Solid Information Technology Invites the Open Source Community to Download solidDB for MySQL Beta; Proven, Mission-Critical Database Technology Now Available as Beta.

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Solid(TM) Information Technology, a provider of fast, always-on and affordable databases used in more than 3,000,000 mission-critical deployments worldwide, today announced the availability of the beta version of its open source product, solidDB(TM) for MySQL. solidDB for MySQL is covered under GNU Public License (GPL) and is downloadable from http://forge.mysql.com and http://dev.soliddb.com/download.

solidDB for MySQL is based on Solid's proven online transaction processing (OLTP) technology. Upon general availability in the fourth quarter of 2006, the product will support mission critical applications that require a high level of reliability and large transaction volumes.

"I like the new product Solid Information Technology announced today -- a combination of Solid transactional software with MySQL Server. For MySQL AB, it's a useful and timely countermeasure against the double threat of Oracle-Innobase and Oracle-Sleepycat," said Rachel Chalmers, senior analyst at The 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. This comment appeared on 451 CAOS Theory -- a blog for the enterprise open source community -- on April 17, 2006 (see Editor's Note below).

solidDB (http://dev.soliddb.com/download) for MySQL consists of MySQL Server and solidDB Storage Engine for MySQL.

About Solid Information Technology

Solid Information Technology is the only provider of fast, always-on and affordable database solutions. Solid's customers achieve up to 50% shorter time-to-results and lower operational costs for their applications, while delivering high quality of service to their customers.

There are more than 3,000,000 deployments of Solid's database technology worldwide in telecommunications networks, enterprise applications, and embedded software and systems. Market leaders such as Alcatel, Cisco, EMC2, HP, Nokia and Siemens rely on Solid for their mission-critical applications.

Founded in 1992, Solid has worldwide headquarters in Cupertino, California, and regional offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.soliddb.com.

Editor's Note: The comment referenced above comes from an independently-produced posting on the 451 CAOS Theory blog and was neither sponsored by nor otherwise funded directly by Solid Information Technology. The blog and its entire contents are the sole property of The 451 Group, copyright 2006, and are reproduced here by permission. The 451 CAOS Theory blog can be found at http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/.