MariaDB Corporation, the commercial entity behind the MariaDB open source relational database that began life as a “fork” of MySQL, is today announcing a new version of its platform. The release, dubbed Platform X4, brings new a storage paradigm to MariaDB. This results in both cloud-friendly deployment and accommodation of analytical workloads for the platform. Shane Johnson, MariaDB Corporation’s senior director of product marketing, briefed ZDNet on the new capabilities in Platform X4.
