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MySQL AB Names Ulf Sandberg Vice President of Professional Services

MySQL Services Organization Caters to Growing Market of MySQL Enterprise Customers

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2004--MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that Ulf Sandberg has joined the MySQL AB management team as vice president of professional services. He is responsible for MySQL's worldwide professional services organization, which includes customer support, training, consulting and certification programs. Sandberg works from MySQL's Silicon Valley office.
"Ulf brings to MySQL many years of experience in managing large professional services organizations, where he has successfully grown these groups to meet the expanding needs of fast-moving software companies," said Marten Mickos, MySQL AB CEO. "We are more committed than ever to providing MySQL customers, from Web developers to Global 2000 enterprises, with expert service for even the most demanding applications. Ulf has the experience, energy and vision to drive MySQL AB services as the company matures."

Sandberg is a 20-year veteran of the professional services industry. Prior to joining MySQL, he was vice president of professional services at Finaplex, an enterprise software company in the global financial services market. Before that, he was vice president, field services, at Marimba, where over a period of five years, he played a critical role in helping grow the company from start-up to a successful IPO. Sandberg has also held engineering management positions in U.S. and European companies since he received his MSEE from Lunds Institute of Technology, Sweden.

"MySQL's professional services has always been a significant part of the company's business, and it's gotten rave reviews from customers," noted Sandberg. "MySQL commercial customers and open source users alike can take advantage of MySQL's deep expertise in its software to ensure long-term success with their MySQL database applications. As the MySQL database becomes more entrenched in enterprise IT, my goal for the services group is to continue to expand our offerings to more fully address the needs of large enterprise customers with services such as end-to-end database migration consulting."

MySQL AB: Expert Professional Services from the Source

MySQL AB's professional services give customers access to the deep MySQL(R) database expertise that resides at MySQL AB, the company that owns and develops the MySQL database.

Round-the-Clock Technical Support: MySQL offers a portfolio of professional technical support services, offered 24/7, to help customers optimize their database systems to meet business goals. The company offers a variety of support packages to meet the varying requirements of MySQL customers. MySQL AB has earned a superior reputation in the industry for its timely, comprehensive customer support.

Range of Consulting Services: MySQL offers a breadth of consulting services to help customer maximize their return-on-investment with MySQL software. MySQL consulting services include application design, deployment planning, migration assistance and tuning and optimization. MySQL also offers both open training courses and in-house courses tailored to the specific needs of customers, from small organizations to global F500 enterprises.

MySQL Certifications: MySQL offers two tiers of certification -- MySQL Core Certification and MySQL Professional Certification -- that demonstrate individuals' skills in using and managing a MySQL database. MySQL certifications give employers confidence that their developers and DBAs have qualified expertise in database management, installation, security, disaster prevention, optimization and more.

For more information about MySQL professional services, please go to the MySQL Web site at www.mysql.com.

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and markets a family of high performance, affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 5 million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, Cox Communications, The Associated Press and NASA, are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.

MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the USA and other countries. Other products mentioned are the trademarks of their respective corporations.

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