Smart Style (Japan) becomes a MySQL Network Platinum Certified Partner

31 May 2006

Smart Style Earns Platinum Certified Partner Status in the MySQL Partner Program.

Tokyo – Smart Style Co. Ltd., the MySQL solution experts in Japan, today announced that it has extended its membership in the MySQL partner program in order to expand its MySQL sales activities throughout Japan.

"We welcome Smart Style, as a Platinum partner in Japan. As one of world's largest markets for corporate database software, Japan has shown great interest in MySQL for the past several years – so this partnership is ideal and beneficial for both companies,” said Mr. Larry Stefonic, president of MySQL K.K. “Upgrading to certified Platinum Network Partner, Smart Style receives a rich set of benefits including greater access, training, and support that will provide a competitive advantage to them in the marketplace.”

"We are happy to have Smart Style become a MySQL Platinum Certified Partner. This is a follow-up to several inspiring years of cooperation with MySQL. The Platinum Certified status allows us to clearly promote our expertise with MySQL to our customers," said Kazuya Notsu, president and CEO of Smart Style. "The benefits provided through our certified partnership will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for millions of MySQL users in Japan."

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high performance, affordable database products -- including MySQL Network, a comprehensive set of certified software and premium support services. The company's flagship product is the MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 10 million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Alcatel, The Associated Press, Suzuki and NASA are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power high-volume Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software.

With headquarters in Sweden and the United States -- and operations around the world -- MySQL K.K. (Asia Pacific) supports both open source values and corporate customers' needs in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please visit http://www.mysql.com.

About Smart Style Co.,Ltd.

Smart Style is the only company in Japan whose core business and strategic offering is MySQL, the world’s most popular open source database

We support customers in MySQL integration, tuning, consultation, design, and so on -- including the re-sale of any necessary MySQL license.

We also promote "Open Source Systems for the Enterprise". We deliver "High reliability" when a customer selects open source software by doing a complete system solution proposal customized to each unique business. Smart Style is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and has a presence in Tokyo. For further details, please refer to the following URL http://www.s-style.co.jp