Tag: Upgrade
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Still on MariaDB 10.6? Why your next upgrade is a security decision
Last week was about PHP. This week, check your database.
On 21 October 2026, the PHP project shipped emergency fixes for two critical remote code execution flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, known together as PHP2Shell. Exploit details leaked before the patch, attacks started within hours, and the only real fix was to upgrade PHP or shut down your website. Anyone running PHP 7 or earlier had no official patch at all.
If you run a hosting platform, you probably spent last […]
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When Oracle Drops the Ball: Why MariaDB is the Future of the MySQL World
The news has circulated quietly in industry corners, but the implications are far too significant to brush aside: Oracle seems to have ended the Open Source era of MySQL.
I am not a spokesperson for Oracle, yet the signs are unmistakable. Entire teams associated with MySQL at Oracle have been dissolved, spanning engineering, development and sales. On LinkedIn, I’ve received a wave of messages from former colleagues — both long-time MySQL veterans and those who joined Oracle years after MariaDB […]
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Success Story: zvoove Switzerland AG – From Legacy Systems to Scalable Solutions with MariaDB
Phillippe Balzli, CTO at zvoove Switzerland AG, shared in an interview with Kaj Arnö of MariaDB Foundation how the company navigated legacy software, rapid growth, and evolving customer needs – all with the help of MariaDB.
Who is zvoove?
zvoove Switzerland AG is a Swiss-based software company that provides tailored solutions for personnel service providers. The company has evolved significantly over the years, transitioning from M&D Computers to backoffice, and finally to zvoove Switzerland AG. Current CTO Phillippe Balzli took […]
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MariaDB 11.8 LTS Released
Now is a good time to upgrade to the freshest MariaDB Server. MariaDB 11.8 is the yearly long term support release for 2025. It’s the first LTS with support for MariaDB Vector, and it includes a number of other updates based on user requests. You can seamlessly upgrade to MariaDB 11.8 from MariaDB 11.4 (the previous LTS) or any older release, back to MariaDB Server 10.0 or earlier, including most versions of MySQL Server.
MariaDB 11.8 LTS includes everything added […]
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Database changes should be SCARY
“The only workload that matters is my production workload” (for all values of “my”). So you can manage this responsibility, SCARY is a software tool which aims to take the uncertainty out of change; software, configuration and hardware changes. This is very early in development, but projects have to start somewhere.
SCARY takes a read view of the production database query execution, and does the equivalent query on a copy of the production database, that has differences. The query speed, […]
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Business As Unusual
MariaDB Foundation faces an unusual world, just like anyone else in these Corona times. Or perhaps, not quite. Here are some ideas for how to cope with a world inhibiting travel and social contact as we know it, from someone who has worked from home for 20 years, with colleagues also working from home.