Zero-Management, Highly Available Cloud Database Now Scales .NET and PHP applications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—May 14, 2012 - Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced the availability of their database-as-a- service for MySQL applications as an add-on for the AppHarbor .Net platform and for AppFog’s PHP Fog PHP platform.

Xeround’s  add-on provides .NET and PHP developers using these platforms with a zero-management, highly available and scalable cloud database solution in just one click.

Xeround’s add-on on AppHarbor and AppFog platforms provide simple one-click integration between the applications hosted on these platforms and Xeround’s Database-as-a-Service. From the users’ perspective, all they need to do is add the add-on to their application from within their environment. This automatically creates a MySQL-compatible cloud database that easily connects to their application.

Unlike other database solutions, Xeround is the only true native cloud database — engineered specifically for the unique cloud environment thus avoiding the pitfalls of a traditional MySQL installation in the cloud.

Xeround is already available as an add-on for Heroku and Engine Yard and is also running on Amazon EC2 and Rackspace, as well as on HP Cloud Services  in beta. This latest AppHarbor and PHP Fog integrations marks Xeround’s continued expansion to additional cloud platforms.

Xeround’s add-on on AppHarbor is available in Xeround’s FREE, BASIC and PRO plans as a complete end-to-end solution for seamlessly developing MySQL applications in the cloud. PHP Fog users will initially be offered Xeround’s FREE version, soon to expand to additional plans to enable automatic scaling and more robust features.

“Xeround’s service as an add-on for AppHarbor and PHP Fog showcases our traction and the increasing demand for developing MySQL apps on multiple cloud platforms,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “Now even more developers can develop in the cloud using their chosen platform and enjoy the no-downtime guarantee and true elasticity of Xeround’s service.”

“We’re excited to have Xeround Cloud Database available as an add-on for the AppHarbor platform,” said Michael Friis  at AppHarbor co-Founder. “Xeround is a great fit for .Net developers looking for an easy way to ensure a scalable and cost-effective MySQL database in the cloud.”

“Adding Xeround to our Add-On program will enable developers to gain access to a great relational database-as-a-service solution,” said Lucas Carlson, CEO and Founder. “We believe that having these choices within our ecosystem continues to make developers’ lives easier and are excited to offer Xeround’s robust SQL database service to our customers.”

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About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Mountain View, California with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow @Xeround on Twitter.

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A Free, Zero-Management, Highly Available Cloud Database for MySQL Applications Now Available to HP Cloud Services Users.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—May 10, 2012 - Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced the availability of their database-as-a-service for MySQL applications on HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com).

Xeround is already available on Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Heroku, and Engine Yard. This latest support for HP Cloud Services is another milestone in Xeround’s continuous expansion to offer its popular cloud database on additional cloud providers and platforms – allowing users the choice to run their Xeround Database with their preferred cloud vendor.

When signing up for Xeround, users can now choose to create their cloud database on HP’s public cloud infrastructure. Initially, Xeround offers its Xeround FREE edition in beta on HP Cloud Services, with additional plans being rolled out in the coming months.

Xeround’s native cloud technology, engineered from the ground up for the cloud environment, is the most robust solution for running MySQL in the cloud. Xeround Cloud Database ensures high availability and scalability of MySQL applications all in a zero-management, simple, database service.

“We’re excited to offer Xeround Cloud Database on HP Cloud Services,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “HP Cloud Services users can now enjoy no downtime and unlimited scalability for their MySQL database in the cloud with just one click.”

To create a free cloud database instance on HP Cloud Services, simply sign up here.

About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Mountain View, California with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow @Xeround on Twitter.

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Zero-Management, Highly Available Cloud Database for MySQL Applications Now Available to UK Users

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—May 9, 2012 - Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced the availability of their database-as-a-service for MySQL applications on Rackspace Cloud UK datacenter.

Xeround is already available on Rackspace Cloud in the US, as well as on Amazon EC2 in the US and in Europe, Heroku, Engine Yard, and most recently in beta on HP Cloud Services.

