Latest News from MySQL AB http://dev.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/ The latest news from MySQL AB. en Copyright 1995-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates Sun "Tech Days" Conference World Tour Kicks Off in Brazil http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-12/sunflash.20091207.1.xml http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-12/sunflash.20091207.1.xml Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the details of the Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conference for 2009-10 at http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp. Sun Tech Days is a multi-city world tour designed to showcase how the developer community can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of industry innovation. Since 1998, the Sun Tech Days worldwide conference has brought together hundreds of thousands of developers and students to learn about technology from industry experts. http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp. Sun Tech Days is a multi-city world tour designed to showcase how the developer community can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of industry innovation. Since 1998, the Sun Tech Days worldwide conference has brought together hundreds of thousands of developers and students to learn about technology from industry experts.]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:59:59 +0000 MySQL Saves Cashpoint an Estimated Half-Million Euros per Year http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_1643.html http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_1643.html Sun Microsystems today announced Cashpoint, the Austrian betting and gaming company, has selected Sun's MySQL™ database to manage its customer, Web, and results data. In order to protect its systems' high-availability, Cashpoint uses both a MySQL Enterprise™ Unlimited subscription and the MySQL Cluster database product. Employing an enterprise-wide MySQL Enterprise subscription along with MySQL Cluster contributes to considerable cost savings for the company. ]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:59:59 +0000 TweetMeme Migrates to Sun's MySQL Enterprise Database Subscription Service http://uk.sun.com/sunnews/press/2009/2009-06-30.jsp http://uk.sun.com/sunnews/press/2009/2009-06-30.jsp Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that TweetMeme, the innovative online application that tracks the popularity of links sent via Twitter, has subscribed to Sun's MySQL Enterprise database offering in order to keep up with the microblogging service's explosive growth. Created in 2008 by pioneering Web 2.0 startup Fav.or.it, TweetMeme gives the rapidly expanding Twitter community a means of easily seeing and sorting the most popular links on Twitter. TweetMeme also provides a realtime search facility of fully expanded, qualified and indexed links so that users can get answers to queries about very recent events or news. Created in 2008 by pioneering Web 2.0 startup Fav.or.it, TweetMeme gives the rapidly expanding Twitter community a means of easily seeing and sorting the most popular links on Twitter. TweetMeme also provides a realtime search facility of fully expanded, qualified and indexed links so that users can get answers to queries about very recent events or news.

]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Fortinet Expands Database Vulnerability Assessment with Support for Sun Microsystems' MySQL Enterprise http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/090624.html http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/090624.html Fortinet, a market-leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, today announced its FortiDB family of database security appliances now provides vulnerability assessment (VA) support for MySQL Enterprise from Sun Microsystems. Certification with MySQL Enterprise assures customers that FortiDB appliances have gone through the proper testing requirements for these complex database environments and further extends Fortinet's solution to detect and safeguard against today’s enterprise data concerns that cross over deeply into open source applications. FortiDB works by identifying the weakness within a database, alerting system administrators of potential threats and offering remediation advice. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Kickfire Teams with Sun and Kimball Group to Deliver Webinar Series for the Data Warehouse Mass Market http://www.kickfire.com/images/press_releases/kimball%20group%20release%20v1%202final1.pdf http://www.kickfire.com/images/press_releases/kimball%20group%20release%20v1%202final1.pdf Kickfire today announced a new series of Webinars for the data warehousing mass market, co-presented with Sun Microsystems and the Kimball Group, the definitive source for dimensional data warehousing expertise. The data warehousing mass market is comprised of deployments in the gigabytes to low terabytes which, according to an IDC/ComputerWorld survey, represent over three-quarters of the total market. The webinar series will begin on June 25th at 1:00 pm PDT. The webinar series will begin on June 25th at 1:00 pm PDT.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Sun Announces MySQL 5.4: Up To 90% Faster Response Times, and Scalability Up to 16-way x86 Servers and 64-way CMT Servers http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_1602.html http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_1602.html Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced MySQL™ 5.4, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to deliver significant performance and scalability improvements to MySQL applications. A preview version of MySQL 5.4 is available now for download at http://www.mysql.com/5.4. Today's announcement was made at the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo being held this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center. With more than 2,000 attendees, it is the world's largest event for open source database developers, DBAs, vendors and corporate IT managers. http://www.mysql.com/5.4.

Today's announcement was made at the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo being held this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center. With more than 2,000 attendees, it is the world's largest event for open source database developers, DBAs, vendors and corporate IT managers.

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Kickfire Extends MySQL Enterprise Relationship with Sun Microsystems http://www.kickfire.com/images/press_releases/kickfire%20mysql%20release%20final.pdf http://www.kickfire.com/images/press_releases/kickfire%20mysql%20release%20final.pdf Kickfire™, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced a joint MySQL Enterprise™ marketing agreement for the world’s first high-performance MySQL™ data warehousing appliance. The companies will work together to promote the Kickfire MySQL Appliance™ to data warehouse prospects as part of Sun’s MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Virident Unveils GreenCloud Server for MySQL at the MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 http://www.virident.com/bhive/t/4/news_landing.jsp?code=April_20_2009_2 http://www.virident.com/bhive/t/4/news_landing.jsp?code=April_20_2009_2 Virident Systems and Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the GreenCloud™ Server for MySQL, a new server which brings ‘in−memory’ computing on an exceptional scale to Sun Microsystems' MySQL™ database. The new server was launched today at the 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo, where Virident is a Diamond Sponsor. Vijay Karamcheti, Virident CTO and Cofounder, will deliver a Keynote Address to the conference on Wednesday at 8:30AM entitled, “Extreme Performance and SmartScaling MySQL with Storage Class Memory Servers”. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Oracle to Buy Sun http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-04/sunflash.20090420.1.xml http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-04/sunflash.20090420.1.xml Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:59:59 +0000 Obama Campaign's Web Team to Keynote This Week's MySQL Conference & Expo http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/2271 http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/2271 Want to learn how open source software helped Barack Obama get elected president? Don't miss the closing keynote at the MySQL Conference & Expo 2009, "Database We Can Believe In: Stories from the Front Lines (and Server Rooms) of Barack Obama's Online Presidential Campaign." Co-presented by Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly Media, the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo explores "Innovation Everywhere" April 20-23, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. With more than 2,000 attendees, it is the world's largest community event for open source database developers, DBAs, vendors, and corporate IT managers. For more information, please visit www.mysqlconf.com. Co-presented by Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly Media, the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo explores "Innovation Everywhere" April 20-23, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. With more than 2,000 attendees, it is the world's largest community event for open source database developers, DBAs, vendors, and corporate IT managers. For more information, please visit www.mysqlconf.com.

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