Xeround is shutting down its free MySQL database service 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.
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.
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 from its stable of supported clouds.
Xeround could not be reached for comment but rivals are circling — ClearDB and Cloudant posting tweets to woo Xeround users.
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