MySQL is broadly used by cloud applications, and Google is trying to keep it fuss-free — no small feat for any piece of software, let alone a database notorious in its needs for tweaks to work well.

Google today announced it has added support for native MySQL connections to its Cloud SQL service. As such, the fully managed MySQL service hosted on Google Cloud Platform is getting a significant ...

A Google spokesperson said, "Google's MySQL team is in the process of moving internal users of MySQL at Google from MySQL 5.1 to MariaDB 10.0.

The Google engineer in charge of its MySQL deployments spent several days at MySQL’s internal developer meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, last month. Google has also released source code for some ...

Cloud SQL, based on the open-source MySQL database, was announced on Google's App Engine Blog yesterday, and is being rolled out to selected developers in a limited trial—for free.

MySQL AB has laid out its software road map through 2009, including some code contributed by Google and security improvements that are due in MySQL 7.0.

Google Inc. and MySQL AB are close to finalizing a deal that could find the open-source database vendor incorporating powerful features created by the search giant into future versions of the ...

Google later confirmed the plan in a statement to The Register: “Google’s MySQL team is in the process of moving internal users of MySQL at Google from MySQL 5.1 to MariaDB 10.0.

Google's patches for MySQL are designed to enhance both the manageability and reliability of the software. Particularly interesting is a patch that allows administrators to track database usage ...

The Google engineer in charge of its MySQL deployments spent several days at MySQL’s internal developer meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, last month. Google has also released source code for some ...