MySQL UK Newsletter Oct 2008

MySQL Bulletin for UK and Ireland - October 2008 MySQL News MySQL Conference Update Upcoming MySQL Training Courses Upcoming Webinars Sun Startup Essentials MySQL News Zappos and MySQL Enterprise In this program, featured experts from Gartner and Sun Microsystems discuss the adoption and best practices of open source databases in the enterprise. You'll also learn how Zappos.com, a highly successful e-commerce site, saves over one million dollars a year and stays on top of its explosive growth by subscribing to Sun's MySQL Enterprise database subscription service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/sun_531/0/50111270/ MySQL Conference Update October 23rd saw the 4th Annual MySQL European Customer Conference 2008 to be held in London. The event went very well with attracting 265 attendees, approximately 50% year over year growth for this conference. Around 20% of the attendees came from outside the UK, primarily Nordics and Benelux but also some from Italy, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Feedback on the content, venue and networking opportunities was very positive and we look forward to seeing an even larger crowd attend an even more exciting event next year. Thanks goes to all the speakers including Richard Mason, Jay Huff, Robin Schumacher, Ivan Zoratti, Kai Voigt, Anders Karlsson & Jan Kneschke as well as Miriam Tuerk from MySQL Partner and Conference Sponsor Infobright. We also had an impressive presentation from Betfair/Tradefair describing how and why an Oracle user are deploying MySQL. To see such an intensive Oracle user endorsing MySQL really generated a lot of interest with the audience. And as if it was not enough, we also arranged a MySQL community meetup in a pub nearby where special guest, MySQL founder David Axmark discussed a range of topics about MySQL past and present. So as far as we can tell, it was a successful day. We'd value your feedback though, if you attended the conference and have constructive feedback about the day and how we could improve it then please drop a note to me, mbaker@mysql.com and in return I'll send you a little something for your efforts. I'm not sure what that little something will be, but trust me, it will be good. Upcoming MySQL Training Courses MySQL Performance Tuning Do you need to manage an increasing amount of data in your MySQL applications? Do you want to monitor, diagnose problem areas and tune MySQL for optimal performance? Do you want to write queries that take advantage of the MySQL 5.0 performance enhancements dealing with queries and indexing? Do you want to Evaluates the application architecture for efficient design, structure, caching, number of connections and other factors affecting performance Then MySQL 5.0 Performance Tuning is the class for you! The MySQL 5.0 Performance Tuning course is designed for Database Administrators and others who wish to monitor and tune MySQL. This course will prepare each student with the skills needed to utilize tools for monitoring, evaluating and tuning. Students will evaluate the architecture, learn to use the tools, configure the database for performance, tune application and SQL code, tune the server, examine the storage engines, assess the application architecture, and learn general tuning concepts. Availability: London Nov 24th - 27th MySQL for Database Administrators  Is your MySQL database secure? Do your users have the correct privileges and access rights? Is your MySQL database operating at optimal efficiency? Do you want to increase the performance of your database and make sure it scales? Do you want to save time using features like Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views? Do you want to utilize the new enterprise features of MySQL 5.0? Then MySQL for DBAs is the class for you! An Authorised MySQL instructor will teach you how to properly install MySQL, create and execute Backup Strategies, create secure Stored Procedures to update and access data and more! This instructor led, hands-on class will teach you how to secure users privileges, set resource limitations, and access controls. In addition, you will learn multiple new 5.0 features such as creating and using Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views. Availability: London 19 - 23 Jan 2009 MySQL High Availability Do you need to ensure that the MySQL database will experience a minimal loss of availability over time? Do you want to increase the availability for MySQL? Do you need to be able to present a MySQL high availability business case to the managerial positions which will make the final decision? Then you will find MySQL High Availability is the course for you! This course is designed for experienced database administrators and system architects that want to analyze and form a basis of understanding different high availability