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2012

Q&A with Darpan Dinker of Schooner Information Technology

June 22, 2012 – Virtual Strategy Magazine

What are some of the biggest challenges facing database administrators today?… Read the interview

IT Trends: Realizing Big Strides in Efficiency and Innovation by Exploiting Technology Advances

April 23, 2012 – Computer Technology Review

Tremendous technology advances have been made in recent years that offer the potential for major improvements in IT efficiency and innovation. Commodity hardware industry advances in enterprise flash memory and multi-core processors offer vast improvements in performance while reducing power and space consumption.

A super-set of MySQL for Big Data. Interview with John Busch, Schooner.

February 20, 2012 – ODBMS Industry Watch

SchoonerSQL fully exploits today’s commodity multi-core servers, flash memory, and high-performance networking while dramatically improving performance, availability, scalability, and cost of ownership.

Pavan Venkatesh hired as Director of Product Management and Strategy

February 8, 2012 – San Francisco Business Times

Venkatesh will help further advance the company’s product leadership.

Julie Bryce Munro Senior Director of Marketing

February 8, 2012 – San Francisco Business Times

Bryce Munro will help further advance the company’s market leadership.

Julie Bryce Munro Senior Director of Marketing

February 8, 2012 – San Francisco Business Times

Bryce Munro will help further advance the company’s market leadership.

Oracle Makes Bold, Risky Move With Big Data Appliance Launch

January 11, 2012 – Tech News World

“Something like 40 percent of computer PhDs are working on Hadoop projects, sometimes unsuccessfully,” noted Schooner CTO John Busch. “It can be a very complex process, so I don’t know if bundling it with hardware will be easy as one-two-three.”

2011

High-Availability MySQL, InnoDB Solution Released

December 18, 2011 – Enterprise Systems

SchoonerSQL addresses the needs of database administrators and data center managers who must deliver minimal downtime, ensure maximum service availability for their online transaction processing (OLTP) applications

Schooner charts new course with database high-availability focus

December 1, 2011 – 451 Research

The company has adjusted its focus again with the launch of SchoonerSQL, positioning its database technology as the solution for MySQL high-availability and replication problems. Read the report (PDF)

Achieving Five Nines Availability Using Synchronous Cluster Replication for MySQL

November 23, 2011 – Database Journal

Database Journal talks about the unique value of SchoonerSQL in delivering 5 9s availability from MySQL and InnoDB.

SchoonerSQL: MySQL on Steroids

November 11, 2011 – Network World

Network World summarizes the new SchoonerSQL 5.1 release and how it greatly extends the capabilities of the widely-used MySQL database.

Schooner Information Technology Releases HA MySQL and InnoDB Solution for Mission-Critical Use

October 26, 2011 – Database Trends and Applications

Database Trends and Applications reports on SchoonerSQL 5.1 and its innovations in 5 9s for MySQL and InnoDB.

Mission-Critical Databases: What to do if you're not China or Google

October 15, 2011 – IDG Connect

Schooner CTO Dr. John Busch discussed how the typical enterprise can implement a mission-critical database with great economics.

How to Achieve the High Availability Imperative

October 8, 2011 – GigaOM

Schooner CTO and Founder, Dr. John Busch, discusses how datacenters can use modern commodity technologies and the right software architecture to meet the high availability demands of their applications.

Hedging Your Data Center Power

October 05, 2011 – The Data Center Journal

Schooner CTO and Founder, Dr. John Busch, is quoted in this article about using current storage and software technology to slash power consumption.

Brewing Data Center Superfuel

May 4, 2011 – Tech News World

Schooner CTO and Founder, Dr. John Busch, discusses how datacenters can reduce costs and improve QoS by more cleverly exploiting commodity multi-core processors and flash memory.

Are Outdated Data Architectures Holding Back the Cloud?

February 21, 2011 – GigaOM

Schooner CTO and Founder, Dr. John Busch, opines on fundamental architectural flaws that are holding back the full potential of cloud computing.

Web Data Centers: Big QoS and TCO Opportunities Require Innovation

February 8, 2011 – Enterprise Systems

An invited article by Schooner Founder and CTO John Busch about improving datacenter quality-of-service and total cost of ownership.

Schooner Sails Free of Hardware

February 4, 2011 – SOA World Magazine

Schooner software turns commodity x86 Linux boxes into scalable, highly available super-servers for demanding memcached and MySQL workloads.

Schooner Ditches IBM, Sets MySQL, Caching Accelerators Free

February 2, 2011 – The Register

Schooner's flash-enabled database and data store software reach a larger market.

Is the End Nigh for Database Appliances?

February 1, 2011 – GigaOM

GigaOM analyst Derek Harris summarizes the customer feedback that led Schooner to move to purely software products on multiple platforms.

Schooner — Flash-Based, Now Software-Only, and Very Fast

January 28, 2011 – DBMS 2

Noted database industry analyst Curt Monash discusses Schooner's new software releases.

2010

Schooner: Flash-Driven Performance Gains

July 7, 2010 – Data Center Knowledge

Recorded at the recent O'Reilly Velocity 2010 conference, this video of Schooner founder and CTO Dr. John Busch addresses the problems Schooner's technology seeks to address.

High Hopes For Low-Power Compute Innovators

June 29, 2010 – Dow Jones

This article notes that a single Schooner Appliance replaces eight to ten servers.

