Partner Press Releases (2004)

NRI and MySQL AB team up to introduce and promote open source database in Japan

7. December 2004 — Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI: Tokyo; Akihisa Fujinuma, President, CEO & COO) and MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, have signed a “MySQL(R) Partner Program Agreement” to introduce and promote MySQL and certified technical support in Japan.

MySQL Documentation & Books Available in OSoft's ThoutReader format

2. December 2004 — Tacoma, Washington – OSoft, Inc., a leading provider of open source documentation solutions, today announced it has become an Authorized Partner for MySQL, the world’s most popular open source database. Through that partnership, OSoft will provide MySQL documentation in OSoft’s ThoutReader format, an open source documentation platform that allows software developers to organize all of their open source documentation, manuals, and reference books into one standard searchable format.

SteelEye Joins MySQL Partner Program

11. November 2004 — Mountain View CA – SteelEye Technology® Inc., a leading provider of data and application availability management software for Linux, today announced it has become an Authorized Partner for MySQL®, the world’s most popular open source database. Today, SteelEye’s LifeKeeper for Linux is protecting MySQL databases in hundreds of installations worldwide and this product combination has developed a reputation for being a high quality, highly reliable solution to run business critical data. Through this agreement, SteelEye and MySQL have chosen to formalize this cooperation and will now work more closely together to bring greater knowledge and awareness of their joint solution to the marketplace.

.com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro Migrator 2.35 Enterprise Edition for MacOS X and Windows - New Release Adds Repeating Fields Extraction Feature for FileMaker to MySQL Migrations.

27. October 2004 — .com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database migration and development tools, has released FmPro Migrator 2.35 for MacOS X and Windows with a new repeating fields extraction feature for FileMaker to MySQL database conversions. This release also adds support for generating Perl CGI scripts for migrated FileMaker 7 databases.

IT-MAP BOOSTS MYSQL MARKET WITH FREE DISTRIBUTION OF INTEGRATED DATABASE TOOLKIT

21. September 2004 — IT-Map, a global provider of database design and management solutions, has announced a free release of the latest version of its database toolkit – MYdbPAL for the popular MySQL® open source database. MYdbPAL, an integrated set of facilities for database developers and administrators was previously on sale for $875 per seat. Now in an effort to support the MySQL community, IT-Map will provide this product as a “no charge” offering. Product Support, Training and related Consulting will be on the usual “for fee” basis.

Embarcadero Technologies and MySQL AB announce strategic alliance

7. September 2004 — Embarcadero Technologies®, Inc. (Nasdaq: EMBT), a provider of data lifecycle management solutions, and MySQL AB today announced a strategic relationship that brings together the world’s most popular open source database and some of the industry’s most easy-to-use database management tools. The relationship is designed to help enterprise organizations leverage the value of MySQL® by providing an end-to-end data lifecycle management solution for migrating, optimizing, and testing databases and applications. The partnership agreement signed between the two companies covers joint sales engagements and co-marketing activities.

InFabric becomes a member of the MySQL Partner Program

5. September 2004 — Edmonds, WA – InFabric Technologies, a local developer of Data Acceleration products, today announced its membership into the MySQL Partner Program as a DevConnect Member.

Poland's First Authorized MySQL Training Center Opens

2. September 2004 — Compendium – Education Center has acquired a new official recognition. The company has signed an agreement with MySQL AB to become the first authorized MySQL training center in Poland. This designation authorizes Compendium to provide IT specialists with classes on MySQL database products throughout the country. Thereby, Compendium has added five new database training courses to its offering.

MySQL and Collogia Cooperate

23. August 2004 — Collogia Unternehmensberatung AG, located in Cologne, Germany, and MySQL GmbH, located in Nürtingen near Stuttgart, Germany, will offer migration projects, training and seminars for the "MaxDB by MySQL” open source database, previously known as "SAP DB". MaxDB is a joint initiative between SAP AG, located in Walldorf, Germany, and MySQL AB, located in Sweden, which was announced last year.

Open Source Applications Developer SugarCRM Releases Sugar.Sales 1.1

2. August 2004 — SugarCRM Inc., www.sugarcrm.com, developer of the world’s fastest growing commercial open source customer relationship management application (CRM) today announced the immediate availability of Sugar.Sales 1.1 for worldwide download.

Leading Ranch Equipment Manufacturer Runs Enterprise Applications on MySQL

30. July 2004 — Priefert Manufacturing, the Texas based ranch equipment maker with sales approaching $100 million successfully migrated their DataFlex application to MySQL, the most popular open source database. Using Mertech Data Systems, Inc. ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity drivers, Priefert was able to successfully redeploy their entire suite of homegrown enterprise system written in DataFlex to MySQL without any source level changes.

