I am one of the crazy individuals(*) that will be speaking at both the regular O’Reilly MySQL Conference and the IOUG Collaborate conference both being held in the second week of April. My 4 presentations are:

• Monday 3:45-4:45pm in Orlando – Common MySQL Scalability Mistakes
• Wednesday 2:00-3:00pm in Santa Clara – Add to Your O’Reilly Schedule – Best Practices for MySQL DBAs and Developers Part 1
• Wednesday 3:05-3:50pm in Santa Clara – …

Just as a reminder, don’t miss tomorrow’s free webinar.

February 16: COLLABORATE Sneak Preview: The Story of MySQL
Register today
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CT
Kaj Arnö, EVP Products, SkySQL Ab
MySQL (R) is a database owned by Oracle. But it’s a different creature. In a sneak preview of the upcoming COLLABORATE 11 session “MySQL, the Ecosystem, the Product: The Real Story for the IOUG”, MySQL veteran Kaj Arnö will describe the essentials of MySQL’s background and history, to the extent it’s relevant for today’s needs of an Oracle DBA/Developer. A lot of this webinar will be geared towards people new to MySQL, but it’s also a great way to look at how MySQL became what it is today.

The Independent Oracle Users Group, a dolphin-friendly database community, is offering four days of sessions dedicated to MySQL at COLLABORATE 11, and we want you to present! Bring your brainpower to the premier, user-driven MySQL event of 2011 - submit your abstract today. The deadline has been specially extended for MySQL speakers until October 11, but don’t wait to submit – get your session entered today! Learn more at http://collaborate11.ioug.org/mysql.