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Introducing SkySQL Power, the first tailored cloud DBaaS
Posted on May 13, 2020 by Shane Johnson
Until today, there have always been difficult trade-offs between running a database on public or private infrastructure (e.g., Amazon EC2)… Read more »
See Columnar Storage for Analytics In Action and Get an Overview of MariaDB Community Server 10.5
Posted on July 7, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
One of the most notable changes in MariaDB Community Server 10.5 is the addition of ColumnStore as a pluggable storage engine. With this addition, analytics is available to millions of…
Read MoreMariaDB Names Mark Our Continued Differentiation
Posted on July 2, 2020 by Max Mether
With the release of MariaDB Community Server 10.5, we continue what we started with our first divergence from MySQL, adding important features while maintaining key points of compatibility. To reflect…
Read MoreUpdated MariaDB Images Available on Docker
Posted on June 30, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
The 10.5 release of MariaDB Community Server which includes ColumnStore columnar storage engine is now available as an image on Docker hub. Columnar data storage is designed for analytics workloads…
Read MoreFaster, Better, Stronger, InnoDB in MariaDB Server 10.5
Posted on June 25, 2020 by Marko Mäkelä
InnoDB is the default storage engine for MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Community Server. While originally based on the MySQL implementation of InnoDB, MariaDB has been diverging from the original…
Read MoreHow to connect Python programs to MariaDB
Posted on June 25, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
We previously blogged about using Python to connect to MariaDB servers using the MySQL Python package. In June 2020, MariaDB made the first generally available release of Connector/Python. We’ve refreshed…
Read MoreMariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 Now Available with MariaDB Community Server 10.5
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Todd Stoffel
MariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 brings a high-performance, open source, distributed, SQL-compatible analytics solution to the market. Included as a pluggable storage engine with MariaDB Community Server 10.5, MariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 is…
Read MoreWhat’s New in MariaDB Community Server 10.5?
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Ralf Gebhardt
We are pleased to announce the release of MariaDB Community Server 10.5. Version 10.5 has many enhancements that will provide an improved user experience with faster performance and improved manageability.…
Read MoreAnalytics for All
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Franz Aman
For too long transactions and analytics have been kept apart. Transactions were shipped off via ETL to a separate data warehouse behind firewalls in the IT basement. With analytics separated,…
Read MoreConnector Python GA
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Ralf Gebhardt
With millions of developers worldwide, Python is one of the most popular language choices among Data Scientists and web developers, and now MariaDB Platform can be accessed with a native…
Read MoreGetting Started with MariaDB SkySQL and Smart Transactions
Posted on June 16, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
MariaDB SkySQL is the only database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that supports transactions, analytics and smart transactions (HTAP) for MariaDB. For developers, this means access to a wider range of data, enabling you…
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