MySQL News Announcements (2003)

MySQL Users Conference 2004 Call for Papers

11 December 2003 — MySQL AB is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the 2004 MySQL Users Conference is now officially open. We encourage every MySQL user with something to say - from grey-bearded hackers and peach-fuzzed power users to corporate code wranglers and veteran DBAs - to drop by the online call-for-papers and write up your proposals for great sessions.

MySQL Reference Manual Available in Portuguese

10 December 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced the MySQL® reference manual has been translated into Portuguese and is available online at the MySQL Web site at http://www.mysql.com/documentation/#pt.

MySQL Joins Other Open Source Leaders at SD Forum's Open Source Summit & Expo

8 December 2003 — MySQL AB and open source and technology leaders including Red Hat, Sleepycat Software, Apache, IBM, and Novell are convening at SD Forum's Open Source Summit & Expo on Thursday, December 11, in Burlingame, California, to discuss the business and technology behind the open source phenomenon. MySQL's CEO Mårten Mickos and Vice President of Marketing Zack Urlocker will participate in panels that explore open source sales and marketing and the open source development model.

MySQL AB Appoints Veteran Marketing Executive to Fuel Enterprise Growth

18 November 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that Zack Urlocker has joined the MySQL AB management team as vice president of marketing. In this role, Mr. Urlocker will oversee MySQL AB global corporate and product marketing as the company continues its expansion into the corporate enterprise market.

MaxDB by MySQL Now Available

17 November 2003 — MySQL AB, today announced that MaxDB™ by MySQL has been released. MaxDB is a heavy-duty, SAP-certified open source database that offers high availability, scalability and a comprehensive feature set.

MySQL AB Announces New Pricing for MySQL Training in Australia and Asia Pacific

14 November 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced its new pricing for MySQL training in Australia and Asia Pacific. With this change MySQL AB addresses customer concerns about the traditional coupling with the euro and U.S. dollar and the consequential relatively high prices in Australia.

MySQL at Comdex Las Vegas!

12 November 2003 — MySQL AB will have a major presence at Comdex Las Vegas 2003, November 17-20, where "Open Source and Linux" is one of the key conference themes. Come see MySQL CEO Marten Mickos in a Comdex Power Panel, "The Open Source Paradigm Shift" on Thursday November 20, and stop by MySQL booth (#9940) to learn more about MySQL technology from the source!

MySQL Growth on Fast Track with Major New Customers, Open Source Momentum

12 November 2003 — MySQL AB today announced that it has recently signed commercial licensing agreements with Active Voice, Avery Dennison, Caterpillar Inc., NEC America, Sabre Holdings and many other leading companies that are integrating the MySQL® database as the high performance data management system in their product offerings and enterprise applications.

Sabre Holdings Air Shopping Products Leverage MySQL Database

3 November 2003 — MySQL AB today announced that Sabre Holdings relies on the MySQL® database to power its Air Shopping products, mission-critical enterprise services that conduct online travel searches for Sabre Holdings customers such as Travelocity, airlines and travel agents worldwide.

NEC Selects MySQL Database to Power Global Navigator Management Information System

3 November 2003 — MySQL AB, today announced that NEC America, Inc. (NEC), the second largest provider of customer premise communications systems in North America, has selected the MySQL® database to power the newest version of its Global Navigator management information system.

MySQL Database Selected for Active Voice's Repartee LX Unified Messaging Solution

3 November 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that Active Voice, LLC, a subsidiary of NEC America, Inc. and the third largest voice messaging provider in the United States1, has selected MySQL® as the database management system for its new Repartee LX Unified Messaging Solution. The Repartee LX system, which runs on the Linux operating system, ships with an embedded MySQL database to store and manage all data for Repartee LX customer deployments.

MySQL Database Wins Linux Journal Readers' Choice Award for Sixth Year in a Row!

15 October 2003 — The readers of Linux Journal have voted MySQL “best database” for the sixth time in as many years. This year, over 7,500 readers visited the Linux Journal Web site and voted on their favorites in 28 categories.

MySQL AB Acquires Alzato

14 October 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that it has acquired Alzato, a venture company started by Ericsson in 2000. Alzato develops and markets NDB Cluster, a high availability data management system designed for the telecom/IP environment.

MySQL Wins Reader's Choice Awards from Leading International, German Magazines

8 October 2003 — MySQL AB is proud to announce that the MySQL database has won the Reader's Choice award in the International PHP Magazine and in two of Germany's leading technology publications. MySQL was named Reader's Choice in the "best database" category by International PHP Magazine, with 71 percent of the readership votes. MySQL won the same title based on votes from readers of both the German Linux Enterprise Magazine and the German PHP Magazin, receiving 60 percent and 83 percent of the votes, respectively.

