Sun Microsystems has announced the addition of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendor Stésud to a growing list of customers that have adopted and deployed Sun's open source MySQL database and GlassFish application server software. This Belgium-based enterprise company joins Australian online travel pioneer Wotif.com and hundreds of other companies that now rely on MySQL and GlassFish as a lower-cost, higher-performance alternative to traditional database and application server software.

Stésud: Open Source Makes Sense
When it identified that its existing software infrastructure needed refreshing, Belgium-based Stésud looked to Java as the technology upon which to build the company's new platform. An ERP provider with eGovernment clients that include the Belgian government, Stésud evaluated several solutions and selected Sun's GlassFish application server. As part of this multi-million dollar deal, Stésud also employed Sun's MySQL Enterprise subscription, allowing the company to migrate to a more scalable and reliable Web database architecture for the future. This deployment will allow Stésud to run its existing applications, in addition to new ones that it previously would have been unable to support.

Wotif.com selected Sun's MySQL database and GlassFish Enterprise Server to accommodate the site's growing user base. With more than three million users visiting the site on a monthly basis and 200,000 making travel reservations each month, Wotif.com needed a highly scalable and reliable platform to power its site. After evaluating several open source providers, Wotif.com selected Sun technology after a slew of tests the company ran, demonstrating the solutions' stability and performance capabilities.

GlassFish, an enterprise-quality Java EE 5 open source application server that offers advanced clustering, centralized administration, and best-in-class performance. MySQL is an open source database software that powers high-volume websites, critical business systems, and packaged software. For more details on these products, visit: http://www.glassfish.org and http://www.mysql.com.