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03/07/2013

"Oracle's Strategy for MySQL: What's New and What's Next"

Montevideo, March 7, 2013.

In recent days, Sofis Solutions organized the breakfast event "Oracle’s Strategy for MySQL: Updates and Future", held at the Radisson Victoria Plaza. At the event, speaker Marcus Almeida (Channel Manager for MySQL in Latin America) discussed the company's business model following the acquisition of MySQL. Almeida began his talk by addressing the current state of MySQL, framing it within Oracle's overall strategy for all open-source solutions. He emphasized the continued availability of the platform in its open-source format, while also highlighting the benefits of the latest version, 5.6, and Oracle's subscription model for MySQL.

Key benefits include improved performance, availability, security, and scalability. He concluded the presentation by sharing success stories from both the public and private sectors, including specific examples involving the world’s leading social networks.

Sofis Solutions is an Oracle Gold Partner focused on delivering solutions and services related to MySQL, including training for developers and DBAs, migration from other databases, version upgrades, consulting, and database tuning to achieve optimal performance.

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