MySQL AB Names GoldenGate Software "Partner of the Year"

Leader in Transactional Data Management Recognized at MySQL Users Conference

San Francisco, Calif. - April 20, 2005 - GoldenGate Software Inc., the leading provider of transactional data management solutions, today announced that it has been named "Partner of the Year" by MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database. GoldenGate was selected based on criteria evaluating the company's ability to deliver high value to MySQL users. The award was presented by Marten Mickos, the CEO of MySQL AB during his keynote at the MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara, California on April 20, 2005.

"GoldenGate Software is a key partner for MySQL," said Zack Urlocker, vice president of Marketing for MySQL AB. "GoldenGate has shown its commitment and support to the open source community with its transactional data management solutions. By using GoldenGate and MySQL together, customers can implement database tiering to reduce the cost of ownership of their data infrastructure and ensure critical data is always accessible. MySQL and GoldenGate continue to work closely together to provide scaled-out solutions for the corporate enterprise."

Upon receiving the award, Tim Rathbun, GoldenGate's EVP Marketing commented, "GoldenGate and MySQL have built a successful partnership over the past year. With strong demand for open source among our large enterprise customers, we see the need to move their transactional data in real-time across their critical enterprise systems," added Rathbun. "GoldenGate enables augmenting existing database infrastructures with MySQL, achieving unparalleled scalability at a fraction of the cost. We are delighted to be recognized by MySQL for our commitment and support."

GoldenGate solutions can be used for real-time data integration and high-performance computing initiatives like database tiering - the process of synchronizing transactional data between a MySQL database and other production databases in real time while maintaining transaction integrity. This enables customers to distribute the workload and reduce the cost of ownership of their database infrastructure.

About GoldenGate Software
GoldenGate Software Inc. is the leader in transactional data management. Providing technology for capturing, transforming and moving transactional data in real time across major databases and environments, GoldenGate helps organizations mitigate risk, reduce costs and increase revenues. Fortune 500 companies use GoldenGate solutions to manage critical initiatives such as high performance computing, data integration, business continuity and compliance. Customers include Bank of America, Visa, Merrill Lynch & Co., Sabre Holdings, Comcast and Dell. GoldenGate broadens its global market reach through key relationships with ISV's, database providers and systems integrators, including ACI Worldwide, IDX Systems Corporation, Insession Technologies and HP. A private company, GoldenGate is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the web at www.goldengate.com.

Contact:
Robin Bulanti
Kulesa Public Relations/ for GoldenGate
robin@kulesapr.com
(650) 340-1986

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