Friday, 27 April 2007

IBM, MySQL To Bring Open Source Database To System I

MySQL AB and IBM have signed a joint technology and reseller agreement to bring support for the MySQL open source database to the IBM System i business-computing platform.

The two companies will work together to offer the MySQL Server for i5/OS, the flagship operating system for System i, and plan to deliver DB2 for i5/OS as a certified MySQL storage engine on the System i platform. This will allow System i customers to implement online and transactional MySQL applications while storing all data in a single, DB2 database.

In addition, MySQL Enterprise subscriptions—an offering of MySQL database software, services and support—will be made available to IBM clients worldwide through IBM's reseller network and System i sales team. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased to work with IBM to bring two large, active hardware and software communities together around System i and MySQL," said Marten Mickos, MySQL AB's CEO.

With the planned DB2 storage engine for MySQL, System i customers will be able to run MySQL applications while continuing to manage their DB2 for i5/OS databases. It will plug into the MySQL Server and be managed as any other storage engine within the database server. The DB2 storage engine will provide superior storage management, transaction support, and database management for MySQL developers and DBAs—and enable sharing of data between MySQL and DB2 applications.