Samsung SDS and MySQL AB Announce Partnership

4 May 2005

A leading open source database provider taps into the expanding Asia-Pacific market through partnership with a leading Korean IT Services company.

MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and Samsung SDS today announced that they had entered a partnership to market the MySQL Network offering in Korea. MySQL AB will leverage its partnership with Samsung SDS to tap into the growing demand for open source database technology in Korea.

Under this partnership, SDS and MySQL AB will work together to develop the MySQL market and to support and integrate MySQL into SDS's own solutions, system integration and development projects.

SDS has been running an Open Source Software Lab in its R&D center since 2003 and has been leading the enterprise open source software business in Korea.

"Open source is growing dynamically in Korean market place," said Mr.Sung Ki Joon, general manager, Emerging Technology team, R&D Center, Samsung SDS. "Samsung SDS is the first major IT services company in Korea to market MySQL open source software solutions. The agreement with MySQL AB will help SDS provide high-quality technical support around MySQL Network to enterprise customers who are seeking to incorporate open source solutions into their systems effectively."

About MySQL AB

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high performance, affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than six million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, 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 AB supports both open source values and corporate customers' needs in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please visit www.mysql.com.

About Samsung SDS

Samsung SDS led by CEO In Kim, delivers professional IT services and solutions. The company is the leading systems integration and IT systems management company in Korea, employing 7,000 people worldwide, and generating US$ 1.42 billion in its revenues. Samsung SDS is ranked the fourth largest global IT service provider in the Asia-Pacific market by Gartner Dataquest research and the 38th largest Software/IT Services Company in the world, by Software Magazine, in its 2001 survey of software companies. Global alliances include HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Sybase.

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