{"id":749327,"date":"2013-05-01T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=641507"},"modified":"2013-05-01T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:46:50","slug":"xeround-pulls-the-plug-on-free-cloud-database-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/749327","title":{"rendered":"Xeround pulls the plug on free cloud database option"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xeround<\/a> is shutting down its free MySQL database service<\/a> next week. An email went out May 1 alerting customers that they should move their database instance to another service before midnight eastern time May 8 to avoid downtime.<\/p>

The two paid versions of the MySQL service — which runs on Amazon Web Services; Rackspace, AppFog, Heroku and HP Cloud — were not mentioned in the email.<\/p>

Cloud vendors who came with an array of free or near-free services on a variety of clouds now appear to be narrowing their focus. AppFog said it was doing just that last week when it said it was dropping Rackspace<\/a> from its stable of supported clouds.<\/p>

Xeround could not be reached for comment but rivals are circling — ClearDB and Cloudant posting tweets to woo Xeround users.<\/p>

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