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Former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos Joins RightScale Board of DirectorsSanta Barbara, Calif., May 28, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- RightScale, Inc., (http://www.rightscale.com)the leader in cloud computing management, today announced that Marten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL, has joined its board of directors. Mickos brings extensive knowledge and experience in high growth startups from his role at MySQL, where he guided MySQL's successful commercial open source business through to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems in 2008. "I am extremely pleased that Marten will be contributing to the vision and direction of RightScale at a time of explosive growth for the company and the industry," said Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO. "Marten has proven to be one of the industry's most innovative leaders, and we hope to tap his experience as we aggressively expand RightScale's cloud management offerings to new markets." Mickos served as CEO of MySQL from 2001 to 2008. Following MySQL's acquisition by Sun Microsystems in 2008, he held the position of senior vice president of the database group at Sun until 2009. Mickos received the Audemars Piguet "Changing Times Award: European Entrepreneur of the Year 2006," and the Nokia Foundation Award, for inspirational leadership of an international software company. He holds a M.Sc. in technical physics from Helsinki University of Technology. "RightScale has established itself as a leading cloud management platform, and the company continues to demonstrate tremendous momentum as its customer base and ecosystem expand with strategic partners like Sun and Canonical," noted Mickos. "I look forward to offering my experience as a member of the RightScale board to help the company maintain and expand its leadership in a rapidly growing market." For more information about RightScale and the RightScale Cloud Management Platform (http://www.rightscale.com/products/), please go to http://www.RightScale.com. About RightScale, Inc. RightScale is the leader in cloud computing management. Founded in 2006, the company offers a fully automated cloud management platform that enables organizations to easily deploy and manage business critical applications across multiple clouds with complete control and portability. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform is delivered as "software as a service" (SAAS) and is available in a range of editions, from the free Developer Edition to Enterprise Editions. To date, thousands of deployments and more than 400,000 servers have been launched on the RightScale Platform for leading companies such as Animoto, Playfish, Sling Media and TC3. To learn more about RightScale, please go to http://www.RightScale.com (http://www.RightScale.com). RightScale is a registered trademark of RightScale, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Other product or company names mentioned may be trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. Press Contacts: Lisa Sheeran Sheeran/Jager Communication for RightScale 510-724-2267 ### Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2470094.htm. PRWeb.com |