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January 10, 2008
Virgin Mobile boosts support for key open source database
Opts for round-the-clock cover for text-message data stored in MySQL
By Computerworld UK reporter
Virgin Mobile said today it has upgraded to use a top-level enterprise support package for the open source MySQL database it has developed to track and manage the flow of SMS texts by its registered users.
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It has begun using MySQL’s platinum enterprise support to give it access to enterprise class software, monitoring tools and production support. With the service, the response of a MySQL support expert is guaranteed within less than 30 minutes 24 hours a day.
The mobile operator said tracking usage of its SMS service generated “considerable storage and processing requirements” and required a “highly available” database management system, which it had developed internally using MySQL, but the need round-the-clock support had then arisen.
Virgin Mobile has developed a range of open source applications to interrogate its data, based on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) platform.
It said its internal development programme based on open source ensured “a significant return on investment compared with a proprietary system.”
“This service is at the heart of all SMS/mobile applications – but also operates the CRM applications, the billing and the management of Virgin Mobile orders”, it added.
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