As an update to the previous announcement from Mar 25, 2014 please find below the updated list of events where MySQL Community team is attending and/or supporting. This time you can find not only EMEA & APAC ones but also conferences & events we are covering in the US & Canada. You are invited to meet our engineers at the events below.  

EMEA 

• NEW!! BGOUG, Sandanski, Bulgaria, June 13, 2014
  •  Georgi Kodinov will attend and speak at this local Oracle User Group event. Feel free to come.
• PHP Tour Lyon, Lyon, France, June 23-24, 2014
  • MySQL …

The PHP UnConference is taking place on May 17-18, 2014 on the Island of Majorka. MySQL team is going to be presented by Ulf Wendel at this event. As usual for all UnConferences there is no sessions/talks schedule announced prior the conference, attendees might vote for the most interesting topics at the event. So, do not miss to come to PHP UnConference at lovely Island of Majorka!! (in the case you still do not know whether come or not, maybe the price of tickets, weather forecast and/or flight ticket from several locations might convince you...). 

The Solutions Linux & OpenSource …

So I recently realized that I have not yet talked much about MySQL partitions.
Many good blog posts on MySQL partitions already exists and I have listed a few below.

• http://glynndba.blogspot.com/2009/10/rolling-time-based-partitions.html
• http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2010/12/11/mysql-partitioning-can-save-you-or-kill-you/
• http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2010/05/two-quick-performance-tips-with-mysql.html
• …

The OpenSUSE Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia started today and will continue till Monday April 28, 2014. MySQL team is going to be part of this event. Do not miss to visit our booth, which will be located on the ground floor as well as come to listen 2 MySQL talks (see OpenSUSE schedule):

• Georgi Kodinov is going to have a talk about "Protect your MySQL server". His talk is scheduled for Friday, April 25, 2014 @ 13:00 in Ragusa mtg.room 
• Norvald Ryeng will talk about "The upstream view" - Package maintenance as seen from MySQL Engineering. His talk is scheduled for Sunday, April 27, 2014 @ 13:00 in Ragusa mtg.room

For the whole conference plan you can check the …

It is our pleasure to announce MySQL presence at the OpenSource Developer Conference in Taipei, Taiwan next week. MySQL has secured 2 talks and the booth where you can meet our MySQL experts. Please mark your calendars for April 11-12, 2014, especially for following MySQL talks:

• Sharding and Scale-out Using MySQL Fabric by Ryusuke Kajiyama, the OSS specialist with over 10 years of experience in system design utilizing MySQL and Open Source solutions. His talk is scheduled for Apr 11 @ 10:20-10:50.
• MySQL Utilities by Ivan Tu, the MySQL Sales Consultant in Taipei. Ivan has Java programming background and is experienced in both, MySQL and Oracle database. His talk is scheduled for Apr 11 @ 11:50-12:20.

We are looking forward to talking to you at the OSDC next week!

This weekend we are going to be part of the LOADays Conference (Linux Open Administration Day) a free open source event hold in Antwerp, Belgium, followed by the tutorial on Monday, April 7th.

Do not miss to attend this small but friendly event hold in Antwerp, the second biggest city in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province. So, you can join the sightseeing with attending LOADays and getting in touch not only with a Linux people but also with MySQL!!

MySQL is represented by our colleague Carsten Thalheimer who is going to have a talk about "Why MySQL in a Business critical environment". His talk is planned for Sunday, April 6, 2014 @ 13:30.

For the whole conference plan you can check the Schedule section of the LOADays website.

See you …

Are you already a MySQL User Group Leader?

or

Are you thinking about taking this role in the near future?

If yes, please let me invite you to the Annual User Group Leaders' Summit organized by Oracle User Group team. The purpose of this 2 days meeting is sharing the expertise, knowledge and share experience with leading the UG as well as learning of the new ways how to handle groups by using new technologies & tools (i.e. Cloud..).

It is great opportunity to talk to other User Group leaders and share the experience and knowledge with them. There will be Java User Group, Oracle User Group and of course MySQL User Group Leaders!

Find details about this event below and if you are interested and/or want to know more, please do not hesitate to contact myself or make a registration at the link below. You will be contacted by us with a …

As an update to the previous announcement from Feb 27, 2014 we would like to update you on the conferences which MySQL Community team is supporting with an attendance of MySQL technical staff and sometimes with Java, Oracle VM and Oracle Linux experts as well. You are invited to meet our engineers at any of the event below.  

EMEA 

• NEW! Open Source Days 2014, Bielsko, Poland, March 28-30, 2014
  • Our local MySQL colleague Marcin Szalowicz will attend this conference and represent MySQL there. Please come to hear his presentation on "MySQL Workbench …

On the road again - FOSSAsia

It has been a few busy months until now. I have moved from Italy to Thailand, and the move has been my first priority, keeping me from attending FOSDEM and interacting with social media. Now I start catching my breath, and looking around for new events to attend. But before I get into this, let’s make a few things clear:

• I am still working for Continuent. Actually, it’s because of my company flexibility that I could move to a different country (a different continent, 6 time zones away) without much trouble. Thanks, Continuent! (BTW: Continuent is hiring! )
• I am still involved with MySQL activities, events, and community matters. I just happen to be in a different time zone, where direct talk with people in Europe and …

The MySQL February Newsletter is available! Find out the latest news on MySQL products and MySQL Connect 2014, and read the technical tips written by MySQL experts at Oracle and in the community. Below are the highlights in this edition:

• Start Preparing for MySQL Connect 2014 Call for Papers
• New GA Release: MySQL for Visual Studio
• Blog: State of the UNION
• Blog: New MySQL Web Installer -- Have You Tried It Yet?
• Blog: MySQL Workbench: Frequent Crashes on Mac OS X? This Might Be The Fix
• Event: MySQL Seminars Are Coming to a City Near You

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