Big Web Operations Turn to Tiny Chips

June 20, 2010 – The New York Times

Schooner packs its systems full of the high-speed memory similar to that found in iPods and cellphones to create a type of appliance that can hold huge quantities of often-viewed information at the ready.

Products of the Week

April 19, 2010 – Network World

Network World features the new Schooner Appliances as products of the week.

Storage Smackdown: Hard Drives vs. SSDs

April 19, 2010 – Computerworld

Solid state drives offer substantial benefits over traditional hard drives — they are faster, more reliable, use less energy, and are quieter.

Schooner Refreshes Data Access Appliance

April 14, 2010 – InformationWeek

The new Schooner Appliance releases bring enhanced support for the open-source Memcached and for MySQL Enterprise.

Schooner Adds DR to SQL and Cache Appliances

April 14, 2010 – The Register

Schooner's new appliances are tuned for multithreaded servers and allow companies to consolidate anywhere from five to ten x86 servers running these workloads down to one Schooner Appliance.

Schooner Ships Upgraded MySQL, NoSQL Storage Appliances

April 13, 2010 – eWeek

Schooner's new appliances provide high-performance and enterprise-grade high-availability/disaster-recovery for datacenters of any size.

How To Save On Cooling in the Summer Months

March 26, 2010 – Processor Magazine

Schooner CTO John Busch says substantial improvements in power and cooling can be achieved by effectively taking advantage of multicore processors, flash memory, and high-performance networking.

Tech Start-ups Cope With Data Flood

March 10, 2010 – The Wall Street Journal

Schooner is highlighted as one of the companies helping datacenters deal with the need for speed, availability, and capacity.

Sizing Up Promising Young Firms

March 9, 2010 – The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal profiled the top 50 venture-backed companies who have the greatest potential — and Schooner was featured as #34.

Storage in a Flash

February 12, 2010 – Processor Magazine

Schooner CTO John Busch says that for most applications, the performance benefits delivered by SSDs compared to disk drives are about 25%, but potential improvements in the future could vastly improve that number.

Solid-State Storage Fixes Datacenter Bottlenecks — For a Price

February 8, 2010 – Computerworld

This in-depth feature focusing on the emergence of SSDs in the enterprise includes Schooner CTO John Busch talking about the Schooner Appliances' use of SSDs.

Big Blue Rides Schooner to MySQL Boost

January 15, 2010 – The Register

IBM has signed a deal with Schooner Information Technology to resell its web-caching and MySQL-boosting appliances starting this year.

Schooner Information Technology Anoints New CEO

January 15, 2010 – eWeek

Longtime industry executive Jerry Rudisin joins Schooner as its new president and CEO.

2009

Time to Fix the Hardware Foundation, Too

September 16, 2009 – IT Business Edge

Schooner is leading the way towards removing storage system bottlenecks with a set of integrated appliances that exploit enterprise-ready flash memory.

Jason Perlow Interviews Schooner CEO Dr. John Busch

September 14, 2009 – ZD Net Frugal Friday Podcast

This one-hour podcast features an interview segment with Schooner CEO John Busch on new Schooner products coming soon.

Schooner Raises $20M in Second Round

July 24, 2009 – San Jose Business Journal

Schooner's second round of funding was led by Menlo Park-based Menlo Ventures, with additional participation by CMEA Capital and Redpoint Ventures.

Dr. John Busch Presentation to Velocity 2009 Conference: DNA of Next-Generation Datacenters

June 24, 2009 – Blip TV

This 20-minute video presentation by Schooner CEO John Busch addresses how next-generation data access appliances will integrate new technologies to enable datacenter growth and cost reductions.

Products to Watch

June 15, 2009 – eWeek

Schooner's data access appliances are featured in this monthly column on new enterprise-class products that eWeek's editors think should be on IT professionals' radars.

Transforming Internet Datacenters

June 9, 2009 – Cloud Computing Journal

Schooner CEO John Busch talks about datacenter trends and challenges, and how IT teams must take advantage of fully optimized data access appliances to leverage higher-level building blocks that eliminate the need for complex integration projects.

Green-Memory Movement Takes Root

June 1, 2009 – EE Times

Schooner is among several vendors featured in this article as contributing to the greening of the datacenter — a trend toward focusing on lower-voltage DRAMs, nonvolatile alternatives, and the emerging category of enterprise-class flash memory.

Schooner Touts SSD Appliance as Replacement for Eight Traditional Servers

April 20, 2009 – ComputerWorld

Schooner's new MySQL and Memcached appliances are designed for Web 2.0 and cloud computing companies that require high I/O operations.

Start-Up Hitches Ride on IBM With Super-Charged Server

April 14, 2009 – New York Times / Bits

IBM will lead the service, support, and distribution efforts for Schooner's new appliances, which rely on an IBM x3650 server that includes Intel's latest Xeon chips to run its software.

Big-Iron Brains Power Schooner Appliances

April 13, 2009 – The Register

Schooner has emerged from stealth mode to deliver a duo of server appliances — one to accelerate web caching and the other to speed up MySQL databases.

Schooner Sets Sail With $15M Series A

April 13, 2009 – The Wall Street Journal / Venture Wire

CMEA Capital led the financing for this round of funding, with participation from Redpoint Ventures.

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