As a leader in our field, we are committed to providing the best service to our users, and a web experience that meets members expectations and that starts with IT,” said Jean-Luc Vaillant (pictured), Chief Technology Officer, LinkedIn. “The combination of Sun and MySQL means quicker access to the latest innovation in an open and reliable environment and this saves me time and money.”

LinkedIn, which has continued to see incredible growth among professionals spanning all sectors looking to build and leverage their networks, has selected Sun's MySQL Enterprise database subscription to support the company's rapid growth.

“Helping LinkedIn to scale their Web systems demonstrates the strength of combining the Sun and MySQL teams,” said Zack Urlocker, vice-president of products, database group, Sun Microsystems. “Our focus is on delivering customers innovative solutions in a straight-forward, cost-effective way -- based on open source software and other high-performance, reliable platforms.”

Allowing members to create profiles, connect with and be found by friends, former colleagues, clients and partners, LinkedIn enables individuals to build out their networks with old and new contacts alike. Like many social networking sites, LinkedIn is experiencing sustained growth in popularity with membership numbers soaring and is seeing daily downloads of approximately 200 million. Wanting to maintain the highest levels of service, LinkedIn worked closely with Sun's MySQL professional services group to review its existing MySQL deployment and propose a suitable solution to meet the company’s growth needs.