New Release of MySQL Community Edition 5.5.18 Now Generally Available

INFORMATION INDEPTH NEWSLETTER MySQL Edition November 2011 Stay Connected:      Welcome to the Oracle Information InDepth MySQL Edition newsletter. Our look has changed but the wealth of content has not. If you want to continue receiving the latest updates, news, and information about MySQL, no action is required.    PRODUCT NEWS New Release of MySQL Community Edition 5.5.18 Now Generally Available  MySQL Community Edition 5.5.18 is a new version of the 5.5 production release of the world's most popular open source database. MySQL 5.5 includes several high-impact enhancements to improve the performance and scalability of MySQL Database, taking advantage of the latest multi-CPU and multicore hardware and operating systems. View the complete list of changes. Download MySQL Community Edition 5.5.18 now.  Back to Top FEATURED VIDEO Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition Back to Top WHITE PAPERS MySQL Enterprise Edition Product Guide MySQL Enterprise Edition includes the most comprehensive set of advanced features and management tools to achieve the highest levels of scalability, security, reliability, and uptime. It reduces the risk, cost, and complexity in developing, deploying, and managing business-critical MySQL applications. Download the product guide. Scaling Web Databases with MySQL Cluster Learn how to scale Web databases with MySQL Cluster, including the latest 7.2 development milestone release. Use features such as autosharding for write-scalability, SQL and NoSQL interfaces, real-time responsiveness, active-active geographic replication, online scaling and schema upgrades, and 99.999 percent availability. Download the white paper.  Back to Top LIVE WEBCASTS Solutions for MySQL High Availability  Tuesday, November 29 9:00 a.m. PT Databases are the center of today’s Web and enterprise applications, storing and protecting an organization’s most valuable assets and supporting business-critical applications. Tune into this Webcast to learn more about how MySQL’s high-availability solution can help you minimize downtime and ensure business continuity. Register for the Webcast. Read the white paper “MySQL Guide to High-Availability Solutions.” MySQL Essentials for ISVs and OEMs, Part 4: MySQL Replication for High Availability and Scalability Wednesday, November 30 9:00 a.m. PT In part 4 of our MySQL Essentials for ISVs and OEMs webcast series, MySQL expert Lynn Ferrante will show you how to achieve both high availability and scalability using MySQL replication—the same solution relied on by Facebook, Google, and many other of the most trafficked Websites to serve their growing millions of users around the clock. Despite its sophisticated user base, MySQL replication is both easy to use and set up, even for your customers’ IT staff. Register for the Webcast. Watch More Live MySQL Webcasts Free MySQL Webcasts are scheduled and added often, so visit our Website frequently for the most-updated information. View the full list of live Webcasts.  Back to Top ON DEMAND WEBCASTS What's New in MySQL Cluster 7.2.1 Development Milestone Release The second development milestone release of MySQL Cluster 7.2.1 was announced at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. This release is now available for download and evaluation under the GPL license. This Webcast will help get you started with this latest release. Register for the on-demand Webcast.  Back to Top BLOGOSPHERE PlanetMySQL  PlanetMySQL is an aggregation of blogs and news from MySQL developers, users, and employees. It is an excellent source of information about all things about MySQL, including technical tips and best practices. Visit the blog. Submit your blog feed.  Read a recent post: MySQL Thread Pool: Summary  by Mikael Ronstrom Eventual Consistency with MySQL  by Frazer Clement Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  New Features in MySQL Cluster 7.2.1 by Jonas Oreland Making Slave Prefetching Work Better with SSD by Yoshinori Matsunobu PHP and MySQL Cluster: Load Balancing Without R/W Split by Ulf Wendel Further MySQL Cluster Additions to MySQL Enterprise Monitor by Andrew Morgan MySQL Get Diagnostics by Marc Alff MySQL for Database Administrators Course—Newly Updated by Antoinette O'Sullivan  Back to Top CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT Case Study: Globo.com Deploys a Decentralized Architecture with Open Source Solution and Cuts Costs by 65 Percent By deploying MySQL Enterprise Edition as its official Web database platform, Globo.com, the largest business initiative of the Brazilian media group Organizações Globo, achieves stability and scalability for its newly created multimedia Web portal and cuts the cost of creating new sites by 65 percent. Read More  Back to Top STAY IN TOUCH Receive the latest MySQL updates and interact with the MySQL community. Read Oracle's MySQL Blog  Join MySQL on Facebook  Follow MySQL on Twitter  Send queries and give us feedback online  Read more about the newsletter and view previous editions  Back to Top DOWNLOADS Download MySQL Community Server  Download MySQL Cluster  Download MySQL Workbench  Want to evaluate the advanced capabilities in the MySQL Enterprise Edition? Download the MySQL Enterprise Edition trial.  Back to Top EVENTS EMEA Seminar: MySQL-Based High Availability Solutions—Austria Thursday, December 1 In this German seminar in Vienna, Austria, you will learn how to achieve high availability for your applications with MySQL Cluster. You’ll also hear from SPECCH DESIGN on how it developed a hosted platform to enable fast, flexible, and cost-efficient telco services with carrier-grade MySQL Cluster technology. Register for the German seminar in Vienna, Austria. OTN MySQL User Forum—Brazil Wednesday, December 7 Attend technical sessions led by MySQL engineers and MySQL community leaders. In the OTN MySQL User Forum you’ll hear about Oracle’s MySQL strategy, what’s new in MySQL 5.5, and what to expect from MySQL 5.6. Register for the OTN MySQL User Forum in São Paulo, Brazil. Find a MySQL event near you. Find an Oracle event near you. Back to Top   Oracle Information InDepth newsletters bring targeted news, articles, customer stories, and special offers to business people who want to find out how to streamline enterprise information management, measure results, improve business processes, and communicate a single truth to their constituents. Please send questions or comments to newsletter_feedback_us@oracle.com. For answers to questions about subscribing, unsubscribing, and managing your Oracle e-mail communications preferences, please see the Oracle E-Mail Communications page. Copyright © 2011, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. 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