Independent Research Firm Cites MySQL as a Leader in Two Industry Research Reports

July 27, 2006; 06:04 AM

MySQL AB  announced that Forrester Research has named the company and its database software as an open source leader in two recent independent industry reports. MySQL was the only company, product or software project cited as a leader in both reports -- "The Forrester Wave: Open Source Databases, Q2 2006," Forrester Research, Inc., June 2006; and "The Forrester Wave: Open Source Projects, Q2 2006," Forrester Research, Inc., June 2006.

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"This is a great acknowledgement for MySQL and open source software as a whole," said Zack Urlocker, MySQL AB's executive vice president of products. "It is a very powerful statement to have a leading analyst firm like Forrester pay attention to open source in two separate studies."

According to the Forrester reports, "The role of open source software in application development is growing,"(1) and "Open source databases offer sufficient features for most applications, as they continue to narrow the gap with closed source database technology in features and functionality."(2)

Out of six databases, MySQL was the top-ranked product in Forrester's open source database Wave in the market presence category. In its report on open source projects, Forrester cited MySQL as a number-one performer among a dozen major open source products in license strategy, frequent releases, security, governance, training and publications, and market presence (user adoption, vendor adoption and commercial support).

For executive summaries on MySQL's results -- and to purchase the reports -- please visit:

-- "MySQL Leads in Open Source Databases":

www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,39671,00.html

-- "MySQL A Strong Leader in Open Source Projects":

www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,39718,00.html

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high performance, affordable database products -- including MySQL Network, a comprehensive set of certified software and premium support services. The company's flagship product is the MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 10 million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Alcatel, 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.

(1) The Forrester Wave, Open Source Projects, Q2 2006, Forrester Research, Inc., June 2006.

(2) The Forrester Wave: Open Source Databases, Q2 2006, Forrester Research, Inc., June 2006.