San Francisco, CA - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo - August 9, 2005 - ActiveGrid, Inc., the Enterprise Web 2.0™ company, today announced that the MySQL database server is bundled with the new ActiveGrid™ LAMP Application Server 1.0. The ActiveGrid™ Application Builder and LAMP Application Server add enterprise features to the proven LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) software infrastructure stack. ActiveGrid's Enterprise Web 2.0 helps enterprises rapidly create Web 2.0 applications with rich user interfaces that weave together existing enterprise systems into new services and applications.
"ActiveGrid has become an important player in the growing market for Enterprise Web 2.0 applications, and we are pleased that ActiveGrid's customers will have the opportunity to seamlessly incorporate MySQL into their data centers," said Zack Urlocker, MySQL AB vice president. "Our partnership with ActiveGrid is an example of how open source companies are collaborating to offer new and innovative solutions for the enterprise."
As modern enterprises increasingly "scale out", MySQL is a cost-effective alternative to traditional database technology. In conjunction with ActiveGrid's development and deployment products, the speed, scalability and reliability of MySQL delivers a powerful technology combination for data centers.
"Enterprise Web 2.0 is quickly becoming a reality as enterprises create next-generation applications that extend their existing infrastructure into new services," said Peter Yared, CEO and founder of ActiveGrid. "MySQL AB has been a strong partner for us, and we believe its open source database delivers ActiveGrid customers a cost-effective, scalable and reliable database for new enterprise IT strategies."
[Editor's Note:] Visit ActiveGrid in booth # 938 at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, taking place August 9-11, 2005, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Peter Yared will be presenting on Wednesday, August 10, from 1:00pm - 2:15pm PT on the session topic: "Developing and Deploying Enterprise Applications on LAMP-based Grids."
About ActiveGrid
ActiveGrid is an Enterprise Web 2.0 solution for application developers. We enable the visual development and CIO-compliant deployment of web applications. ActiveGrid has a vibrant community numbering in the thousands of users and investors who include Mitchell Kertzman, ex-CEO of PowerSoft and Jean-Louis Gassée, ex-CEO of Be. Visit www.activegrid.com.
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