Blogs

A few months ago, in MySQL 5.6.4, I took a brief look at MySQL 5.6's new InnoDB Fulltext support; see Initial impressions of InnoDB Fulltext. There have been quite a few new point releases since then, and we're into RC releases of MySQL 5.6 now, so I thought I'd take another look.

She hired the 400+ original MySQLers … and sets out to hire the SkySQLers of tomorrow!

Boel Larsen blogs about open positions & life at SkySQL - and wants you to join the fun!

Those of you who know me also know that I spent over six years working for MySQL HR (for another couple of years I stayed on with Sun).  I joined as employee thirty-something, so running HR meant that I was more or less involved with hiring all of the 400 or so employees who joined after me. I knew pretty much everyone by name.

Die MySQL & MariaDB Datenbank Roadshow kommt nach Deutschland:

- Stuttgart 25. Januar 2013, 9.00-16.00 Uhr, Sodexo STEP/Engineering Park
- Hamburg 1. Februar 2013, 9.00-16.00 Uhr, Quality Ambassador Hotel

Ab Januar 2013 sind SkySQL und Monty Program unterwegs mit unseren ersten gemeinsamen - kostenfreien - Roadshows in Deutschland: In Stuttgart und Hamburg wird Monty Widenius seine Zukunfts-Vision der MySQL-Datenbank via MariaDB vorstellen (Vortrag in Englisch). Zudem werden Sprecher von Codership/Galera erwartet sowie SkySQL Kunden-Berichte.

LGPL release of MariaDB connectors opens up new possibilities for application developers

As I said last month, SkySQL has the goal of being THE provider of valuable, performance-enhancing and revenue-generating solutions for the 15 million users of open source MySQL and MariaDB databases in enterprise and cloud computing. 

2nd release of SkySQL™ Cloud Data Suite provides users with customisation capabilities for free cloud database deployments

Update release: SkySQL™ Cloud Data Suite

SkySQL™ Cloud Data Suite is a collection of software components that provides a highly available database solution in a cloud environment based on MariaDB and 100% compatible with the MySQL database. It includes the following features:

• An automatic configurator
• An administrative console with ...
  • A graphical backup and recovery manager
  • The ability to deploy each instance securely within the user’s environment
  • Feature-rich, web-based query tools
  • An advanced monitoring tool
• A full set of HA solutions (synchronous and asynchronous)

Connectors now available to the MySQL®community as part of the MariaDB open source project

So ... We (Monty Program & SkySQL) have just announced the immediate availability of the connectors, ‘MariaDB Client Library for C and MariaDB Client Library for Java Applications’, to the wider MySQL® database community in the permissive LGPL licence.

With this announcement, the connectors become part of the wider MariaDB open source project, to which users will be able to contribute via relevant online resources.

First 10 to register this week will benefit from a 40% discount

The Percona Live MySQL Conference: London 2012 is just around the corner and we’ll be present both with talks as well as in the exhibition hall alongside other sponsors of the conference.

Talks & Hot Topics

Our very own Ivan Zoratti has the following two talks on Tuesday December 4th:

Ashisuto greatly expands support services for Enterprise users of MySQL & MariaDB open source database software

So, this is exciting news and something that my colleague Daniel Saito had been working on for years: enterprise-ready, 24/365 Japanese support for the MySQL and MariaDB databases!

Une soirée de conférence et networking intitulée: "MySQL, le Cloud et MariaDB"

Invitation - Meetup SkySQL

Mercredi 12 décembre 2012 de 19h à 22h30

SkySQL Ab vous invite à une soirée de conférence et networking intitulée :

« MySQL, le Cloud et MariaDB »

SkySQL’s live in the UK – come and check us out at Oxford University - devfest

There will be a nice contrast in the air as the ancient institution of Oxford University plays home to the latest trends in open source software at the All Your Base conference, taking place at the Said Business School on the 23rd November. And we are prepared to show off our new Cloud and Enterprise products, allowing developers to get hands-on with the solutions.