Stop Paying for Air: Most Cloud Database Spend Is Wasted
This blog was originally published on SkySQL’s website. The Hidden Cost of Idle Cloud Databases Structured databases are amongst the biggest […]
MariaDB Community Server Q2 2026 maintenance releases
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Community Server 11.8.7, 11.4.11, 10.11.17, and 10.6.26 maintenance releases. See […]
MariaDB Community Server 10.6 Is Reaching End of Life – Here’s What to Do Next
If you’re running MariaDB Community Server 10.6, mark your calendar: July 6, 2026 is the official End of Life (EOL) […]
A Clearer Path Forward for GridGain Customers
This blog was originally published on GridGain’s website. When MariaDB evaluated and acquired GridGain, we noticed something important: GridGain is […]
We ran an internal AI demo competition: Here are the winners!
As developers, we are skeptical of “AI marketing”. We want to see it run. We want to see the actual […]
MariaDB Java Connector 3.5.8 now available
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/J 3.5.8 release. Release Notes and Changelogs MariaDB Connector/J […]
What’s New in MariaDB AI RAG 1.1: Ingestion, Reranking, and Docker Deployment
Moving a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) application from a local prototype to a production-grade system requires solving for data messy ingestion, […]
The Agentic Era: Why Infrastructure is the New Innovation Frontier
Eighteen months ago, when I joined MariaDB, the industry was already feeling the first tremors of the AI boom. While […]
A Guide to Multi-Region Disaster Recovery with MariaDB Cloud
Recent global events remind us of a difficult truth: infrastructure failures rarely happen at convenient times. From geopolitical conflicts and […]
MariaDB Python Connector 2.0.0rc2
Today’s release candidate for MariaDB Connector/Python 2.0 marks a transition from the architecture used in version 1.1. Although the previous […]