Solid Information Technology Recognized as Hot Open Source Startup by Red Herring Magazine

August 30, 2006; 03:40 AM
Solid Information Technology, a provider of fast, always-on and affordable databases used in more than 3,000,000 mission-critical deployments worldwide, celebrates its selection by Red Herring Magazine as an innovative company that is championing open source. Solid was profiled as a one of the twenty "hot" open source companies in the August 21, 2006 issue of Red Herring, based on the company's recent entrance into the open source community, with the introduction of solidDB for MySQL.

"We have identified a critical gap in the market, the need for an enterprise-class, open source database to support mission-critical applications," said Alain Couder, president and CEO at Solid Information Technology. "As a provider of robust OLTP database technology to the communications market for more than 14 years, we have the technology to fill that gap. Solid is thrilled that Red Herring has recognized our company among the innovative leaders entering this dynamic and growing open source market."

solidDB for MySQL brings forth the robust, proven online transaction processing (OLTP) capabilities that Solid has been providing and enhancing for more than 14 years. Upon general availability in the fourth quarter of 2006, the product will support mission-critical applications that require a high level of reliability and large transaction volumes. solidDB for MySQL beta is currently available for download at http://dev.soliddb.com and is scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter of 2006.

About Solid Information Technology

Solid Information Technology is the only provider of fast, always-on and affordable database solutions. Solid's customers achieve up to 50% shorter time-to-results and lower operational costs for their applications, while delivering high quality of service to their customers.

There are more than 3,000,000 deployments of Solid's database technology worldwide in telecommunications networks, enterprise applications, and embedded software and systems. Market leaders such as Alcatel, Cisco, EMC2, HP, Nokia and Siemens rely on Solid for their mission-critical applications.

Founded in 1992, Solid has worldwide headquarters in Cupertino, California, and regional offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.soliddb.com.