New 'MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition' -- Reduces Cost & Complexity of Telecom Subscriber Databases.First Relational Database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. to Bring Open Source Benefits to the Telecom Industry CUPERTINO, Calif. & UPPSALA, Sweden -- MySQL AB MySQL AB (founded 1995) is dual headquartered in Uppsala Sweden and Cupertino California USA. The company is the creator and owner of MySQL, a relational database management system. , developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced the formation of a new Telecom sales and business unit to meet the growing demand for its high-availability real-time database solutions in the converging telecom industry. The company also announced the availability of a new version of its MySQL Cluster MySQL Cluster is a technology which provides shared-nothing clustering capabilities for the MySQL database management system. It was first included in the production release of MySQL 4.1 in November 2004. product, especially designed and certified for use in carrier grade telecom environments, such as such as network subscriber databases (HLR (Home Location Register) A database in a cellular system that contains all the subscribers within the provider's home service area. When a subscriber reaches a new service area, the data in the HLR is requested and transferred via SS7 to the VLR (Visitor Location , HSS HSS Humanities and Social Sciences HSS High Speed Steel HSS Home Subscriber Server (3GPP) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY, USA) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery HSS History of Science Society ) and Service Delivery Platforms (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ). At last week's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, many companies spoke of the urgent need for the industry to evolve to centralized subscriber-centric networks that will increase average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ) while reducing system cost and complexity. "Only MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade provides the telecom industry with the interoperability and performance of a relational database, plus the flexibility and TCO-savings of open source to power the next generation of subscriber-centric networks," said Joe Morrissey, senior director of worldwide sales for MySQL AB's new Telecom business unit. "Our new solution can scale better and has higher performance and availability than legacy proprietary technology -- yet costs 90 percent less." MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition is a real-time, shared-nothing clustered database system that has been specially designed to meet the high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , scalability and low latency requirements of telecom applications. Based on technology initially developed by Ericsson, MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition is already at the heart of subscriber databases and SDP applications for leading TEMs, including Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia. "With MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition, we have successfully migrated to an ATCA-based Linux platform," said Herve Saliou, Business Manager of the Subscriber Database Management BU of Alcatel-Lucent. "This has allowed us to standardize our platform to take advantage of an open IT blade solution and at the same time, keep the high levels of scalability and availability required by our customers, including Tier 1." More information -- including a new technical whitepaper on using MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition in telecom environments -- is available at http://www.mysql.com/telecom. 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 support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other 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 NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. . 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 model. For more information about MySQL, please visit www.mysql.com. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States and other countries. Other product names may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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