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MariaDB

🌎 mariadb.com

MariaDB is a new generation cloud database company that provides enterprise open source database solutions and services. It is widely used by organizations of all sizes, including 75% of Fortune 500 companies, and has been downloaded over a billion times. MariaDB's products are designed for scalability, mission-critical deployments, and ease of maintenance, making them suitable for various workloads across any cloud environment.

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MariaDB - Latest News and Updates

• MariaDB has updated its security measures by implementing a centralized authentication process with multi-factor authentication for maintenance operations and now restricts Managed Database access to cloud native private network connections.
• MariaDB announced the general availability of Community Server 11.6 and the release candidate of Community Server 11.7 with vector search.
• MariaDB has added new security features and improved system versioning and application time.
• MariaDB has introduced new JSON functions to simplify storing semi-structured data in their server.
• MariaDB introduced a new Online Schema Change feature that reduces operational downtime by allowing concurrent writes during ALTER TABLE operations.

• MariaDB released Enterprise Server 11.4 RC with new features like Online Schema Change for non-locking ALTER TABLE operations, improved optimizer performance, and enhanced security.
• MariaDB co-founder Patrik Backman will attend Slush with the OpenOcean team on November 19.
• MariaDB is used by The Walt Disney Company for database administration and systems engineering.
• Mark Callaghan shares a performance comparison of MariaDB and MySQL on a medium server with cached sysbench.
• MariaDB is currently hiring for the position of Senior QA Engineer in India.

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