This latest addition of Rackspace UK datacenter marks Xeround’s continued expansion to additional regions, cloud providers and cloud platforms worldwide.

Now, Rackspace Cloud users in the UK can experience a zero-management, highly available and scalable cloud database solution in just one click — without having to install, configure or maintain their own MySQL database in the cloud.

Available in BASIC and PRO levels, Xeround’s database-as-a-service boasts a complete end-to-end solution for seamlessly running MySQL applications in the cloud. Unlike other database solutions, Xeround is  the only true native cloud database — engineered specifically for the unique cloud environment thus avoiding the pitfalls of a traditional MySQL installation in the cloud.

UK customers can simply register to Xeround’s service to create their cloud database, choosing Rackspace’s UK datacenter from the list of available datacenters. The first 30 days of using Xeround BASIC or Xeround PRO plans are free.

“The availability of Xeround’s service on the UK Rackspace Cloud is the direct result of the growing demand from developers around the globe asking for our cloud database service for their MySQL apps,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “Now those in the UK can experience the least amount of friction while developing in the cloud and enjoy Xeround’s no-downtime guarantee and true elasticity.”

“We’re delighted that Xeround’s database solution is now available on the UK Rackspace Cloud, and is readily available to customers wanting to use our UK datacenter,” said Peter Day, Senior Product Manager at  Rackspace.

“By choosing Xeround, we know our database is always live and scales automatically without worrying about maintaining and supporting it ourselves,” said Rajiv Perera, partner at Blue Saki Online. “By offloading database management in the cloud to those that do it best, we’re able to focus on our code rather than IT, and save considerable time, effort and cost.”

To create a free cloud database instance or start a free trial, simply sign up here.

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About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Mountain View, California with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow @Xeround on Twitter.

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Zero-management, highly available MySQL cloud database ideal for smaller applications and on-going development, testing and staging purposes.

Mountain View, CA –(January 11, 2012) – Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced Xeround FREE, a free version of its popular cloud database for MySQL applications. Xeround FREE provides MySQL users a free, zero-management, highly available cloud database solution in just one click – without having to install, configure and maintain a MySQL database in the cloud.

Xeround FREE is suitable for smaller applications as well as for on-going development, testing and staging environments. In addition to guaranteeing high availability with its built-in replicas and a unique self-healing architecture, Xeround FREE is also the only true native cloud database – engineered specifically for the unique cloud environment – thus avoiding the pitfalls of a traditional MySQL installation in the cloud. Available up to 10Mb at no charge, Xeround FREE is initially offered on Amazon EC2 in the US and as an add-on for the Heroku platform, expanding to additional cloud datacenters in the near future.

“Xeround FREE is the direct result of developers asking for a free version of our cloud database service for their MySQL apps,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “Now everyone can enjoy a zero-management, simple, always-on database for their apps at no cost – so developers can experience the least amount of friction while developing in the cloud. Unlike Amazon RDS or other MySQL implementations out there, Xeround’s free offering is the only native cloud database, providing high availability and true elasticity with no management or configuration overhead.”

Xeround Cloud Database Editions

For customers that require larger database sizes, higher levels of scalability, additional support and SLA, Xeround is announcing two additional editions of the company’s cloud database solution: Xeround BASIC and Xeround PRO.

Xeround BASIC is ideal for medium-sized applications in need of high availability and scalability in the cloud. Xeround BASIC is limited up to 250MB and is offered in tiered pricing starting at $17/month.

Xeround PRO, the commercial version of Xeround’s database-as-a-service that launched last June, is suitable for mission-critical, larger-scale applications that require unlimited scalability, high availability SLA, scheduled backups and more.

Xeround PRO already has more than 300 paying customers and boasts a complete end-to-end solution for seamlessly running MySQL applications in the cloud. Xeround PRO also includes the industry’s first auto-scaling feature for the database tier – allowing it to automatically scale across multiple nodes when more resources are needed, and shrink back down when underutilized.

Xeround PRO is offered in a pay-per-use model starting at $0.21 for GB/hour of data (with a minimum charge for 0.5GB), and $0.43 for GB of data transfer.

