MySQL is the most trusted and depended-on open source database platform in use today. As such, 9 out of the top 10 most popular and highly-trafficked websites in the world rely on MySQL primarily due to its ubiquity across heterogeneous platforms and application stacks and for its well-known performance, reliability and ease of use. MySQL 5.6 builds on this momentum by delivering across the board improvements designed to enable innovative DBAs and Developers to create and deploy the next generation of web, embedded and Cloud/SaaS/DaaS applications on the latest generation of development frameworks and hardware platforms.