MySQL Industry Support Demonstrated at First Annual MySQL Users Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif. - (April 11, 2003) - MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced today at the first annual MySQL Users Conference that several leading organizations are announcing support for the MySQL™ database.

"The MySQL Users Conference is a celebration of the strong MySQL user community, which is comprised of millions of software developers, enterprise users and software vendors, all contributing to the groundswell of support MySQL is experiencing today," said Mårten Mickos, MySQL CEO. "The companies announcing new MySQL offerings add to the growing network of MySQL-related products and underscore the increasing recognition of MySQL as a viable, robust database for virtually any implementation."

Companies announcing support for the MySQL database or a new MySQL-related product include:

• Arkeia, an international leader in enterprise backup software, introduced a new plug-in to complement the recently-released MySQL database for the 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor for the Linux operating system.
• Emic Networks announced Emic Application Cluster (EAC) for MySQL with InnoDB support. The new version of EAC for MySQL adds InnoDB support with consistent non-locking reads and table level locking updates and inserts.
• SupportWizard, Inc., the award-winning provider of CRM solutions for small to midsize companies, today unveiled its next generation product, EnterpriseWizard, the only comprehensive, fully customizable CRM application to be offered with a 100 percent unconditional money back guarantee.
• TechExcel, Inc., a leader in high-end, configurable and integrated CRM, help desk, and defect-tracking solutions, announced that all its products now support MySQL, the world's most popular open source database.
• The company .com Solutions Inc. announced that FmPro Migrator has been updated to support the migration of FileMaker Pro database structure and data to MySQL databases. This updated version of FmPro Migrator provides a simple user interface to enable database developers to quickly migrate from FileMaker Pro to MySQL.

Arkeia, Emic Networks, SupportWizard and TechExcel will be demonstrating and discussing their MySQL-related technologies at the MySQL Users Conference Exhibition Hall on Friday, April 11, at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops, markets and supports the MySQL database server, the world's most popular open source database. With an estimated 4 million installations and averaging 27,000 downloads per day, MySQL is quickly becoming the core of many high-volume, business-critical applications. Major corporations such as Yahoo!, Lucent Technologies, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Motorola, NASA, Silicon Graphics, HP, Xerox and Cisco rely on the ultra-fast, highly-reliable MySQL database. MySQL is available under the free software/open source GNU general public license (GPL) or a non-GPL commercial license. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.