MariaDB Raises New Money, Gets New CEO | Linux Today

MariaDB Raises New Money, Gets New CEO

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 21, 2016

Open source database vendor MariaDB ramps up executive suite for 2016.

MariaDB Corporation, the lead commercial sponsor behind the open source MariaDB database, started 2016 off with a bang, appointing new CEO Michael Howard and CTO Monty Widenius and announcing $9 million in equity financing from Intel Capital and California Technology Ventures.

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