In order to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced that there is an availability to present MySQL(TM) 5.1. It is a new version of open source database.

Open source database developers, users, DBAs, vendors and corporate IT managers consider this event a very important one. The launch was announced at the sixth annual MySQL Conference and Expo, and the conference hosted nearly 2,000 attendees.

According to the SourceWire: “If our users initially choose MySQL because of its low cost, they continue to use MySQL for its high performance, scalability and broad platform support,” said Marten Mickos, SVP, Database Group, Sun Microsystems. “MySQL 5.1 continues this tradition by performing up to 15 percent faster than previous versions in our own internal tests – making it a compelling solution for demanding Web-based enterprise applications.”

"We're using MySQL 5.1 in production for a Weblog discovery code database which indexes approximately 18 million URLs per day," said Kevin Burton, founder and CEO of Spinn3r.com. "The new features in 5.1 extend the ease-of-use, scalability, and performance that MySQL is already famous for, so it can continue to meet the increasingly-demanding requirements of today's database applications."

MySQL 5.1 features a number of new enterprise enhancements. Theses enhancements are provided at http://www.sourcewire.com/

Reference:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=iEQXi