MySQL Introduces New Easy-to-Use MySQL Administration Tool

MySQL Administrator First Product in New Suite of Open Source Graphical Tools by MySQL AB

MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced MySQL Administrator, a new open source tool with a graphical user interface (GUI) designed to provide easy management and monitoring of MySQL® database servers. MySQL Administrator is the first product in a new family of open source administrative tools by MySQL AB. MySQL AB is demonstrating MySQL Administrator at LinuxWorld Expo in booth # 451, January 21-23, at the Javits Center in New York.

“We want to make database management easy and affordable for everyone, and our new open source administrative tool fully supports this goal,” said Mårten Mickos, MySQL AB CEO. “MySQL Administrator is the first example of the intuitive, powerful tools that MySQL will continue to contribute to the expanding ecosystem of MySQL-related software comprised of hundreds of products from MySQL partners and the open source community.”

MySQL Administrator: Database Management Made Easy

MySQL Administrator is a powerful graphical front-end for administrating and monitoring MySQL servers. It integrates database management and maintenance into a single, seamless environment, with a clear and intuitive graphical user interface. MySQL Administrator is designed to simplify and maximize the effectiveness of the key tasks of a database administrator, such as server configuration, user administration and database health monitoring. Other common administrative activities such as backup and restore and log management can also be performed through the MySQL Administrator graphical user interface.

"MySQL Administrator is an extremely intuitive visual tool that makes managing MySQL much easier and faster,” said Yazz Atlas, senior systems engineer at the Open Source Development Network (OSDN). “Now developers can quickly authenticate MySQL users and create backups, which is critical to the long-term health of a large database infrastructure.  Also, optimizing and fine-tuning the server for more performance has gotten a lot easier."

Availability and Support

MySQL Administrator will be available for download from the MySQL AB Web site at www.mysql.com by early Q2 2004. It will be available for the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

MySQL AB will offer MySQL Administrator under its "dual license" business model. It will be provided at no cost under the free software/open source GNU General Public License (GPL) and also under a commercial license aimed at software vendors and other commercial MySQL customers. For more information on MySQL Administrator, visit the MySQL Web site at http://www.mysql.com/admin.

MySQL AB offers several levels of technical support, from email access to complete 24/7 telephone support. For more information or to order technical support from MySQL AB, please go to the MySQL Web site at http://www.mysql.com/support/.

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 4 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.

# # #