Zend Studio 3.5 Speeds Development Cycles, Simplifies Complex Projects and Increases Security

19. July 2004 — Zend Studio 3.5 Speeds Development Cycles, Simplifies Complex Projects and Increases Security

Government from Parana/Brazil switches to Open Source solution from eGroupWare with MaxDB database

30. June 2004 — Parana, a state in Brazil, has adopted open source technology from eGroupWare as a government groupware solution. The goal of Celepar (Companhia de Informática do Paraná), the organization in charge of technology in Parana, is to offer the web-based groupware software to all 10,000 users in the Parana government. The Parana eGroupWare solution is built on the enterprise-class open source database, MaxDB by MySQL, so it can easily support the heavy demands of the entire Parana government.

AdventNet Becomes Authorized MySQL Partner

14. June 2004 — AdventNet Inc., the leading provider of standards-based management software for applications and networks, announced that it has become an authorized partner of MySQL AB, developer of the world?'s most popular open source database, to address the needs of enterprise database users and administrators.

HP First Major Vendor to Certify, Integrate and Support Open Source Software for Customers

1. June 2004 — HP today achieved another industry first in its Linux and open source initiative by signing agreements with MySQL AB and JBoss® to certify, support and jointly sell their open source software solutions on HP’s standards-based servers. This follows the recent announcement of HP’s Linux Reference Architectures, the first integrated software stacks that allow customers to leverage open source technology to reduce IT cost and complexity.

Ispirer Systems becomes an Authorized MySQL Partner in the field of database migration

27. May 2004 — Ispirer Systems has become an authorized MySQL partner to develop its database migration software SQLWays in order to ensure easy conversion of business logic and data from all major databases to MySQL.

MySQL and REALTECH partner for migration of SAP applications to MaxDB

13. May 2004 — MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, and SAP technology consultants REALTECH AG have joined forces to make it easier for SAP users to migrate enterprise applications to the open-source MaxDB™ by MySQL database. MaxDB is MySQL’s enterprise-grade, SAP-certified database that offers high availability, scalability and a comprehensive feature set to support the most demanding computing applications.

GLUECODE BECOMES CERTIFIED MYSQL PARTNER TO DELIVER INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE-CLASS OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS

10. May 2004 — Gluecode Software™, an open source application infrastructure company, today announced that it has become a Certified MySQL Partner to further the company’s commitment to delivering reliable open source solutions to the enterprise. Under the agreement, Gluecode is integrating the MySQL database with its Gluecode Advanced Server and Gluecode Enterprise Server products. The bundled solution offers organizations a comprehensive open source software platform on which to deploy enterprise applications for dramatically reduced acquisition and management costs.

MySQL AB is pleased to announce the winners of the 2004 MySQL Application of the Year and MySQL Partner of the Year awards!

23. April 2004 — Presented at last week’s MySQL Users Conference & Expo, the MySQL Application of the Year and Partner of the Year awards recognize select MySQL users and partners whose applications, products or services are models for how MySQL can be used in major computing systems to bring dramatic cost savings, performance and reliability benefits to organizations and end-users.

Quest Software Announces Support for MySQL With New Database Development Freeware Tool

15. April 2004 — At MySQL Users Conference & Expo, Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT), a leading provider of application management solutions, today announced its plans to expand platform support to MySQL with the Quest Toad® for MySQL preview release. This database development tool enhances developer and administrator productivity. Also launched today, the Quest Pipelines MySQL online portal is a community of peers that makes industry specialists and technical experts available as resources to users of the MySQL platform.

Arkeia Backup Solutions Continue to Expand Protection of Online MySQL Databases

14. April 2004 — Arkeia Corporation announced at the MySQL Users Conference & Expo today that the company's MySQL online backup solutions include new options for administrators who need affordable protection for MySQL database servers.

MySQL Expands Partner Program to Support Growing Market for MySQL-Related Products and Services

14. April 2004 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced a new MySQL Partner Program that offers improved support, more options and increased revenue opportunities for the growing ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs), systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and developers that support the MySQL® database. A highlight of the enhanced program is the launch of a new online MySQL Solutions Catalog, a convenient place for all MySQL users to search and find MySQL-related products and services offered by MySQL partners.

MySQL AB and Pearson Education Launch MySQL Press

3. February 2004 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and Pearson Education, a division of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), today announced the launch of MySQL Press, the exclusive publisher of MySQL AB-authorized technology information books and materials.

MySQL, Zend Join Forces to Strengthen Open Source Web Development

21. January 2004 — MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and Zend Technologies, designers of the PHP Web scripting engine, today announced a partnership to simplify and improve productivity in developing and deploying Web applications with open source technologies. Through the alliance, the companies are improving compatibility and integration between the MySQL® database and Zend’s PHP products to make it easier for businesses to use complete open source solutions, such as the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) software stack.

JBoss Group and MySQL AB Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Professional Open Source Solutions to the Enterprise

21. January 2004 — JBoss Group LLC, provider of the most popular Java application server, and MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, today announced an alliance that includes integration of the open source JBoss® application server with MySQL’s database servers, to simplify development and deployment of Web-based applications with open source technologies. In addition, the companies will jointly market JBoss Group professional services and MySQL AB products and services.