"MariaDB x VSHN: Engineered for What's Next" by Jonas Schwegler, MariaDB, and Aarno Aukia, VSHN

In person in Zurich on 19 October 2026: the technical deep dive with Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL and MariaDB. Register at https://luma.com/ezunwxor Jonas Schwegler, Account Executive at MariaDB, and Aarno Aukia, Co-Founder and Partner at VSHN, on running MariaDB in Switzerland, by people in Switzerland. They cover why the two companies partnered, how the MariaDB Foundation keeps the code from being bought, where MariaDB already runs (Nextcloud, Adobe Commerce, ServiceNow), and why sovereignty is a question of who can switch a service off, not only of who can read the data. Jonas walks through the MariaDB Enterprise Platform: MaxScale as a SQL-aware proxy, failover with transaction replay, asynchronous and Galera topologies, vector search from MariaDB 11.8, AI RAG and the MCP server. Aarno shows Managed MariaDB by VSHN on Kubernetes and OpenShift, what stays free under GPLv2 regardless of subscription status, and when Community is enough versus when Enterprise is worth paying for. The Q&A covers reselling and third-level support, why an operator and not KEDA, who signs the contract, whether MaxScale is open source, and how MariaDB Enterprise is licensed per vCPU. Chapters 0:00 Teaser 0:37 Introductions and agenda 2:13 Why VSHN and MariaDB partnered 5:29 MySQL, Oracle, and the MariaDB Foundation 7:19 Where MariaDB already runs: Nextcloud, Adobe Commerce, ServiceNow 11:37 CHF 9 million for openDesk 12:38 Enterprise customers worldwide and in Switzerland 16:38 Sovereignty: who can switch it off 19:23 What the market asks for, and the acquisitions 26:36 MaxScale, failover and topologies 31:47 The Enterprise Platform, vector search, RAG and MCP 37:04 Managed MariaDB by VSHN 39:48 Community or Enterprise 42:14 Three layers, three licenses, and when Enterprise is worth it 47:53 Next steps: Zurich on 19 October and the Estate Health Check 50:05 Q&A Recorded at the joint MariaDB and VSHN webinar on 1 October 2026. Links Managed MariaDB by VSHN: https://managed-mariadb.ch