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Jun
14
2011
Jun
07
2011
If you missed the general public call for papers, you have another opportunity to get included in this year's event! Submit a paper through Oracle Mix.
Do you believe your MySQL topic would grab the
OpenWorld audience? We invite you to submit it for review
and voting by your peers. Sessions with the highest number of
votes within tracks will be included in this year's event and
speakers will get a free pass to Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The paper
submission and voting on Oracle Mix goes through June 19, 2011.
Get your submissions in early to maximize your voting
potential!
Get more information and suggest a session here.
May
19
2011
Want to win the title of Developer, DBA or IT Manager of the Year?
Can you demonstrate outstanding achievements using MySQL and/or other Oracle technologies?
Formerly Oracle Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards and now part of Oracle’s prestigious Oracle Excellence Awards program, these awards honor Oracle technologists for their cutting-edge solutions using Oracle products and services. Winners are selected based on a compelling story of technology leadership and innovation that differentiates them from others in their roles. The awards will be presented during Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (October 2–6) in San Francisco.
The 10 winners will be selected across 10 award categories.
Read more and submit nominations …
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Sep
27
2010
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 is over! While I had to leave early Tuesday (the paying job takes precedence over the volunteer job), there are many things to talk about that happened while I was at OpenWorld this year. I’ll attempt to cover a few of them in this posting.
Saturday Night, the ODTUG Board and YCC staff got together to discuss our plans and obligations for the week. With Sunday User Forum, MySQL Sunday, and Oracle Develop to attend to during the week, along with many other meetings, this was an important start to the week. It was nice for everyone to see everyone again, and to recharge and energize for the tasks ahead during the week. Below is a picture of fellow Board Members Barbara Morris and Monty Latiolais at the dinner at Annabelle’s Bar and Bistro.
Saturday Evening Dinner before OpenWorld 2010
Sunday morning, I had a …
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Sep
23
2010
Openworld 2010, despite the supposedly lagging economy, had record attendance again this year. No doubt this was the result of Oracle acquiring something like fourteen companies since last year, including Sun in 2009. The crowds were thick, divided about evenly between geeks in badly-fitting vendor t-shirts and slick sales-side hustlers with dress pants and shiny shoes. I landed somewhere in the middle of the two (badly-fitting dress shirt, comfortable jeans and loafers), proudly sporting a long dangling codpiece of ribbons from my attendee badge:
My OOW2010 Codpiece
Oracle made a number of important announcements this year at OpenWorld, including a the Exalogic machine, and support for Amazon EC2, which I blogged about …
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Sep
19
2010
JavaOne starts on Monday, but several key events are tomorrow, Sunday, including the keynote for OOW and the GlassFish Community Event and Party :-).
This will be a very busy week; below is a list of guides to (some) of the main events.
The JavaOne Conference Blog is the official source:
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Nov
13
2007
Gosh I really love that word “open”. When I hear it, I just get all warm inside. I’ve always liked that Oracle used the word in it’s big annual conference name. And this year’s show is bigger than ever. I heard a rumor that there were 50,000 people here this year. With an ever increasing round of acquisitions, the exhibitor and user communities just keep growing.
As you can see from this photo, they’ve totally blocked off Howard Street. The video billboard there is at the 3rd street end. I managed to catch it showing a frame of an open world!
Behind the billboard are tents where the lunchtime cafeteria was, because all the other square footage is now taken by exhibitors big and small.
And wow, were there a lot of vendors. Even MySQL AB was here, as I blogged about …
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