PrimeBase XT (PBXT) in the news

In today’s Official MySQL Press Release , PrimeBase XT (PBXT) has been named along with three other storage engine partners in “Sun Celebrates Third-Party MySQL Storage Engines“.

This a great achievement for a small company to be recognized in the certified storage engine partner program, in comparison to the other companies that are much larger on the balance sheet. This continues the news with last week you may have read PrimeBase Technologies a MySQL Platinum Level Partner .

A noted absence from the list is Nitro, an expected absence was Solid.

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