MySQL AB opens office in France

6 October 2003 — In order to better serve the French speaking markets, MySQL AB recently expanded its international presence to cover France. With the opening of its Paris offices, MySQL will be developing a complete range of services in French. Currently a sales office, the Paris branch will soon offer technical support, local consulting and training services to the French speaking business and development communities. You can contact us in France by sending a mail to vente@mysql.com or by calling us at +33.1.43.077.099.

MySQL Ships as Standard Database with Novell's New NetWare 6.5

8 September 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that a commercially-licensed version of the MySQL® database ships with Novell NetWare 6.5, the latest version of Novell’s platform for advanced network services. NetWare 6.5 comes with a commercially-licensed version of MySQL 4.0, giving NetWare users the benefit of developing and distributing high performance, low-cost MySQL database applications without open source license requirements. MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos will be speaking about the MySQL database at the EMEA Partner Summit at Novell’s BrainShare Europe on September 9.

We Want to Hear Your MySQL Story!

29 August 2003 — MySQL AB is on a quest to learn more about MySQL applications that have been developed and deployed by the vast MySQL user community. If you have a successful MySQL implementation that you would like to share with us, something that has performed well and helped you meet your IT goals, please tell us your story!

Sterling Commerce Taps MySQL To Power Gentran Integration Suite For Global 5000 Companies

20 August 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that Sterling Commerce offers the MySQL® database to its Global 5000 customer base. Sterling Commerce ships MySQL as a back-end database that may be used with Sterling Commerce's popular Gentran Integration Suite, which provides an intelligent messaging gateway for Business-to-Business, EDI and Enterprise Application Integration.

MySQL AB to Re-brand SAP DB "MaxDB"

5 August 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that it is re-branding the SAP DB database "MaxDB™" which it will offer as a MySQL AB product beginning in Q4 2003. Through a technology and cross licensing partnership with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced on May 27, 2003, MySQL AB has acquired full commercial rights to develop and market future releases of SAP DB, SAP's enterprise-level open source database. MaxDB by MySQL is targeted at large SAP R/3 environments and other applications that require maximum enterprise-level database functionality.

Pogo Linux and MySQL AB Launch First MySQL Database Appliance

5 August 2003 — Pogo Linux Inc., a Linux hardware vendor, and MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, today launched the first MySQL® database appliance, the DataWare 2600 Server. The DataWare 2600 is a pre-configured, fully integrated hardware/software offering optimized for speed and value. The jointly developed database appliance is a turnkey solution that combines the Linux systems expertise of Pogo Linux with the cost savings, reliability and performance of MySQL’s open source database. Pogo Linux, the first “MySQL Certified Hardware Partner,” will demonstrate the DataWare 2600 at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, August 5-7, in booth #1259.

Dell Researchers Deem MySQL Replication Cluster Easy, Effective for High Volume Applications

29 July 2003 — A Dell study demonstrates the ease with which high performance Web applications can be built using the popular open source "LAMP" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack on the PowerEdge server blade system. The article outlines a sample application showing MySQL replication for a clustered server in a large scale solution and concludes that the low-cost LAMP software on PowerEdge servers provides the "capacity and flexibility to run many high-volume online applications such as those critical to enterprise computing."

MySQL Partners up at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo

15 July 2003 — Please visit MySQL and our Preferred Partner Booth, #467, at the LinuxWorld Conf and Expo, Aug 5-7, 2003 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. MySQL will be joined by, SGI, Veritas, Arkeia and Emic Networks. Stop by and learn more about the MySQL partnership program, as well as shake hands with our founders and CEO.

Cox Communications Powers Massive Enterprise Application with MySQL

9 July 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that Cox Communications (NYSE: COX), the fourth-largest cable television provider in the U.S., is using the MySQL® database to run a major data warehousing enterprise application that helps Cox make more informed business decisions and provide better customer care.

Pogo Linux and MySQL AB Announce Partnership to Deliver First MySQL Database Appliance

7 July 2003 — Two open source companies, Pogo Linux Inc., a Linux hardware vendor, and MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced today a partnership to build the first MySQL® database appliance, a pre-configured, fully-integrated hardware/software offering optimized for speed and value. The jointly developed database appliance, the DataWare 2600 Server, will be a turnkey solution that leverages the cost savings, reliability and performance of MySQL's leading open source database. Both companies are previewing the system at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) on July 9-10, in Portland, Oregon.

MySQL Reference Manual Now Available in French

1 July 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced a French-language version of the MySQL reference manual, which is now available online

Danish Center for Biological Sequence Analysis Uses MySQL as Data Management Engine in Massive Supercomputer-Based Research Project

26 June 2003 — Silicon Graphics announces that MySQL on an SGI Altix 3000 supercluster with 64 Intel Itanium 2 processors enables researchers to perform virtual analysis of complex biological processes.

