MySQL AB & NitroSecurity to Jointly Develop Database Storage Engine

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Companies Sign Strategic Agreement to Co-Market
High Performance Solution for Managing Large Databases

Cupertino, CA & Portsmouth, NH –- November 14, 2006 -- MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and NitroSecurity, a provider of high performance and scalable enterprise security solutions, today announced they have signed a strategic agreement to jointly develop and market a database engine for MySQL® based on NitroSecurity’s NitroEDB™ extreme performance relational database technology.

NitroSecurity originally developed its database technology to address the growing demand for real-time analysis within the network security event management market. Utilizing unique indexing techniques, data management methods and query processing algorithms, the technology enables “multiple order of magnitude” increases in relational data management and query performance with multi-billion record volumes – running on commodity hardware. The technology is currently deployed in NitroView Enterprise Security Manager, the industry’s highest performance network security monitoring and analysis solution.

“NitroSecurity’s proven experience delivering their database technology to the IT security market gives us a premier new database engine partner with unique capabilities,” said Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB. “Together, we look forward to extending MySQL’s enterprise reach by delivering a new high-performance database solution that can handle very large amounts of data.”

MySQL AB is the developer of the MySQL database server, one of the most popular and fastest-growing products of its kind. Forrester Research recently estimated the overall enterprise database market to be greater than $10 billion annually. In April, the company launched its MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program – a way for third-party ISVs and open source community developers to produce high-quality database engines for the millions of MySQL database users worldwide. More information on the program is available at http://solutions.mysql.com/engines.html.

“A perfect data storm is brewing formed by the tidal wave of data generated by today’s applications combined with the demand for real-time analysis and reporting of information derived from this data,” says Ken Levine, CEO of NitroSecurity. “The integration of NitroSecurity’s high performance storage engine with MySQL’s industry leading database server will enable end-users to address this phenomenon without a linear increase in hardware investment.”

Under the terms of the agreement, MySQL will integrate NitroSecurity’s NitroEDB database storage engine with MySQL’s database server. The resulting solution will be compatible with applications utilizing MySQL’s current release of its database server and will be marketed by both companies.

About NitroSecurity

NitroSecurity develops and markets ultra-high performance network security monitoring, analysis and protection solutions based on the NitroEDB database – an extreme performance and highly scalable relational database technology. Headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, NitroSecurity’s customer base includes more than 100 global organizations in industries such as healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail/hospitality, and managed services. For more information, please visit www.nitrosecurity.com.

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high-performance, affordable database products. The company’s flagship offering is ‘MySQL Enterprise’, a comprehensive set of production-tested software, proactive monitoring tools, and premium support services.

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software, with over 10 million active installations. Many of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations use MySQL to save time and money powering their high-volume Web sites, business-critical systems and packaged software -- including industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Alcatel, The Associated Press, Suzuki and NASA.

With headquarters in the United States and Sweden -- and operations around the world -- MySQL AB supports both open source values and corporate customers' needs in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please visit www.mysql.com.

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