade that adds new features to the buttoned-down, behind-the-firewall search appliance designed for large companies and their IT departments.
National Archives chief information officer David Thomas is tasked with ensuring government documents and websites survive for future generations
The British Museum website has been revamped, seamlessly merging the collection and the shop
Sun might be buying a database company, but it's getting much more than code
Oracle's Tarik Ozyurt discusses how to put systems in place to avoid being drowned in unstructured data
Hosted CMS and blog solutions litter the market, yet none offer Terapad's combination of simplicity and functionality.
Microsoft believes licensing is the weak spot in Oracle's armoury, and hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008
Google's Enterprise Search Appliance customers are to get a free upgrade that adds new features to the buttoned-down, behind-the-firewall search appliance designed for large companies and their IT departments.