IT Doesn't Matter

11 June 2003 — A recent article in the Harvard Business Review provides a compelling argument that, like railroads and electric power, technology is becoming commoditized, and "the core functions of IT -- such as data storage, data processing and data transport -- have become affordable and available to all."

MySQL AB Secures $19.5 Million Investment Round Led by Benchmark Capital

3 June 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, announced today the completion of a $19.5 million Series B round of financing to fuel its growth in the mainstream DBMS market.

MySQL AB Named to First Annual SD TIMES 100 List

1 June 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced it has been selected for inclusion in the first annual SD TIMES 100, a list of companies and organizations that demonstrated the greatest innovation and leadership in the software development industry in 2002. The SD TIMES 100 is a product of SD Times, an IT trade newspaper written specifically for the software development manager.

MySQL AB and SAP AG Partner to Bring New Open Source Database Technologies to the Enterprise

27 May 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced a technology and cross-licensing partnership with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), the world's leading provider of business software solutions. The developers of two leading open source databases, MySQL® and SAP DB, are partnering to give large and medium-sized companies new enterprise-ready open source databases.

Photos and Webcast from MySQL Users Conference & Expo 2003

26 May 2003 — A collection of photos from the MySQL Users Conference & Expo 2003 is online, and you can also view the keynote by Mårten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB online at Techieindex.com.

MySQL AB and QNX Software Systems Announce Product Compatibility for the Embedded Market

20 May 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and QNX Software Systems, the industry leader in real-time, microkernel operating systems, today announced that the MySQL™ database for the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system (RTOS) running on the x86 processor is now available and fully supported by MySQL AB. Users of the QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.1 can now integrate MySQL as the high performance data management system in their embedded applications.

MySQL Database Available for New AMD64 Architecture

20 May 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that the MySQL™ database has been optimized for the AMD Opteron™ processor, the flagship for AMD's new AMD64 technology platform.

Be Among the First to Get a MySQL Professional Certification!

30 April 2003 — MySQL AB is pleased to announce that the beta version of the MySQL Professional Certification exam is now available! With successful completion of the Professional Certification beta exam, you can earn a valid MySQL Professional Certification -- the most advanced MySQL credential -- to demonstrate strong proficiency in working with the MySQL database.

German Workshop: Development of an advanced MySQL/PHP application

23 April 2003 — MySQL GmbH is offering a new two days workshop in Northern Germany at May, 13th & 14th 2003. Participants will develop an advanced MySQL/PHP application on their own computer and have a big influence on the agenda. So everybody will learn in practice all individual needed topics.

MySQL Industry Support Demonstrated at First Annual MySQL Users Conference

11 April 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced today at the first annual MySQL Users Conference that several leading organizations are announcing support for the MySQL™ database.

Market and Technology Luminaries Converge at the First Annual MySQL Users Conference

6 April 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that the first annual MySQL Users Conference, to be held this week, April 10-12, in San Jose, California, has a full agenda that promises to create a defining event for the MySQL technology and business communities. The three-day conference now has over 50 scheduled sessions offering an in-depth look at MySQL technologyby the top MySQL and database experts in the world as well as new research and insights into the impact of MySQL and open source on business.

MySQL Focus of New META Group Research

4 April 2003 — MySQL AB and the MySQL database server are the focus of two new reports regarding the impact and implications of open source software in a mature database market. META Group technology industry analyst Charlie Garry, who will present his findings at the first annual MySQL Users Conference next week, authored the research.

MySQL Wins Developer.com "Product of the Year" Award

4 April 2003 — The MySQL database has been named the "Database-Related Product of the Year" by the readers of Developer.com. Competition in this category was comprised of databases as well as database standards, database development tools and other database related-technologies. MySQL beat out other finalists, including Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Oracle9i, IBM's DB2 database and PostgreSQL.

German Seminar: Scalable Applications with PHP and MySQL

1 April 2003 — In this seminar you learn how to create scalable applications with PHP and MySQL. A main focus is application development with replication and transactions. Locations: Hamburg (04/14), Dortmund (04/15) and Karlsruhe (04/16).

MySQL Selected for Danish IT Research on Database Performance

28 March 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, today announced that the MySQL™ database is being used in a Danish research and development project that will explore how to improve database performance by better leveraging modern computer architectures. This project is funded by a Danish state research grant in cooperation with MySQL AB, Dell Computer Corporation and EMC Corporation. The University of Copenhagen’s Department of Computer Science will conduct the research.

MySQL Version 4.0 Dubbed “Production”

25 March 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, today announced that the MySQL™ database version 4.0 has been labeled “production,” indicating that it is ready for any MySQL deployment. To reach production status, MySQL software must pass a series of rigorous tests with no fatal bugs and then undergo “battle-testing” in live environments for a minimum of three months. Starting with the newest release, 4.0.12, MySQL version 4.0 is now the standard code base for all MySQL database downloads.

