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SkySQL today announced that it has signed a merger agreement with Monty Program Ab, creators of the fastest growing open source database technology: MariaDB. This merger reunites key members of the original MySQL AB developer and services teams. Their aim is to develop MariaDB into a truly interoperable, NewSQL open source database in collaboration with its customers, partners and the community. The company also pledges to further evolve its offering for users of the MySQL database.
We were delighted last week to find out that we’d been named one of the ‘2013 Top 100 Europe’ winning companies by the Red Herring editorial team. Congratulations to all companies involved!
Join us next Friday in Santa Clara for a free day of learning and fun from the SkySQL & MariaDB gang & their partners
We’re proud to announce that Jim Tommaney, CTO of Calpont, has just signed on to speak at the MySQL & Cloud Database Solutions Day, hosted by SkySQL and MariaDB - taking place next Friday, April 26, directly after Percona Live: MySQL Conference & Expo.
Check out who’s talking, and about what, at our annual event on all things MySQL, MariaDB and Cloud - straight after Percona Live!
As we mentioned earlier this week, we’re gearing up for Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo in a few weeks.
But of course, we’re getting particularly excited as we prep for the 2nd annual SkySQL and MariaDB MySQL & Cloud Database Solutions Day, which takes place on the day (Friday, April 26) right after Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo.
Join the SkySQL and MariaDB Crews in Santa Clara and Save on Registration
Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 starts in just 3 weeks, and it’s the premiere event for MySQL users, open-source enthusiasts, and the technology movers ‘n shakers that make up the rich and diverse MySQL ecosystem.
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Agenda includes speakers from Calpont, Codership/Galera, Craigslist, MariaDB, SkySQL and the OpenStack Foundation
Today, SkySQL and MariaDB jointly announce an exciting lineup of speakers for their MySQL and Cloud Solutions Day on Friday, April 26th, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. This year’s agenda will feature database and cloud tutorials, as well as keynotes, featuring speakers from Calpont, Codership, Craigslist, MariaDB, SkySQL and the OpenStack Foundation.
PalominoDB is looking for good people for the following positions: Mid-level and senior MySQL DBAs in US, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, Devops engineers in US, Asia/Pacific and Europe, and BI architects and engineers. Technologies are MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, Couchbase, HBase/Hadoop, Amazon Web Services, Chef, Puppet, Ansible and most monitoring/trending solutions. We support open-source software, have a non-profit program and work virtually so you can work from anywhere. If you know someone that might be interested, please do pass this along to them. Contact us today!
PalominoDB is looking for good people for the following positions: Mid-level and senior MySQL DBAs in US, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, Devops engineers in US, Asia/Pacific and Europe, and BI architects and engineers. Technologies are MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, Couchbase, HBase/Hadoop, Amazon Web Services, Chef, Puppet, Ansible and most monitoring/trending solutions. We support open-source software, have a non-profit program and work virtually so you can work from anywhere. If you know someone that might be interested, please do pass this along to them. Contact us today!
So lots of folks are talking about the newly announced MariaDB Foundation. Some folks are confused as to what happened to the Open Database Alliance?
The MariaDB Foundation members include Monty Program, SkySQL, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson.
The Open Database Alliance members include Monty Program, FromDual, Open query, Percona and SoftMethod. [SkySQL was not founded when the ODBA was announced.]
The mission of the MariaDB Foundation…well, it’s not on the MariaDB Foundation web page yet, but the blog announcement says:
In its mission statement, the MariaDB Foundation exists to improve database technology, including standards …
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