Google Announces Cloud SQL
by Steve Stringer • October 7, 2011 • News • 0 Comments
Google have announced the launch of their Cloud SQL product. This is a MySQL variant that stores the database in the cloud and works in conjunction with Google’s App Engine service. Until now, App Engine developers have had to rely on rough, schemaless file systems to store data objects. Now, they can take advantage of a MySQL-like database stored in the cloud. Read on for details and article links.

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