Sun Microsystems Announces Completion of MySQL Acquisition; Paves Way
for Secure, Open Source Platform to Power the Network Economy
Introduces Immediate Worldwide Availability of Enterprise Services
and Complete Open Source Portfolio of MySQL Database Products
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) February 26, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced it has completed
the acquisition of MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open
source database, for approximately $1 billion in total consideration.
Sun also unveiled the immediate availability of MySQL's complete
portfolio of products and enterprise services backed by its
17,000-strong global sales and services organization and its extensive
international network of authorized distribution channels. Sun now
provides a single, secure choice for customers and developers seeking to
put MySQL into deployment on a global basis. Users can get started today
with free downloads at www.sun.com/mysql/download.
"Since announcing our Sun-MySQL relationship, we've received an
overwhelming response and embrace from customers and community members
excited to see MySQL's tremendous innovation and community backed by
Sun's financial muscle and global partners," said Jonathan Schwartz,
president and chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "For the
first time ever, businesses across the world can standardize on a
commercially supported, open source platform that meets their needs for
scale, quality and global service."
Around the Clock Enterprise Support and Services
Today Sun introduced immediate availability of 7X24 year round global,
enterprise-class database subscriptions and services for the entire
MySQL product line, enabling IT organizations worldwide to take
advantage of the leading open database for the Network Economy. With
broad multi-platform support – including
Solaris (TM), Linux and Windows – enterprise
customers will face less risk and have greater flexibility and choice to
achieve unlimited scale and enable MySQL deployments in mission critical
applications. Customers can sign-up for MySQL Enterprise trial
subscriptions at no cost at www.sun.com/mysql/trial.
Sun is also offering MySQL Enterprise Unlimited, which helps customers
deploy and manage an unlimited number of MySQL Enterprise Servers at a
flat annual fee. To learn more, go to www.mysql.com/unlimited.
Current users of MySQL can also learn more about Sun's extensive
services capabilities at http://www.sun.com/service.
Sun's new MySQL database is a key component in popular software stacks
for building Web 2.0 applications. Its deployment with the Solaris OS,
OpenSolaris(TM) project and highly complementary systems from Sun
delivers powerful end-to-end platforms for customers of all scale, from
individual developers to the largest global enterprises. And MySQL
continues its commitments to its strategic partnerships with popular
platform vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat and Zend. The
acquisition cements Sun's entrance into the $15 billion database market,
affirms Sun's leadership in open source software and positions the
company as the leading provider of enterprise platforms for the Network
Economy.
"As a developer of open source web applications and services that relies
heavily on both Sun and MySQL, we believe that the combined companies
will better address our IT needs today, tomorrow and beyond," said
Joshua Rand, CEO, Sapotek, Inc. "We're confident that the MySQL
acquisition will reinforce Sun's commitment to providing hardware,
software and services that will save us money in having one integrated,
end-to-end platform. The combination of MySQL and Sun provides the
community with unlimited possibilities, ensuring the highest level of
quality assurance and advanced feature contributions to the world's
leading open source initiatives."
More than 100 million copies of MySQL's high-performance, open source
database software have been downloaded and distributed in its history
and since the announcement of Sun's intent to acquire MySQL, daily
downloads have increased from 50,000 to more than 60,000 per day. This
broad penetration coupled with MySQL's strength in Web 2.0, Software as
a Service (SaaS), enterprise IT, telecom and the embedded OEM market,
make it a significant addition for Sun. For more information on Sun's
acquisition of MySQL AB, go to http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/2008-0116/index.jsp.
Sun will host a conference call today at 8:00 a.m. Pacific or 11:00 a.m.
Eastern to discuss the completion of the acquisition. The call can be
accessed at http://www.sun.com/investors.
A replay will be available for 30 days by dialing 866-491-2916, or
outside the U.S. by dialing 203-369-1723.
Catch the Sun-MySQL World Tour and Community Town Hall
To toast the success of the acquisition and engage with customers,
employees, community developers and partners, Sun and MySQL executives
will kick-off a global tour in March, hitting major cities worldwide
leading up to the popular MySQL Conference & Expo in April. Every
Sun-MySQL community can participate online, including videos, photos and
comments from each stop at www.sun.com/mysqltour.
This site will invite the public to visit the tour in a nearby city to
meet Sun-MySQL executives, local developers and other open source
enthusiasts. Details for an online tour stop will also be available; a
Community Town Hall event is slated for March 4, 2008, and will be
hosted by Jonathan Schwartz, Rich Green, executive vice president of Sun
Software, and Marten Mickos, senior vice president of Sun's newly formed
Database Group within Sun's Software division, among others.
MySQL Conference & Expo – April 14-17
Co-presented by Sun and O'Reilly Media, the annual MySQL Conference &
Expo will take place April 14-17, 2008, in Santa Clara, California. The
event is expected to bring together over 1,600 open source and database
users from some of the most exciting and fastest-growing companies in
the world, as well as the large and active MySQL Community. The program
for 2008 will include keynote presentations by Jonathan Schwartz, Marten
Mickos, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, and Jacek Becla of the Stanford Linear
Accelerator program. For more information, go to http://www.mysqlconf.com.
About Sun's MySQL Portfolio
MySQL is a business unit within Sun's Software organization and is the
world's most popular open source database software. Many of the world's
largest and fastest-growing organizations use MySQL to save time and
money powering their high-volume Web sites, critical business systems
and packaged software -- including industry leaders such as Yahoo!,
Alcatel-Lucent, Google, Nokia, YouTube and Zappos.com. At http://www.sun.com/mysql,
Sun provides corporate users with commercial subscriptions and services,
and actively supports the large MySQL open source developer community.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer"(TM) -- Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://www.sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, MySQL, MySQL Enterprise,
OpenSolaris, Java, and The Network is the Computer are registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the United States and other countries.
Safe Harbor
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include
statements regarding the expected benefits resulting from the
acquisition, Sun's strategy and commitments and Sun's integration plans
for the MySQL product line. Such statements are just predictions and
involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results and performance
may differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference
include the inability to successfully integrate MySQL's product line
into Sun's product offerings, the failure to successfully integrate
MySQL and its employees into Sun and achieve expected synergies, the
failure to compete in this highly competitive and rapidly changing
marketplace and the failure to retain key employees. These and other
risks are detailed from time to time in Sun's periodic reports that are
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Sun's
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 and
its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
September 30, 2007 and December 30, 2007. Sun assumes no obligation to,
and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking
statements.
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