MySQL AB Wins AlwaysOn "Business-to-Business Company of the Year" Award

MySQL Recognized as Top Private Company for its Affordable Database and Market Momentum

MENLO PARK, Calif. - MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that it has been named the AlwaysOn (AO) “Business-to-Business Company of the Year.” AlwaysOn, an open source media company focused on technology and business innovation, and KPMG's emerging business practice, KPMG 1Start, selected MySQL AB as the winner of this exclusive award from a previously-named group of the 100 top private companies, the AO100.

MySQL AB is receiving special recognition as the “Business-to-Business Company of the Year” at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit this week, being held on the Stanford University Campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Other companies that are receiving special awards at the conference include Friendster and AuctionDrop, which are sharing the "Consumer Technology Company of the Year" award, and Yahoo, which has won the "Top Innovation” award.

“With this award, MySQL is being recognized as one of the top three private companies,” said Tony Perkins, AlwaysOn founder. “MySQL's inexpensive licensing makes it the most affordable full-featured relational database product. With more than five million active installations, including many prominent Fortune 1000 companies, over the next few years, MySQL could be a dominant player in the database market.”

Zack Urlocker, MySQL AB vice president commented, “This award is especially meaningful to us, having been chosen from the high-caliber AO100 list of top private companies. We hope we can continue to have a positive effect on the industry by demonstrating how open source software can drive innovation.”

MySQL CEO to Participate in AlwaysOn Innovation Summit

MySQL's CEO Marten Mickos will participate at the AlwaysOn Summit through a panel discussion titled, “The Commoditization of Software.” This panel will be held on Thursday, July 15 from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Mickos will join panel host Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO, Sun Microsystems, along with panelists Rod Smith, vice president, emerging technologies, IBM; Miguel de Icaza, CTO, Novell; Roman Stanek, CEO, Systinet; and Zach Nelson, president & COO, NetSuite.

AlwaysOn Innovation Summit attendees will also have the opportunity to hear more about MySQL AB's business case and strategy when Mickos delivers MySQL's “CEO Pitch” on Thursday, July 15, from 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

For more information about the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit, please visit:
http://www.alwayson-network.com/events/index.php

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and markets a family of high performance, affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 5 million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, Cox Communications, The Associated press and NASA, are realizing significant cost savings using MySQL to power Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.

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