Open source database MySQL run Virgin Mobile and runs our content management system.
is company Virgin Mobile has selected MySQL to manage a critical component of its business: SMS messaging. According to MySQL’s release on Thursday:
Over 500GB [of SMS data] are contained in MySQL data tables, and subject to thousands of queries per second. This solution handles the processing of Virgin Mobile’s SMS messaging–where each individual text message can generate over 100 database queries on average (analysis, processing the response, and annual statistics)….[Using MySQL and LAMP]…ensures the operator a significant return on investment compared with a proprietary system.
Virgin Mobile could have chosen MySQL’s Community product for this, but it recognizes that mission-critical applications generally require a real company behind them. Hence, the decision to go with MySQL Enterprise. Evaluating MySQL was free; going into serious production for free would be less intelligent.
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