A recent Computerworld article, "MySQL Breaks Into the Data Center" revealed how MySQL has become the world's most popular open source database and why corporations intent on lowering their cost of operations are using it to further commoditize their IT infrastructure.

MySQL reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of database software by:

• Reducing database licensing costs by over 90%
• Cutting systems downtime by 60%
• Lowering hardware expenditure by 70%
• Reducing administration, engineering and support costs by up to 50%

Qrganizations such as Cox Communications, NASA, Sabre Holdings and Yahoo! have improved database reliability, performance and TCO using MySQL.