Sorry for the delay, as you can see I'm not a proficient blogger. :)

Anyway, I'd like to point out that in the last months I've delivered many new Italian webinars on interesting topics. The full list of recorded webinars can be found here:

http://www.mysql.it/news-and-events/on-demand-webinars/

Anyway it's worth to mention the latest like:

• Migliorate le prestazioni con MySQL Query Analyzer;
• Migrazione a MySQL, fa per voi; 
• Come scalare MySQL con Sun Systems;

Many others are coming. Hint: Data Warehousing is one of the most interesting field for MySQL!

See you soon.

Luca 

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Coming out of the day: I am not at the MySQL Conference and Expo 2009!

Andrey, who has developed the majority of the source code of both MySQL Connector/C++ and the MySQL native driver for PHP (mysqlnd), will be giving two talks about them. Lawrin, Andrey and I finished writing the slides for the Not so Quiet on the C++ Front talk. Johannes, Andrey and I also finished writing the slides for the mysqlnd: How the PHP/MySQL Stack Got Better presentation.

And, last but not least, …

Life is no Ponyhof (a modern German saying): With an unusually long and arduous 8-week beta phase, we have finally managed to release and announce a new "final" XAMPP version.

In this version of XAMPP we mainly updated: MySQL (5.1.33), PHP (5.2.9), and phpMyAdmin (3.1.3.1). The Linux and Mac OS X versions also contain updated versions of ProFTPD (1.3.2) and the Windows version updated FileZilla FTP Server to 0.9.31. And finally for all the early adopters we added current versions of the MySQL storage engines PBXT and PBMS to the Linux version of XAMPP.

As of today the Mac OS X version ends it beta status and enters the regular XAMPP release cycle. Thanks to Christian 'kleinweby' Speich for this great achievement and his work of the last months.

The downloads and more accurate details about the new versions are available at the respective …

Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof. Mit einer ungewöhnlich langen und beschwerlichen 8-wöchigen Beta-Phase haben wir es endlich geschafft und können erneut eine neue "finale" XAMPP-Versionen zum öffentlichen Download anbieten.

Aktualisiert wurden in diesem XAMPP: MySQL (5.1.33), PHP (5.2.9) und phpMyAdmin (3.1.3.1). In den Linux und Mac OS X Versionen wurde zusätzlich auch noch der ProFTPD auf 1.3.2 aktualisiert und die Windows-Version enthält den aktuellen FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.31. Für die Early Adopter unter Euch haben wir in der Linux-Version noch die aktuellen Versionen der MySQL-Storage-Engines PBXT und PBMS gepackt, mit denen u.a. Blobstreaming aus der Datenbank ermöglicht wird.

Außerdem verlässt die Mac OS X-Version mit dem heutigen Tag den Beta-Status und wird in den regulären und vollständigen XAMPP-Release-Zyklus aufgenommen. Vielen Dank an Christian 'kleinweby' Speich für diese großartige Leistung und …

On January the 9th, 2009 I've presented at the 3rd Annual Gestionale Open Developer Conference.

Gestionale Open is an open source ERP gathering interest in Italy, since it is compliant with local laws. This project has been started years ago by an entrepreneur with decades of experience in the field and now it's used by 100s of customers. They have concluded the porting to MySQL, which is now the default database for the product!

There were nearly 100 participants. Gestionale Open has catalyzed the interest of customers, distributors, software developers. It's nice to see complex business applications moving to open source.

The title of my presentation was: "Enterprise Innovation". I've chosen a banal title, but wishing to make an interesting dissertation on why MySQL is fuelling the innovation and who is using MySQL to seed projects and evolve from simple ideas to real business.

You can …

Sorry for the delay, as you can see I'm not a proficient blogger. :)

Anyway, I'd like to point out that in the last months I've delivered many new Italian webinars on interesting topics. The full list of recorded webinars can be found here:

http://www.mysql.it/news-and-events/on-demand-webinars/

Anyway it's worth to mention the latest like:

• Migliorate le prestazioni con MySQL Query Analyzer;
• Migrazione a MySQL, fa per voi;
• Come scalare MySQL con Sun Systems;

Many others are coming. Hint: Data Warehousing is one of the most interesting field for MySQL!

See you soon.

Luca

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Most notable, after the session, we continued the cultural exchange to a local restaurant that bears my name (correctly spelled!), where this heap of bread caught my eye. Thanks to …

MySQL Conference 2009 is coming around the corner, next week, in Santa Clara.

You may want to delve into the notes, as a fast way to learn about the happenings.

If you want to become an active code contributor to MySQL, the hackfest by Mark Callaghan seems interesting, and you should probably also start here and here. 

There will also be a special BoF geared to community contributors. (I still haven't been able to find out about the exact timing of this but you should be …

I wrote previously about what I’m looking forward to at the upcoming MySQL Conference (next week!). Now I want to write about the free, community-organized unconference being held concurrently, MySQL Camp 2009.

It runs from Sunday through Thursday of next week, which is even longer than the MySQL conference. It starts Sunday with a day of games, then there are really good sessions throughout the week. In fact, I daresay the schedule is at times more interesting than the main MySQL conference:

• Hackfest with Mark Callaghan.
• Ask a guru. Free advice from really expensive consultants!
• Presentations from “big name” speakers, such as the BigDBAHead pair, Jeremy Zawodny, and people from Percona.
• Predicting Performance …