MariaDB Goes Public with Closing of SPAC Deal

MariaDB announced it has gone public through a SPAC deal and is now listed as “MRDB” on the New York Stock Exchange. The completed merger with Angel Pond Holdings has resulted in MariaDB Plc, an Irish public limit Read more…

MariaDB to Offer Geospatial Capabilities with Acquisition of CubeWerx

MariaDB announced it has acquired CubeWerx, a Canada-based geospatial solutions firm, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will enable MariaDB to add cloud-native, scalable geospatial capabilities through its fully Read more…

Database Migrations Shift Into High Gear

Google Cloud today announced Database Migration Service (DMS), a new service for migrating customers’ MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server relational databases to its hosted database service, called Cloud SQL. Meanwhile, Read more…

COVID-19 Roundup: Apple, Palantir, Rolls-Royce & More

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, big data and AI have emerged as crucial tools for everything from diagnosis and epidemiology to therapeutic and vaccine development. Here, we collect the latest news in how big Read more…

MySQL Tops Database Rankings

MySQL remains the world's most popular open source database while MySQL skills are by far the most in-demand among recruiters, according to the latest rankings of popular databases. The Stackshare Database Index ranke Read more…

MariaDB Takes On Teradata, Vertica with Column Store

Look out, Teradata and HPE Vertica: There's a new MPP player in town. MariaDB today announced that it's added a column store to its popular relational database, thereby enabling it to efficiently run a whole new class of Read more…

Where Does InfiniDB Go From Here?

Last September, the company behind InfiniDB, Calpont, went out of business. Up stepped MariaDB, the company behind the open source relational database, to serve as a steward for the product and provide support to custome Read more…

SkySQL Gets Intel Capital Winds in Sails for MariaDB

In 1995 Michael “Monty” Widenus and David Axemark released the MySQL database, changing the open source database landscape forever. Nearly 20 years later, they’ve rejoined for a sequel to MySQL. Today, their company SkySQL announced a $20 million round of funding led by Intel Capital to further push their efforts behind the MariaDB database. Read more…