MySQL is the #1 open source database. Because of MySQL’s high performance, scalability, and availability, it has been widely popular for Web applications and has become the foundation for IT platforms that support high-traffic social media portals, e-commerce applications, and fast-growing organizations. As business models and technology requirements are being transformed in all industries, more and more companies are embracing and leveraging the cloud platform to enjoy the benefits of flexibility, agility and cost-savings. Available in Oracle Cloud, the Oracle MySQL Cloud Service provides an enterprise-grade MySQL database service to rapidly, securely, and cost-effectively deliver modern applications. With the latest MySQL 5.7.17 update release, MySQL Group Replication is now available in Oracle MySQL Cloud Service and offers native, built-in high availability for MySQL databases.

To gain deeper insight into the benefits and use cases of …

Connector/C++ 2.0 (2.0.4 m2, published on Tuesday, 21 Mar 2017)

Calling all developers, DBAs, engineers, SREs, and database aficionados: we’re hitting the road and hope to see you along the way. It's always a highlight of our year when we get to meet up with our users and friends face-to-face, and we'll be attending events across the country (and abroad!) for the rest of 2017. If you see our booth, come say hello. 

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Below is a list of the places you'll be able to find us over the next nine months, plus descriptions of how we'll be involved at each event (and, in some cases, special ticket discount codes).

Connector/Net 7.0 (7.0.7 m6, published on Thursday, 16 Mar 2017)

We are pleased to announce that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.3.3 is now available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) web site. It will also be available via the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud in a week or so. This is a maintenance release that includes a few new features and fixes a number of bugs. You can find more information on the contents of this release in the change log.

Highlights of MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.3 include:

• 3.3 introduces a new Enterprise Backup Dashboard that brings deeper integration with MySQL Enterprise Backup. View current backup status, history and archive details by group or instance using MySQL Enterprise Backup Advisor collections from existing mysql.backup_history and mysql.backup_progress table data.
• Backup Group view shows a summary of backup events, details on the last …

We are pleased to announce that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.2.7 is now available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) web site. This is a maintenance release that includes a few new features and fixes a number of bugs. You can find more information on the contents of this release in the change log.

You will find binaries for the new release on My Oracle Support. Choose the "Patches & Updates" tab, and then choose the "Product or Family (Advanced Search)" side tab in the "Patch Search" portlet.

Important: MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) 3.3 offers many significant improvements over MEM 3.2 and we highly recommend that you consider upgrading. More information on MEM 3.3 is available here:

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We are pleased to announce that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.7 is now available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) web site. This is a maintenance release that includes a few new features and fixes a number of bugs. You can find more information on the contents of this release in the change log.

You will find binaries for the new release on My Oracle Support. Choose the "Patches & Updates" tab, and then choose the "Product or Family (Advanced Search)" side tab in the "Patch Search" portlet.

Important: MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) 3.3 offers many significant improvements over MEM 3.1 and MEM 3.2 and we highly recommend that you consider upgrading. More information on MEM 3.3 is available here:

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Connector/J 6.0 (6.0.6 m5, published on Friday, 10 Mar 2017)

We were thrilled to announce the latest version of NinesControl early this week. Let’s have a closer look at some of the new features that were introduced.

Web console for accessing SSH, SQL and MongoDB command line

It is now possible to have SSH access from the NinesControl interface to any of your database servers, via a web based SSH proxy.

WebSSH and WebSQL - you can easily access your database’s shell and MySQL CLI directly from the NinesControl web page:

Just check the drop down menu for any of the database nodes, and you’ll see both WebSSH and WebSQL. If you are running MongoDB, you will have a MongoDB shell. Clicking on them opens a new window, with a connection to …

Connector/Node.js 1.0 (1.0.6 m5, published on Tuesday, 07 Mar 2017)