MySQL AB Appoints Richard Mason Vice President of EMEA

Experienced UK-Based Sales Executive to Spread European Adoption of New Enterprise Version of Leading Open Source Database

CUPERTINO, Calif. & LONDON - MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced the appointment of Richard Mason to the newly-created position of Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mason is based in the United Kingdom - and reports to Mark Burton, the company's executive vice president of worldwide sales.

Mason, 43, brings 20 years of software solutions sales experience to MySQL AB, as well as a strong track record of developing successful multi-country sales teams and high-value business partnerships. Most recently, he was Software Sales Director for EMEA at Sun Microsystems, after spending nearly a decade holding senior sales and business development positions for Sun's SunONE, iPlanet, and Forte products in the UK and Northern Europe (Nordics, BeNeLux, Switzerland, Middle East and CIS). Previously, Mason served in UK sales account management positions with Oracle, Ingres and DEC.

"As we introduce the enterprise capabilities of our upcoming MySQL 5.0 product, Richard's experience building and growing international solutions programs will be extremely valuable to us," said Mark Burton, MySQL AB's executive vice president of worldwide sales. "We welcome his enthusiasm, his knowledge -- and his cross-cultural business background."

Richard Mason said, "MySQL Network and the upcoming delivery of MySQL 5.0 will allow many more corporate IT departments to take advantage of the significant cost and software quality benefits of the MySQL database. I look forward to helping companies in our region to adopt MySQL Network to cost-effectively Scale-Out their Web, data warehouse and other high-volume, business-critical systems."

About MySQL

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high performance, affordable database products -- including MySQL Network, a comprehensive set of certified software and premium support services. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than six million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, The Associated Press, Suzuki and NASA are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power high-volume Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software.

With headquarters in Sweden and the United States - 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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