Keeping the cloud train on track: MariaDB takes over SkySQL
Cloud and AI functions urgently needed – MariaDB wants to integrate both as quickly as possible with the acquisition of SkySQL.
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MariaDB has officially announced the reacquisition of SkySQL in order to strengthen its own cloud strategy. SkySQL was first acquired by MariaDB in 2010 and then spun off as an independent company in 2023. Over the past 18 months, it has focused on further development towards an AI-supported, serverless database-as-a-service platform.
With this acquisition, MariaDB wants to respond to the growing demand for such database solutions that users can deploy both locally and in the cloud or in hybrid operation. In the cloud offering of its Enterprise Platform, MariaDB intends to integrate SkySQL technology and offer it as part of its database services on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
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Strong cloud and AI competition
CEO Rohit de Souza emphasizes that the acquisition will significantly accelerate innovation in the areas of serverless and AI. This is also necessary, as IDC and Gartner predict that companies will increasingly move their databases to the cloud in the coming years – MariaDB does not want to be left behind here thanks to the integration of SkySQL. Accordingly, the entire SkySQL team will be integrated into MariaDB.
The announcement at MariaDB does not provide any further details on the takeover. However, the integration of SkySQL is likely to be an important step in catching up with competing platforms such as Oracle's cloud service MySQL Heatwave.
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