Sun Microsystems today announced that SPEECH DESIGN, a leading European provider of messaging and mobility solutions for businesses and network operators, has selected Sun's MySQL™ Cluster database to promote carrier grade availability, performance and scalability of an innovative new messaging offering with reduced costs and faster time-to-market.

Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly Media have now opened registration and unveiled the program for the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo, April 20-23, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. The world's largest open source database event unites over 2,000 MySQL enthusiasts to harness the power of MySQL and celebrate the huge MySQL community.

To register and learn about early registration discounts, please visit www.mysqlconf.com.