Both Xeround BASIC and Xeround PRO are available on Xeround’s Amazon EC2, Rackspace and Heroku datacenters.

While Xeround FREE is free forever, users can also try Xeround BASIC and Xeround PRO for 30 days at no charge.
To create a free cloud database instance or start a free trial, simply sign up here.

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About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance.

The company is based in Mountain View, California with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow @Xeround on Twitter.

Popular database-as-a-service provider receives additional funding to address growing cloud-based data management needs.

Mountain View, CA –(December 14, 2011) – Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced that they have closed 9.3 million in a Series C round of financing led by their current investors including Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership.

Xeround offers a database-as-a-service for MySQL-based applications that’s elastic, linearly scalable and always on for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) environments.

“Xeround has emerged as a leader in cloud-based data management and the company’s execution on product and services is impressive,” said Arad Naveh, Partner at Benchmark Capital. “Developers will continue to need scalable, zero maintenance solutions for managing their data in the cloud. Xeround is well-positioned with its unique patented technology to excel in the market.”

Customers in the cloud ecosystem encounter various database challenges including the need for elastic usage, high availability and data synchronization. Designed and built specifically for the cloud, Xeround’s database-as-a-service solution effectively manages auto-scaling, high-availability, self-healing and multi-tenancy, while guaranteeing continuous service during schema changes, resource modifications and the scaling process. Xeround’s service already has hundreds of paying customers and boasts a complete end-to-end solution for seamlessly running MySQL applications in the cloud.

“We’re excited to further support the growing popularity of Xeround’s cloud database solution as well as expand our marketing and sales operations with this funding,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “We’re confident Xeround will continue to accelerate leadership in the space and deliver game-changing technology as the only native cloud database, providing high availability and true elasticity with no management or configuration overhead.”

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About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance.

The company is based in Mountain View, California with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow @Xeround on Twitter.

Mountain View, CA; O’Reilly Strata, NY Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, today announced the commercial availability of their database-as-a-service for MySQL-based applications on the Rackspace Cloud. Furthermore, the company is releasing an API, allowing developers to configure their application to automatically create and manage multiple database instances in the cloud.

After five months in beta serving hundreds of users, Xeround’s database-as-a-service has become commercially available on the Rackspace Cloud. This is in addition to commercial availability on Amazon EC2 and the Heroku platform announced last June. Xeround’s service will initially be offered on Rackspace in the US and then expanding to Rackspace UK and additional cloud providers in the next few months.

Xeround customers running their applications on Rackspace can now choose to create their cloud database on Rackspace as well, and enjoy Xeround’s no-downtime guarantee and true elasticity. Customers are entitled to a 30-day free trial, after which their database instance will be charged by actual usage- depending on data size and data transfer.

In addition, the company has released an API allowing developers to easily configure their software to provision and manage multiple Xeround cloud database instances.

Many applications today are required to create a new database instance for every end user or account that uses the service. This is especially true for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) applications. Effectively managing sometimes thousands of database instances is becoming a major operation problem for many providers. Each database has its own needs in terms of size, throughput and performance – and ensuring multi-tenancy, scalability and availability, is challenging. With Xeround’s API, these applications can easily create numerous database instances and assure they are optimally running in the cloud, and that all scalability and availability issues are automatically handled by the service itself.

“We’re thrilled that our offering is now commercially available on Rackspace,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “This is a major step forward for us in terms of offering our customers multiple cloud platforms to choose from – hundreds are already taking advantage of Xeround’s service on Rackspace. Further, the new API enables enterprises to take the headache and guess work out of manually dealing with multiple database instances by offering high availability and automatic scaling for the database with no management or development overhead.”

“Xeround’s solution on top of the Rackspace Cloud addresses customers who need a scalable, and reliable cloud database solution,” said Ven Shanmugam, Senior Manager, Strategy and Corporate Development at Rackspace. “Now with it being commercially available, any organization or developer can reap the benefits of an always-on and elastic MySQL cloud database on the Rackspace Cloud.” 

