| From: |
| Patricia Colby <pcolby-AT-pacifico.com> |
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| <lwn-AT-lwn.net> |
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| MySQL AB and MontaVista Software Enhance Support for MySQL
Database on MontaVista Linux |
| Date: |
| Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:03:21 -0700 |
For Immediate Release
MySQL AB and MontaVista Software Enhance Support for MySQL Database on
MontaVista Linux
Companies Extend Partnership; MySQL Now Validated on
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition
LINUXWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3, 2004 MySQL AB, developer of the
world¹s most popular open source database, and MontaVista Software, Inc.
today announced that the two companies have extended their partnership to
validate the MySQL® database on MontaVista® Linux® Carrier Grade Edition
(CGE) for the telecommunications and Network Equipment Provider (NEP)
markets. MontaVista Software and MySQL AB are also cooperating on marketing
and sales for the MySQL database on MontaVista Linux CGE, as well as for
MySQL on MontaVista Linux Professional Edition for the traditional embedded
market.
MontaVista Software and MySQL will highlight MySQL on MontaVista Linux
platforms at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, August 2-5 in San Francisco,
in the MySQL booth #1259.
³We are raising our relationship with MontaVista to one of our highest
partnership levels to meet the demand for database applications on embedded
Linux,² said Bertrand Matthelié, director of alliances at MySQL AB. ³MySQL
is increasingly being used for embedded applications, in everything from
network appliances to sales kiosks. As database functionality becomes a
requirement for intelligent devices, MySQL on MontaVista Linux enables
manufacturers to provide customers and service providers with maximum cost
savings and flexibility.²
MontaVista Linux CGE is an industry-standard COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf)
carrier-grade Linux product that provides specific functionality for
telecommunications and data communications with requirements for high
availability, fault management, and real-time performance.
As a validated MySQL platform, MontaVista Linux has been tested and
optimized by the engineers at MySQL AB and MontaVista Software to support
the unique demands of MySQL-driven embedded applications for
telecommunications companies and networking equipment providers. A growing
number of leading telecommunications and networking companies, such as
AdventNet, Alcatel, Aprisma, Atchik, Cox Communications, F5 Networks,
Onlinetel, Siemens and Tekelec, now rely on MySQL for high performance,
reliable data management.
MontaVista Linux support for MySQL also extends to MySQL Cluster, a version
of the MySQL database that is designed specifically to address the uptime
requirements of the telecommunications industry. MySQL Cluster combines the
MySQL® database with a clustering architecture to deliver 99.999 percent
availability to mission-critical database applications.
"The validation of MySQL with MontaVista Linux CGE will let mutual customers
take advantage of our high performance, reliable and secure solutions for
the demanding carrier-grade environment,² said Robert Monkman, senior
product marketing manager, MontaVista. ³Together, we offer network equipment
providers a powerful new way to develop products on a standards-based, open
architecture platform.²
Availability
The MySQL database is now available for both the MontaVista Linux Carrier
Grade Edition and MontaVista Linux Professional Edition from MySQL AB.
MontaVista Linux CGE is available as a product subscription through
MontaVista Software and its worldwide distribution channels. For more
information, please go to the MySQL Web site at www.mysql.com or the
MontaVista Software Web site at www.mvista.com/cge.
About MySQL
MySQL AB develops and markets a family of high performance, affordable
database servers and tools. The company¹s flagship product is MySQL, the
world¹s most popular open source database, with more than 5 million active
installations. Many of the world¹s largest organizations, including Yahoo!,
Sabre Holdings, Cox Communications, The Associated Press and NASA, are
realizing significant cost savings using MySQL to power Web sites,
business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB
is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that
supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable
business. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.
About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software and
development tools for intelligent connected devices and associated
infrastructure. MontaVista empowers software developers by providing Open
Source GNU/Linux-based software solutions. Founded in 1999 by real-time
operating system pioneer James Ready, MontaVista offers a family of products
that address software developer needs encompassing applications ranging from
communications infrastructure to consumer electronics. MontaVista products
include MontaVista Linux Professional, Consumer Electronics and Carrier
Grade Editions. MontaVista DevRocket, a powerful integrated development
environment, delivers state-of-the-art development tools across all
MontaVista Linux product Editions. MontaVista Graphics offers a rich GUI
development tools platform.
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such as Alloy Ventures, China Development Industrial Bank, RRE Ventures, US
Venture Partners, WR Hambrecht + Co., as well as IBM, Infineon Ventures,
Intel Capital, Panasonic (Matsushita), Samsung Ventures America, Siemens
Venture Capital, Sony, Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation. For more
information about MontaVista Software, please visit www.mvista.com.
MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the U.S. and in other
countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is
a registered trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. Other products mentioned
are the trademarks of their respective corporations.
Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software, Inc.
Phone: (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com
Lisa Sheeran
For MySQL AB
Sheeran/Jager Communication
Phone: 510.724.2267
E-mail: sheeran@earthlink.net