MySQL Database on Linux Now Optimized for Intel Itanium 2 Processor

25 March 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, today announced that it has optimized the MySQL™ database for the 64-bit Intel® Itanium® 2 processor running the Linux operating system.

New Swedish Feasibility Study Sees Benefits of Open Source for Public Sector

17 March 2003 — A new feasibility study conducted by the Swedish Agency for Public Management (Statskontoret) finds Open Source software solutions "equivalent to -- or better than -- commercial products" for public sector applications. The comprehensive study supports claims that Open Source software, along with open standards and formats, lays the groundwork for improved interoperability and cost reductions. The study addresses business models and legalities, and concludes with general recommendations for working with Open Source software.

Yahoo!'s Jeremy Zawodny Claims MySQL 4.X Rocks

14 March 2003 — Yahoo! Inc.'s MySQL expert Jeremy Zawodny applauds MySQL Version 4.X in a March 10 entry on his personal weblog called "MySQL Full-Text Search Rocks My World." In it, Jeremy describes how the full-text search feature in MySQL 4.0.10 came to his rescue and made his life "way easier."

MySQL AB Launches MySQL Certification Program

12 March 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, and Pearson VUE today launched the new MySQL certification program. Through the MySQL certification program, MySQL software developers can earn one or more formal credentials that validate their knowledge, experience and skill with the MySQL^TM database and related MySQL AB products.

MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2003: Last Chance for Early-Bird Discount!

4 March 2003 — Come join the MySQL AB team, partners and friends at the first annual MySQL Users Conference & Expo, April 10-12 in San Jose, California!

MySQL AB to Highlight Subselects and other New Features in Upcoming MySQL Version 4.1 at CeBIT

4 March 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, will highlight subqueries and other new features of the upcoming MySQL database Version 4.1 at the CeBIT conference, March 12-19 in Hannover, Germany.

Russian-Language MySQL Reference Manual Now Available Online

27 February 2003 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular Open Source database, today announced a Russian-language version of the MySQL reference manual, which is now available online at the MySQL AB Web site at www.mysql.com.

MySQL AB Brings its Training Program to India

19 February 2003 — MySQL AB is pleased to introduce the company's inaugural training course and executive seminar in India. The three-hour executive seminar titled, "Power of Open Source Technologies and MySQL Database," and a 5-day/8-hour training course called, "Using and Managing MySQL", will both take place in the city of Hyderabad, India next month.

MySQL Database Not Affected by "Slammer"/"Sapphire" Worm

29 January 2003 — MySQL AB would like to confirm that the MySQL™ database is not affected by nor is responsible for the recent "Slammer" (also known as "Sapphire") worm that has caused widespread Internet disruption. This worm attack, which began Friday, January 24, has been linked to a set of known flaws in Microsoft SQL Server, and at this time, it is only known to affect Microsoft SQL Server and certain products that are based on it (such as Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) and Microsoft Office Developer Edition products). Several Internet news sites have erroneously linked MySQL to the Slammer worm.

MySQL Adds Subselects, Upgrades Performance and Security

21 January 2003 — MySQL AB today announced a new version of the MySQL™ database that includes "subselects" and other enhancements designed to facilitate large-scale enterprise application development with MySQL.

MySQL AB Hosts First MySQL Users Conference & Expo

21 January 2003 — MySQL AB today announced that it is hosting the First Annual MySQL Users Conference & Expo, to take place in San Jose, California, April 10-12, 2003. At this landmark event, which will be the biggest gathering of MySQL users, customers and partners ever, attendees can learn more about available and upcoming MySQL technology, hear about MySQL AB's business and technology plans, discover new business opportunities and network with peers from around the world.

MySQL Named "Swedish IT Product of the Year"

16 January 2003 — The MySQL™ database has won the prestigious Swedish Guldmusen or "Golden Mouse" award for Swedish IT Product of the Year. The Golden Mouse award is given by two of Sweden's most prominent magazines, Affärsvärlen and Computer Sweden, in cooperation with IT-företagen, Invest in Sweden Agency and Comdex Scandinavia.

MySQL Database Available on IBM eServer zSeries

13 January 2003 — MySQL AB announced that the MySQL™ database is available on IBM eServer zSeries running Linux. With MySQL for Linux on zSeries, developers can create MySQL-based applications for the IBM mainframe, a family of powerful enterprise servers designed for secure, heavy-load e-business and enterprise applications. MySQL also announced enhanced support for IBM's AIX operating system.

Enhanced MySQL Software for Mac OS X Available from MySQL AB

7 January 2003 — Today at Macworld Expo, MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced that a MySQL binary installer in ".pkg" format, the standard for software installation on Mac OS X, will be available in February.

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