21 October 2002 — Novell and MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, today announced that Novell will ship a NetWare-optimized commercial version of the MySQL™ database with Novell® NetWare® 6 and subsequent releases of NetWare, providing significant savings to Novell customers and allowing them to develop and distribute MySQL applications without open source license requirements.
7 October 2002 — Arkeia Corporation, a Southern California-based supplier of network backup solutions, reaffirmed its strong position in open source environment backup with the recent release of its MySQL plug-in for hot backup. This plug-in allows Arkeia 5 users to define flexible backup options of online data.
17 September 2002 — Emic Networks today announced Emic
Application Cluster (EAC). EAC adds a new dimension to MySQLTM
reliability and scalability. EAC is a new application-clustering
product that is tuned for MySQL, the world's most popular open source
database.
15 July 2002 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and Rackspace Managed Hosting, the second largest managed hosting provider, today announced that they have formed a strategic marketing alliance and that Rackspace has become the first MySQL "Certified Hosting Provider." As a result of the partnership, new Rackspace customers can now receive complimentary MySQL support services bundled with select Rackspace hosting solutions.
