SigEx Ventures : MySQL K.K. to Strengthen its Presence in the Japanese Database Markeby Delia Cruceru

MySQL AB announced three new initiatives of MySQL K.K., to aim the strengthening its expansion in the Japanese market. "The Board of Directors of MySQL AB has designated Japan as a strategic market for our company in 2007. According to the board's directive, we will invest in new corporate infrastructure in the region to support our existing partners -- and we will recruit new partners that can help us in targeted market segments. Last year, we were able to grow our business in Japan significantly, and we hope to continue this explosive growth into the future. This is an exciting time for both MySQL K.K. and our partners as more business users in Japan discover the cost and performance benefits of our open source database." says Larry Stefonic, president of MySQL K.K. MySQL K.K. decided to relocate the company office to Ebisu 1-13-6, Shibuya-ward, Tokyo and it released a beta version of the upcoming MySQL 5.1 database server in Japanese language. They also signed an agreement with Computer Engineering & Consulting, Ltd. MySQL AB provides very popular database software with more than 11 millions active installations with users like Yahoo!, Alcatel-Lucent, Google, Nokia and YouTube. And it supports open source software values and customers profitable needs, and it has headquarters in U.S. and Sweden, Europe.

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by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

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