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About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance.

The company is based in Milpitas, CA. with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership.

Milpitas, CA — June 13th, 2011 — Xeround, the Cloud Database company, today announced the general availability of their cloud database service for MySQL applications. During the nine-month beta period that launched in September 2010, more than 2,000 users have tried Xeround, with many already using the service in live production environments.

“There has been great demand from our users and we are very happy to announce that our cloud database is now available for production environments,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “Xeround offers the market our simple, easy to use cloud database solution, allowing users to focus on their applications without worrying about the tedious tasks and frustrations involved with maintaining scalability and availability in the cloud.”

Xeround charges based on two usage metrics: Database Size and Data Transfer (data that is transferred between the application and the database). For end users, this simple and easy to manage pay-per-use model ensures that the costs of running their database are tightly linked to the scale of the application it supports in a truly dynamic and flexible way. Xeround’s database service includes built-in replicas and automatic failover to ensure high availability, as well as Xeround’s industry-first auto-scaling features.

Xeround becomes the first true pay-per-use cloud database service available in the market where customers only pay for actual resources consumed and not by server/instance size. Unlike other providers, such as Amazon RDS, that require customers to commit to a pre-set instance size that provides pre-set storage and processing capabilities, Xeround is able to automatically scale up or down to the exact needs of the application so that the database gets additional resources when it needs more size/throughput, and scales back down when it is underutilized. This effectively eliminates both over-provisioning and over-paying, meaning users truly only pay for what they use.

In addition, unlike other cloud services that do not offer their users any SLAs – Xeround guarantees 99.9% availability and no operation downtime of their cloud database. Xeround also includes email/web support and 24/7/365 phone support for critical issues as well as daily backups.

Users who register for Xeround will enjoy a thirty-day free trial with no credit card information required. After the trial period, users will be billed based on the actual resources consumed by their database. Xeround requires no subscription commitment and has no minimum charges. Database Size will be charged at $0.12/GB/hour, and Data Transfer will be charged at $0.46/GB. Furthermore, users who join by July 25^th will enjoy 25% off their monthly costs until the end of the year as a special introductory offer.

Xeround’s cloud database is now commercially available on Xeround’s Amazon EC2 datacenters (in the United States and in Europe,) the Heroku cloud platform, and will soon expand to Xeround’s Rackspace datacenter, with support for additional cloud providers planned in the near future.

About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Bellevue, Wash. with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information, visit http://xeround.com and follow Xeround on Twitter.

BELLEVUE, WA — (April 12, 2011) – Xeround, the Cloud Database company, today announced the addition of auto-scaling functionality to their cloud database for MySQL-based applications.

With the addition of auto-scaling capabilities, Xeround is the first cloud database in the industry, including Amazon RDS and Database.com, to offer robust elasticity with automatic rule-based scaling for MySQL databases in the cloud. Scaling up or down is done with no database downtime and is transparent to the application, meaning no code changes are required.

“Scaling an application by adding additional servers and a load balancer is a no-brainer, and many cloud providers offer that,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “In contrast, scaling the database in the cloud is much more difficult because of the cloud’s stateless environment, and is potentially risky as it can cause a temporary denial of service. Xeround’s automatic scaling is a major step forward in simplifying the way databases are managed in the cloud”.

Automatic scale-up allows the database to instantly increase its resources when data capacity or throughput reach critical thresholds as defined by the user. To enjoy auto-scaling, all users need to do is log in to their Xeround Database Manager console and define the threshold at which they wish the database to automatically scale up. By the same token, when the database is under-utilized, automatic scale-down shrinks database resources to save costs, while ensuring that the system will continue to function without disruption.

Automatic scaling and the dynamic allocation of resources are key to Xeround’s ability to bill users based on actual usage, and not by a pre-set instance, which often results in over-provisioning. As Xeround’s auto-scaling feature develops, users will be able to configure advanced rules and policies for automatically assigning resources to their database as their application demands.

Thousands of users have tried the Xeround cloud database service public beta, which now includes auto-scaling. To try Xeround, visit http://xeround.com.