options, including clustering and replication solutions within MySQL. This course will provide the tools required to make the decision of what high availability solution is appropriate and how to implement a system with the correct design. Availability: London 15 - 18 Dec 2008 MySQL for Developers (5 days) Do you want to learn how to develop database applications on MySQL? Do you need to use MySQL Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, and Information Schema? Do you want to create complex reports, use complex queries to retrieve data and aggregate results? Do you want to transfer your data from one server to another? Then MySQL for Developers is for you! With an Authorized MySQL instructor and hands-on exercises you will learn how to develop applications with all the new features of MySQL 5.0 This instructor-led course is designed for students planning on developing applications that make use of MySQL 5.0. This course covers essential SQL statements for data design, querying, and programming. In addition, it will prepare students for the MySQL Developer certification. Availability: London 3 - 7 Nov 2008 Upcoming Webinars The Essentials of MySQL Backup & Recovery : Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL Thursday, November 06, 2008 Join us in the web seminar where you will learn how to: Perform Flexible Backups Backup Live MySQL Databases Without Impacting Applications & Users Perform One-Click Point-In-Time Recovery Centralize Global Backup Management Maximize Data Security Stay Informed Via Automated Alerts & Reports Easily Deploy Your Backup & Recovery Solution Control Your Data. All Open Data Formats. No Vendor Lock In Choose the best way to backup your MySQL database (logical, raw, full, incremental) Backup MySQL-based applications like SugarCRM and KnowledgeTree WHO: Jacob Shucart, Senior System Engineer, Zmanda Ram "TK" Krishnamurthy, VP, Support and Services, Zmanda WHAT: The Essentials of MySQL Backup & Recovery : Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL web presentation. WHEN: Thursday, November 06, 2008, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes long followed by Q&A. WHERE: Simply access the web seminar from the comfort of your own office. WHY: To find out how you can effectively manage backup and recovery processes for MySQL using Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL. To register for this webinar please visit: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-228.html Simple , Fast, and Flexible Data Warehousing with MySQL and Infobright. Tuesday November 25th,  - Web presentation, European business hours •    Do you have performance problems with an existing warehouse? •    Would you like to build a multi-terabyte data warehouse on MySQL? •    Are the costs of your data warehouse growing at an alarming rate? •    Does your data warehouse fail to handle complex or ad hoc queries? •    Are your IT and DBA resources stretched to the limit? If you answered yes to any of these questions, register for this webinar now! In today's fast moving business environment, it is clear that Business Intelligence (BI) is a mandatory part of any company's decision making environment. The question then becomes how to build this environment in a cost-effective way that keeps up with ever-changing business requirements, new and large numbers of users, all forms of analytics, and increasing volumes of data. Sign-up for this web presentation to learn: •    How BI helps businesses make better decisions and improve efficiency •    Why choosing a flexible data warehouse architecture is vital to ensuring BI success •    How MySQL and Infobright are working together to create a simple, fast, and flexible data warehouse, with a low total cost of ownership WHO: Miriam Tuerk, President and CEO of Infobright. WHAT: Simple, Fast, and Flexible Warehousing with MySQL and Infobright WHEN: Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, 14:00 London, 15:00 CET (Paris, Berlin Time) The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes long followed by Q&A WHERE: Simply access the web seminar from the comfort of your own office. WHY: Learn how MySQL and Infobright are working together to provide a simple, fast, and flexible data warehouse, with a low total cost of ownership To register for this web presentation, please go to: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-234.html The Sun Startup Essentials and MySQL If you are a company under 6 years old and with fewer than 150 employees then you can join other startup companies such as Last.fm and Fav.or.it, in the Startup Essentials Programme to take  advantage of a special discounts on select servers and leave the worry of scaling your company behind.  