Application of the Year Awards—2009

The MySQL Application of the Year is awarded to the developers of some of the best production applications that showcase MySQL's innovative features and provide tangible benefits to their organization and its users.

• Zappos.com Established in 1999, Zappos.com has quickly become a leader in online apparel and footwear sales by striving to provide shoppers with the best possible service and selection. In 2008, the company's gross merchandise sales exceeded $1 billion. Zappos.com selected MySQL as the only database to run its e-commerce website, including all the financial transactions, since its earliest start-up days. The MySQL databases have scaled well with Zappos' business growth and serve 8.2 million paying customers today.More info »
• Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent is a leading telecom equipment provider. It offers telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, and enables these customers to deliver voice, data and video services. Alcatel-Lucent runs multiple mission-critical applications on MySQL Cluster, including HLR (i.e. Home Location Register), which contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the network, and XDMS (i.e. XML Document Management Server), which allows end-users to manage their contact information and group memberships in a unified list that is stored in the operator's network. More info »
• Symantec Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage, and systems management solutions to help organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Symantec’s Brightmail range of products are leading providers of antispam and antivirus capabilities to the largest service providers as well as to enterprises from small-businesses to the Global 1000. The combination of Symantec’s Brightmail software and Sun’s MySQL provides a complete solution for service providers that is hard to beat in key areas such as performance, effectiveness and TCO.More info »