Webyog contributes the source code of their flagship product SQLyog to the Open Source Community

Released on = September 8, 2006, 7:00 am

Press Release Author = Webyog Softworks Privated Limited

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Webyog contributes the source code of their flagship product
SQLyog to the Open Source Community

Press Release Body = Bangalore, India - September 8, 2006: Webyog announced this
week that its widely popular product SQLyog - an advanced graphical client for
administration of MySQL databases, will be released under the Open Source GPL
license. The first Open Source version (version 5.2 Beta) can be downloaded now
from the company's website: www.webyog.com.

Since the release of the first version of SQLyog 5 years ago, it has gained
increasing popularity as an all-round administration tool for MySQL. SQLyog runs on
Windows and the Wine Windows emulator on Linux.

Besides the GPL-based Open Source release, Webyog offers an \'Enterprise' version of
the product that includes "Power Tools" for SQLyog - a powerful and unique set of
features for MySQL DBAs and developers. The Power Tools include a Migration Toolkit
for MySQL, Data and Structure Synchronization Tools, and the ability to efficiently
manage MySQL in hosted environments using tunneled connections.

"We are very glad to distribute SQLyog under an Open Source License. This has been
made possible due to the enormous support from our users and customers," said Rohit
Nadhani, co-founder of Webyog. "We can assure MySQL users that we will continue to
do our best to provide them with state-of-the-art tools. The MySQL ecosystem
provides us with a perfect framework to do so."

"We welcome Webyog's contribution to the open source community and MySQL
eco-system," said Kaj Arnö, vice president of open source community relations for
MySQL AB. "Their flagship SQLyog software has been a great resource for MySQL
database users for many years. We support their efforts to grow their business by
releasing an open source version of their successful product."

About Webyog
Webyog Softworks Pvt. Ltd., a privately held company based in Bangalore, India,
creates innovative data management tools for thousands of customers in 90 countries,
ranging from enterprises to small businesses and home users.

Founded in 2001, the company provides best-of-breed data management tools for MySQL
databases.

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Web Site = http://www.webyog.com

Contact Details = A2, Brindavan, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 30, India. Phone -
+91-80-41216434

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