About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Bellevue, Wash. with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information visit http://xeround.com and follow Xeround on Twitter.

BELLEVUE, WA– (Marketwire – April 12, 2011) - Xeround (www.xeround.com), the Cloud Database company, today announced that their database-as-a-service for MySQL-based applications is now built on top of the Rackspace Cloud. In addition, Xeround has entered into the Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX) Cloud Tools Program.

Xeround’s cloud database architecture is vendor-agnostic, meaning it can run on any cloud service provider. Users that choose Xeround can avoid vendor lock-in and run their database on any cloud provider as well as migrate seamlessly between different clouds without requiring any code changes to their applications.

Xeround’s database-as-a-service is already available on Amazon EC2 in the United States and in Europe, and on the Heroku platform-as-a-service.  Xeround has many users running on Rackspace that have requested Rackspace support – this announcement serves to meet the demand Xeround already sees in the market.

When signing up for Xeround, customers can now choose to create their cloud database in Rackspace’s data center. The service will initially be offered as a limited beta on the Rackspace Cloud in the US, and full integration with the Rackspace Cloud in the UK is scheduled to be available within the next couple of months.

“Rackspace is excited to have Xeround’s MySQL database as a service built on top of the Rackspace Cloud and made available to our customers who need a cloud database solution,” said Nishan Sivathasan, Director of Corporate Development at Rackspace Hosting. “Xeround is meeting the growing demands for an always-on and elastic cloud database, and we are pleased to work with them to provide customers more efficient and scalable services for MySQL databases on the Rackspace Cloud.”

“We are very excited to be partnering with Rackspace,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “Rackspace is one of the leading vendors of cloud computing, and adding Rackspace to our service is a major step forward for us in offering our customers multiple cloud platforms to choose from.”

Xeround and Rackspace will host a joint webinar on May 3^rd, 2011. To register, visit https://cc.readytalk.com/r/ob8plpzpb06f

About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as aDatabase-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Bellevue, Wash. with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information visit http://xeround.com and follow Xeround on Twitter.

Xeround, the Cloud Database company, today announced the availability of their database service for MySQL-based applications as an Add-on for the Heroku cloud platform – the most popular PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) for Ruby developers.

Xeround’s Heroku add-on provides simple one-click integration between Heroku applications and Xeround’s Database-as-a-Service.

From the users’ perspective, all they need to do is add the add-on to their application from within the Heroku environment. This automatically creates a MySQL-compatible cloud database that easily connects to their application. Xeround’s cloud database enables Heroku users to take advantage of a highly available and elastic database that can grow in size and throughput as required by the application.

“Xeround is already running on Amazon EC2, and we’re very pleased to announce that our service is now available also to Heroku users as a simple add-on,” said Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround. “This is just the first of many steps we’re taking to expand Xeround’s database for the cloud, enriching our feature set and enabling easy integration with popular platforms in the cloud ecosystem.”

“We’re excited to have the Xeround Cloud Database available as a Heroku add-on,” said Morten Bagai, Senior Director of Product Management at Heroku. “The cloud, and the Heroku Platform in particular, promises simplicity – both in the development stages and in production. A simple cloud database is therefore great fit for Heroku developers looking for an easy way to ensure a stable and cost-effective database in the cloud.”

Xeround’s database is currently the only horizontally scalable and highly available SQL database available for Heroku users. To try Xeround’s add-on for Heroku – currently in private beta – Heroku users should sign up for the Heroku beta program by sending an email to beta@heroku.com.

About Xeround

Xeround enables a truly scalable cloud computing infrastructure by providing elastic and highly available database software for public and private clouds. Xeround’s cloud database for MySQL-based applications allows service providers, ISVs and customers to easily run their applications in the cloud and automatically scale up or down, all while ensuring availability in the event of failure or schema changes. The product is well-geared to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers, and is available either as a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) or as a virtual appliance. The company is based in Bellevue, Wash. with research and development in Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. For more information visit http://xeround.com and follow Xeround on Twitter.