Category Archives: ecosystem
We are pleased to welcome Wirekite as a new Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation.
Wirekite is an enterprise data movement platform focused on high-performance extract, load, migration, and replication workflows. Its technology helps organisations move data across database systems and keep data fresh between operational systems, analytics platforms, and application environments.
For MariaDB users, this matters because data movement is often part of real-world database adoption. Organisations do not choose databases in isolation. They need practical ways to migrate, replicate, modernise, integrate, and operate across mixed environments. Wirekite supports MariaDB as both a source and target database, helping make MariaDB easier to include in broader data architectures.
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Global cloud hosting provider supports the continued development and adoption of open-source MariaDB
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome ScalaHosting as a Gold Sponsor, strengthening the relationship between the MariaDB community and one of the hosting industry’s established cloud infrastructure providers.
ScalaHosting provides managed cloud VPS, web hosting and high-availability hosting services to customers around the world. Its platforms support MariaDB as a database option for websites, applications and online businesses, giving developers and organisations access to open-source database technology within professionally managed hosting environments.
Through its Gold sponsorship, ScalaHosting is investing in the independent, community-led development and long-term continuity of MariaDB Server.
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The Queen of Sheba did not travel lightly.
She arrived in Jerusalem with difficult questions, a large caravan, camels carrying spices, and an impressive quantity of gold. She had heard stories about Solomon’s wisdom and the prosperity of his kingdom, and she came to examine it for herself. The main methodological difference between us is that she did not send a Calendly link first.
After seeing the court, the people, the organisation and everything that had been built, she admitted that the reports had failed to capture its true scale:
“Not even half was told me.”
The story does not tell whether she arrived on a high horse.
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We are delighted to announce that IBM is continuing its support of MariaDB Foundation as a Platinum Sponsor.
IBM’s sponsorship brings together two major enterprise computing platforms, IBM® Power® and IBM Z®, reflecting a shared interest in ensuring that MariaDB Server remains available, well tested and relevant across a broad range of architectures and demanding production environments.
Open source across enterprise platforms
MariaDB Server is used in environments ranging from individual developer machines and cloud infrastructure to business-critical enterprise systems.
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In my previous post, I introduced the MariaDB Privacy-First Stack.
Nextcloud for collaboration, Passbolt for passwords and secrets, and MariaDB Server for the data.
Simple enough.
But after explaining what the stack is, the next question is usually very practical:
Where can I deploy it?
And the answer should not be:
On the cloud provider the template was written for.
That would be a strange way to talk about digital sovereignty.
If the architecture is really meant to give you more control, you should also have some freedom regarding where it runs.
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MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome Continuent as a new Silver Sponsor.
Continuent develops solutions for organizations running business-critical applications on MariaDB and other MySQL-compatible databases. Its flagship product, Tungsten Cluster, helps organizations manage database availability, disaster recovery and distributed deployments across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
The company has worked with open-source database technologies for more than two decades and brings extensive experience from demanding production environments across SaaS, financial services, telecommunications, e-commerce and other industries.
“Continuent has a long history in the MariaDB and wider open-source database ecosystem.
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Interview with Sumit Srivastava, nominated in the Adoption & Industry Impact category.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sumit Srivastava, SVP Business Development & Products at Tayana, a Bangalore-based telecom software company. Sumit was nominated for championing MariaDB adoption in the telecommunications industry and its demonstration of open-source database delivering performance, scalability, and business impact in mission-critical systems. Like me, Sumit sits between technical and business — “the business people think I’m technical, and the technical people think I’m business,” as he put it. It made a lively conversation.
The Interview
Kaj: Sumit, Congratulations on your nomination.
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Last week, Oracle invited MariaDB Foundation to give a presentation at Oracle’s MySQL Contributor Summit 2026. I had the opportunity to participate remotely and speak about MariaDB’s role within the broader MySQL ecosystem.
First of all, I would like to thank Heather VanCura, VP Community Engagement at Oracle, and Jason Wilcox, SVP Data Services at Oracle, for the invitation and for creating a space where these discussions could happen openly and constructively.
The presentation itself is available here on YouTube. At just over 17 minutes, it is reasonably compact viewing for anyone interested in the current state — and possible future direction — of the MySQL ecosystem.
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