MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry

But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled ...
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MariaDB To Acquire GridGain In Push To Support High-Performance Computing, AI Applications

Relational database developer MariaDB is acquiring in-memory computing technology developer Gridgain to improve database performance for AI and agentic applications.
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MariaDB’s acquisition of Codership: Why enterprises should care

The acquisition could be another step in MariaDB PLC’s evolution towards becoming a trustworthy, recurring-revenue open source database platform, analysts say. Struggling database company MariaDB PLC ...

MariaDB buys in-memory computing pioneer GridGain to accelerate data processing for AI agents

Database management company MariaDB Plc said today it’s buying the Apache Ignite creator and in-memory computing technology developer GridGain Systems Inc. to build more robust infrastructure for ...
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How do you solve a problem like MariaDB? Cozy up to the community, says new CEO

The new CEO of MariaDB (Plc) says he wants closer-knit collaboration with the foundation behind the eponymous open source database project. He cites the corporation’s newfound stability from its ...
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MariaDB Aims to Acquire GridGain to Provide a Real-Time Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise

MariaDB plc announced it is entering into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain Systems, Inc., the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite-merging MariaDB's ...
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MariaDB to buy Apache Ignite makers to form unified alternative to hyperscale data services

MariaDB secured a deal to acquire GridGain Systems, the team behind the Apache Ignite open source, distributed database platform. The deal will see MariaDB’s relational database merge with GridGain’s ...
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MariaDB Acquires SkySQL to Deliver Flexible Cloud Deployments with Agentic AI and Serverless Capabilities

MariaDB plc is acquiring SkySQL Inc., the company behind an AI-powered, serverless database-as-a-service (DBaaS) platform, bringing SkySQL’s established DBaaS product back into the MariaDB portfolio.
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MariaDB taps GridGain to keep pace with AI-driven data demands

The company plans to integrate GridGain’s in-memory computing tech to deliver sub-millisecond performance for operational, transactional, and AI applications.
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MariaDB spins out SkySQL as an independent, database-as-a-service company

Database company MariaDB Plc announced today that it’s spinning out SkySQL Inc., a cloud database subsidiary that has acquired the full rights to its SkySQL database-as-a-service product. Following ...

MariaDB to Acquire GridGain: Architecting the Real-Time Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise

Strategic acquisition unites MariaDB’s mission-critical relational database with GridGain’s extreme in-memory speed to power the next generation of AI applicationsMILPITAS, Calif. & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS ...