Tag: skysql
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MariaDB Cloud: A Semi-Technical Introduction

When co-founding MariaDB plc under the name SkySQL Corporation fifteen years ago (before MariaDB Foundation existed), we picked the name SkySQL with a bit of a reference to the cloud. Obviously, we didn’t then have a clear understanding of what type of a cloud offering MariaDB should have. I am glad to note that those days are finally and completely over, with MariaDB Cloud. I wish it hadn’t taken fifteen years!
So now, I sat down for a proper chat […]
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The Other MariaDB Blog
This is the blog of the MariaDB Foundation in particular and the MariaDB project in general. It is used to announce new MariaDB versions, for posts from MariaDB developers about new features, and for news from or about the MariaDB Foundation itself, among other things. For many this is the MariaDB blog, and on behalf of the MariaDB Foundation, welcome! We’re glad you’re here. Thanks for stopping by!
What you may not know is that there’s another MariaDB blog over at https://mariadb.com/blog run by the fine folks […]
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An update on the MariaDB Audit Plugin and a new version of it
I’m happy to announce that a new version of the MariaDB Audit Plugin is available. Version 1.1.5 can be downloaded here. As you can see the Audit Plugin is available from SkySQL, who has developed the plugin.
However, now with the Audit Plugin being GA for a couple of months since 7th of November last year and customers using it in production, SkySQL has decided to contribute the Audit Plugin to the MariaDB project and I’m happy to tell you […]
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SkySQL merges with Monty Program Ab, makers of MariaDB
SkySQL has signed a merger agreement with Monty Program Ab, creators of the popular MariaDB database. Read more about it, as it features important tidbits from Patrik Sallner (CEO, SkySQL Ab), Simon Phipps (CEO, MariaDB Foundation), and Michael “Monty” Widenius (CTO, MariaDB Foundation).
A key takeaway is that SkySQL will work alongside & collaborate closely with the MariaDB Foundation, plus continue to invest in the development of the MariaDB server.
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MySQL® & Cloud Database Solutions Days with Monty Widenius, the “father of the MySQL® & MariaDB databases”
The SkySQL and MariaDB Roadshow Comes to Germany:
Stuttgart 25 January 2013, 9.00-16.00, Sodexo STEP / Engineering Park
Hamburg 1 February 2013, 9.00-16.00, Quality Ambassador Hotel
SkySQL and Monty Program are on the road with our first joint – free – roadshows in Stuttgart and Hamburg, where Monty Widenius will unveil his vision of the future of the MySQL database via MariaDB (the talk will be in English).
In addition, speakers from Codership / Galera expected, as well SkySQL experts […]
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Monty Program & SkySQL release the MariaDB Client Library for C and MariaDB Client Library for Java Applications
Connectors now available to the MySQL® community as part of the MariaDB open source project
Helsinki – November 29, 2012 – Monty Program, the home of MariaDB, owned by MySQL®-database-creator Monty Widenius and its employees, and SkySQL, the trusted provider of open source database solutions, today announced the immediate availability of their connectors, ‘MariaDB Client Library for C and MariaDB Client Library for Java Applications’, to the wider MySQL® database community in the permissive LGPL licence.
With this announcement, the connectors become […]
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Monty Program & SkySQL: a statement on the serious security vulnerability that was found in MariaDB and MySQL
Over the past few days extensive conversations around a new security vulnerability in MariaDB and MySQL have taken place.
It all started as a chain reaction when Monty Program publicly disclosed information about the flaw they had found and about how to make sure your MariaDB and MySQL installations can be fixed. The initial information got assigned the security vulnerabitlity identifier CVE-2012-2122 and the contents can be seen e.g. here http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/493.
The bug was found two months ago on April […]
