Diegesis becomes Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation to champion digital transformation in an open-source environment

Nick Denning

Diegesis, the London-based business and technology consultancy, is pleased to announce that it has joined the non-profit MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor to ensure one of the world’s most popular database servers – that also powers Wikipedia – remains free of charge and accessible to all. The MariaDB Server is a general-purpose open-source Relational Database Management System (DBMS) that relies solely on funding from benefactors like Diegesis. Today’s announcement also strengthens Diegesis’ commitment to enabling organisations in the public and private sector to modernise and migrate their legacy systems to the latest technology frameworks without vendor lock-in, limits or licensing traps.

We are delighted to advance the cause of MariaDB in creating a global open-source ecosystem that benefits developers, businesses and the communities they serve. MariaDB’s ethos matches our own aspirations for digital freedom, providing innovative, vendor-agnostic solutions that meet our customers’ needs. By blending our specialism in Ingres technology with MariaDB’s unrivalled expertise in DBMSs, we aim to build resilient data management systems that are fit for the future in a truly transparent, inclusive and collaborative way.
Diegesis helps organisations to maximise their IT investments by stabilising, optimising, upgrading and migrating legacy systems and databases. The company offers services from a team that combines 30+ years of experience in legacy technologies such as Ingres, COBOL and TUXEDO, in addition to expertise in the latest open-source technologies, cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google GCP. Diegesis staff have been specialists in Ingres since the late 1980s and today, works closely to serve the Ingres community, assisting organisations to maintain, manage or migrate their Ingres systems where a compelling business case exists.

We are thrilled to welcome Diegesis into our sponsorship family. Their decades-long experience in bridging legacy and modern systems is a perfect match for MariaDB’s mission — ensuring that innovation remains open and accessible while respecting the investments organisations have already made. Together, we can help more businesses achieve digital transformation without losing their independence.

CEO of MariaDB Foundation

CEO, Diegesis
Anna Widenius

Diegesis is a tech consultancy partner that can be trusted to leverage an organisation’s existing technologies, while guiding them through the process of digital transformation at a pace which suits their strategic ambitions. The company’s comprehensive range of services encompasses new solutions development, trouble-shooting, project management, knowledge transfer, risk management as well as customised training and support. For more information, visit www.diegesis.co.uk