TechCrunch

SkySQL Merges With MariaDB Creator Monty Program To Solidify Its Open Source Database Position

Some consolidation in the world of open source database startups: SkySQL, a provider of open source database solutions, is merging with Monty Program Ab, the creators of MariaDB, an open source ...
ZDNet

WebScaleSQL: MySQL for Facebook-sized databases

In a Facebook engineering blog, Steaphan Greene, a Facebook software engineer, announced the creation of a new MySQL branch: WebScaleSQL. This is a version of Oracle's MySQL for gigantic database ...
Macworld

YourSQL designed for creation of MySQL databases

Magister Ludi, a human-factors centered software and training house based in Milan, Italy, has released YourSQL version 1.0, a free, open source Mac OS X application ...
The Next Web

Google adds native MySQL connections to Cloud SQL, letting developers manage and deploy their cloud databases

Google today announced it has added support for native MySQL connections to its Cloud SQL service. As such, the fully managed MySQL service hosted on Google Cloud Platform is getting a significant ...
IT Business Edge

Driving MySQL Performance

The conventional wisdom surrounding the open-source MySQL database is that it can’t really be used in production environments that either require high speed or the ability to work with large amounts ...