CIO Resources

Benefits "At a Glance"

Below are just some of the many benefits open source software and MySQL offers CIOs. To learn more about these and other time, cost and security advantages, click here:

• Reduce database TCO by 90%
• Cut downtime
• Deliver on SLA commitments
• Improve productivity
• Modernize your IT infrastructure
• Scale your IT infrastructure incrementally
• Cost-effectively extend your existing infrastructure
• Improve customer satisfaction

TCO Calculator

Our TCO Calculator allows you to calculate your Total Cost of Ownership for 5 of the leading database products available.

CIO Whitepapers

A CIO's Guide to Developing an Enterprise Open Source Strategy - The Rise of Open Source and the LAMP Stack
Like most CIOs, you're probably under pressure to "do more with less." If you're seeking ways to reduce costs while maintaining quality and performance in your infrastructure, this guide can help you develop an open source strategy.

A CIO's Guide to Lower Database TCO - How the Open Source Database MySQL(R) Reduces Costs by as Much as 90%
In this white paper, you'll learn how organizations such as Sabre Holdings, Cox Communications, and NASA have improved database reliability, performance and TCO using MySQL. You'll also learn how you can apply these techniques to your own organization.

Webinars for CIOs

For CIOs Only: Developing & Implementing an Open Source Strategy
Many companies are evaluating open source stacks as an alternative or complement to proprietary solutions from companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle. Savvy CIOs in modern enterprises are exploring the use of an entire enterprise open source software stack known as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Python / Perl) as a way to further improve operational efficiency.

If you are a startup exploring the LAMP stack, or a mature company that needs to understand the business implications of implementing the LAMP stack, this Webinar is for you.

Independent Research Analyst Discusses The Forrester Wave: Open Source Databases, Q2 2006
In this Webinar, expert database analyst Noel Yuhanna discusses the Forrester Wave on open source databases in which MySQL was named one of the leaders. In addition, Mr. Yuhanna will discuss industry trends and drivers, and applications that can benefit from open source databases. He will also provide insight into what an IT professional considering the use of open source databases should look for, and how to arrive at a smart decision that makes sense for their particular needs.

Web 2.0 and MySQL - How to increase performance, scalability and availability for Web 2.0 architectures using MySQL and MySQL Cluster
Web 2.0 is the second generation of services available on the Web that lets people collaborate and share information online. One of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 is the fact that it's the data that's driving this evolution. In this Webinar we explore how companies are deploying Web 2.0 architectures and applications using MySQL and MySQL Cluster.

JasperSoft & MySQL deliver "BI for Everyone"
This is an important and informative Webinar for any CIO considering any of the following:

• An operational Business Intelligence or reporting solution for your organization
• Embedding business intelligence and reporting in your existing applications
• Learning about open source business intelligence and its primary components - reporting, analytics and data extraction and transformation.

In this Webinar, you will get an in-depth look at:

• Building a Business Intelligence solution with open source components
• Delivering an integrated solution for customers who use MySQL as their primary data management solution
• JasperSoft and MySQL in action

The LAMP Stack in Modern Enterprises - A Web Seminar Presented by Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL AB
Join Marten Mickos, the CEO of MySQL AB, as he discusses:

• The evolution of open source
• The rise and adoption of the LAMP stack
• Business considerations for implementing the LAMP stack
• Real-word examples of the LAMP stack deployed in the enterprise

Enterprise Database Solution at an SMB Price - Learn how to achieve up to $1 billion in orders or more per year on an affordable Dell-Novell-MySQL Solution
Launch this Webinar to learn about the ideal open source database solution and the freedom to migrate from expensive and proprietary UNIX(TM) systems to the freedom and low-cost of Linux(R) on x86 hardware.

The Facts on LAMP Quality and Reliability
Learn how Coverity's static source code analysis technology is being used by MySQL and other leading organizations to automate the detection of software defects and security vulnerabilities.

Lowering Database Total Cost of Ownership with MySQL
Learn how companies have saved millions by switching to MySQL. Per Larsson of Lycos Europe will reveal the hard figures of a project that saved him more than 85% in costs by migrating portals and other systems from Oracle to MySQL.

Cost-Effective Database Scale-Out Using MySQL
MySQL enables organizations to eliminate the "database tax" associated with proprietary closed source software and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), enabling them to more readily accommodate growing demands for database capacity through scale-out. Scaling out (or Horizontal Scaling) means distributing the computing and data workload among multiple commodity servers by load balancing, with the ability to add or subtract servers to increase or decrease capacity.

In this Webinar, you'll get an in-depth look at Scale-Out with discussion on topics such as:

• What is Scale-Out
• Benefits of Scale-Out Scale-Out
• Applications @ Work
• Scale-Out Reference Stack
• Scale-Out Reference Architecture
• MySQL Replication Overview
• Multiple Topologies
• Scale-Out Best Practices

Database Scale-Out Using Open Source Software: Achieving Infrastructure Agility
In this Webinar, you'll learn that as society's dependence on information technology becomes increasingly pervasive, IT planners must continually adapt themselves to the challenges of living in an information-driven economy. Access to information is now global. Always on, always in demand.