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What is MySQL Embedded Database?
The MySQL Embedded Database is used by more than one hundred Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) making it the most popular choice for those who want to cost-effectively embed or bundle a reliable and high-performance relational database.
The MySQL Embedded Database enables OEM/ISV/VARs to:
Focus core engineering resources on their product rather than building and maintaining a proprietary database.
Win competitive comparisons using a database that has earned respect for its superior performance and reliability.
Keep a larger share of the customer's budget by eliminating the need for customers to purchase a separate database.
Accelerate time to market and shorten sales cycles
Software
- Monitoring systems
- Business Intelligence
- Enterprise ERP and CRM applications
- Educational software
- Email, Anti-spam software
Appliances
- Networking equipment
- Security appliances
- Retail kiosks
- Point of Sale solutions
- And more
With more than 10 million active installations, MySQL is proven as a high-performance, easy to use, and affordable database that gives you more flexibility than proprietary solutions. The embedded server library makes MySQL Server ideally suited for your small footprint and embedded database needs. Leading OEM/ISV/VARs are using this library to transparently embed MySQL into software applications, turnkey hardware/software security appliances, network routers, public kiosks, high performance Internet servers, and more. In addition, MySQL provides a low/zero administration environment, lowering management costs both for the OEM/ISV/VARs and their customers. Combined with low-cost, flexible licensing terms, MySQL is the ideal database to distribute with your solutions.
For over ten years, MySQL has been a popular choice among leading technology companies worldwide. Our reputation has been built on understanding the needs of OEM customers and delivering the software, support and services to make them successful. MySQL is embedded or bundled with leading companies including Adobe, Cisco, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, NetIQ, SAP, SAS, Siemens, Sony, Symantec and more than a hundred others.
MySQL provides OEM, ISV and VARs with the following benefits:
Performance
MySQL has always been recognized as a high-performance and efficient database, routinely posting top benchmark performance results for throughput and scalability. Powerful administration features enable users to fine-tune the server to optimize performance for the particular details of an embedded or bundled application. Plus, a pluggable storage engine architecture enables you to mix and match storage engines or just use what your need for an efficient optimized footprint.
Reliability
Leading organizations, ISVs, and VARs consistently turn to MySQL for their most demanding applications because of MySQL's superior reliability and dependability. This stability is to a large degree the result of open source development. With a huge and active user community MySQL continuously receives extensive feedback which is incorporated into the product in a timely manner. In a recent code inspection study Reasoning, inc. the leading provider of automated software inspection services concluded that the code quality of MySQL was six times better than that of comparable proprietary code.
Easy to Use, Administer, and Embed
MySQL was designed to be easy to install and configure. At the same time, MySQL provides comprehensive administration features to easily fine tune parameters and optimize the database to meet particular application requirements. Plus, the libmysqld embedded server library makes it possible to run a full-featured MySQL server inside an application increasing performance and simplifying the management of embedded applications. MySQL runs transparently to the end user, so your customers are unaware that a database is embedded within your application. So not only do you get faster time to market, you can also eliminate potential obstacles during the sales cycle.
Broad Platform Support
MySQL supports the most popular platforms giving you the flexibility to ship your applications on over 20 platforms that your customers demand, including Linux, Embedded Linux, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Novell Netware, Mac OS X, QNX, and more.
Training, Consulting & Support Offerings
MySQL provides support and training from development to deployment through a variety of training, consulting and support offerings tailored to the needs of ISVs and OEMs. Whether you need help architecting your system, migrating from an existing solution, tuning performance or answering tough implementation questions, MySQL is there to help make you successful every step of the way.
What are the benefits for an ISV/VAR to embed MySQL into a software or hardware system?
By embedding MySQL, an ISV/VAR delivers the following benefits to the customer:
- Deliver a complete solution to the customer. Eliminate the need for the customer to evaluate, buy, and implement a separate database.
- Reduce the time required to "go live" for the customer. Eliminate the time required for development and testing cycles to implement a new database.
- Reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the customer. MySQL reduces database licensing costs by over 90% and cuts system downtime by 60%.
By embedding MySQL, an ISV/VAR can focus on its core business:
- Focus your core engineers on your product. By embedding MySQL, your engineers do not have to build and maintain a proprietary database.
- Win competitive comparisons. MySQL is recognized for superior performance and reliability.
- Increase your revenue margin. Lower the cost of your solution by embedding MySQL, the low-cost database leader, available with flexible licensing terms.
- Keep a bigger share of the customer's budget. Embedding MySQL eliminates the need for the customer to purchase a separate database.
