Solid has been annexed by IBM

Recently, IBM announced the successful acquisition of Solid Information Technology, which dealt a serious blow to IBM, the No. 1 IBM competitor in the field of providing database solutions.

Solid Information Technology is a company that provides high speed data solutions and has been a close partner of both IBM and MySQL. Solid focuses on developing embedded databases with an internal memory mechanism, which means they can access and store data from the computer's primary memory, enabling faster transactions. much more than systems running on traditional secondary memory (including memory drives). These solutions are becoming more and more common, especially for applications that require extremely fast processing times such as routing calls on the telephone network or stock transactions. Solid customers can refer to Cisco Systems, Siemens, TeliaSonera, and Nokia.

IBM reached an agreement to merge the company at an unpublished price, but according to its representative, IBM hoped the merger would end in the first quarter of 2008. According to the company, it was The above case will make IBM databases more optimized with real-time data access features. Another competitor of IBM, Oracle two years ago, also launched an internal memory database with technology from TimesTen.

This acquisition of IBM could be judged as a powerful blow for MySQL, because it marked the loss of the autonomy of a company that had previously provided parts to deliver operational mechanisms. High speed translation for MySQL databases.

2 years ago Oracle bought Innobase, the company that provided most of the transactions for MySQL's database at the time, although Oracle continued to allow MySQL to use InnoDB products. but that merger has caused MySQL to seek replacement, and one of them is Solid. This subsidiary has published an open source data processing version for MySQL.

Arvind Krishna, IBM's vice president in charge of data server, said in an interview, he declined to disclose whether the company will continue to develop and provide applications for MySQL: " It's too much. soon to talk about this intention, we have not reached the final decision and the parties must have calculations before agreeing on future plans . '

However, MySQL is currently developing applications for its database system transactions that can be less dependent on partners in the long term. This transaction engine is called Falcon, which will be the key factor for MySQL 6.0 to be released later in the year.

IBM has a preliminary agreement with Solid, which will buy most applications from Solid in relation to the database, thereby enabling IBM to compete strongly with Oracle TimesTen, in a fight. which Krishna believed: " With its increasingly powerful potential, IBM will only know victory. "

Krishna also stated that current Solid customers should not be too worried about the future of cooperation, because Solid's policy will not have any significant changes and Solid can only be stronger: ' thanks to IBM's strong financial potential '.

The Solid Japanese wax this time is the 12th IBM merger in 2007.

Thanh Tiep