For example: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7552180/Startup-Essentials-Join-now-Servers-from-300 Also did you know that as a member of Startup Essentials, you can get *20% off MySQL Enterprise *Access to a network of VCs/Seed/Angel funds *Free Events such as Make IT Scale *Discounted Hosting - Cloud/Colo/Dedicated/Managed *Access to Sun engineers to answer those tough questions. So why are you waiting? If eligible Join Sun Startup Essentials today Note that MySQL AB also provides a global newsletter with more extensive articles and information. To sign up for that newsletter please go to: http://www.mysql.com/register.php Note that MySQL AB also provides a global newsletter with more extensive articles and information. To sign up for that newsletter please go to: http://www.mysql.com/register.php Best regards, MySQL AB Copyright 2008 MySQL AB| www.mysql.com

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The Essentials of MySQL Backup & Recovery : Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM)  for MySQL  Thursday November 6th - Web presentation, European business hours Do you have valuable data to protect in your MySQL production database? Do you need the ability to restore your MySQL data to any point-in-time in case of accidents? If so you don't want to miss this opportunity to learn about ZRM for MySQL, the only backup and recovery solution re-sold by MySQL.   Join us in the web seminar where you will learn how to: Perform Flexible Backups Backup Live MySQL Databases Without Impacting Applications & Users Perform One-Click Point-In-Time Recovery Centralize Global Backup Management Maximize Data Security Stay Informed Via Automated Alerts & Reports Easily Deploy Your Backup & Recovery Solution Control Your Data. All Open Data Formats. No Vendor Lock In Choose the best way to backup your MySQL database (logical, raw, full, incremental) Backup MySQL-based applications like SugarCRM and KnowledgeTree WHO: Jacob Shucart, Senior System Engineer, Zmanda Ram "TK" Krishnamurthy, VP, Support and Services, Zmanda WHAT: Web seminar: The Essentials of MySQL Backup & Recovery : Zmanda Recovery Manger (ZRM)  for MySQL  WHEN: Thursday, November 6th 2008, 16:00 UK, 17:00 CET The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes long followed by Q&A. WHERE: Simply access the web seminar from the comfort of your own office. WHY: To find out how you can effectively manage backup and recovery processes for MySQL using Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL. To register for this web presentation, please go to  http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-228.html Sincerely, MySQL AB Copyright 2008 MySQL AB| www.mysql.com

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MySQL Newsletter: October 2008

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Articles in this newsletter: Highlights MySQL European Customer Conference 2008 - Paris MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - Last Chance to Submit a Proposal MySQL University - Training on MySQL Development & Internals White Paper: Web 2.0 Lessons for Communications Service Providers Live Webinar: Using Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework with MySQL Case Study: KACE Deliver Mission-Critical Systems Management Solution Sun Startup Essentials - Get Your Startup off the Ground Fast New Product Releases New Release of MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.3 for Linux (Alpha) Hints & Tips Documentation: Browsing the MySQL Documentation by Topic PlanetMySQL Blog Posts PlanetMySQL Blog: Online Backup - Encryption PlanetMySQL Blog: A Bunch of Great Strategies for Using Memcached and MySQL Better Together PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Multi-Master - Single-Slave - Replication PlanetMySQL Blog: Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! PlanetMySQL Blog: Been too long in coming, more MySQL SSD benchmarks! PlanetMySQL Blog: Test application for MySQL High Availability (HA) Set-up PlanetMySQL Blog: Upgrade from MySQL Cluster 6.2 to 6.3 PlanetMySQL Blog: Preparing for Open SQL Camp Events Live Webinar: Better Performance, Development, and Installation with MySQL Embedded Server (October 21) Live Webinar: Troubleshooting Performance Issues and Managing Backup/Recovery with MySQL Enterprise and Zmanda Recovery Manager (November 19) Training, Consulting & Certification Consulting: MySQL Developer (4+ Days) Training: MySQL High Availability (3 Days) Partners IBM: Live Webinar, The Power of Open Development Tools and Applications Highlights MySQL Customer Conference 2008 Paris, November 19 A day packed with technical sessions, customer experiences and all round MySQL goodness! You will be able to learn, improve your skills and network with other MySQL users. Whatever your experience with MySQL, the MySQL conference will help you can get the most out of MySQL technology, and from the company now behind it, Sun Microsystems. Don't miss this once a year opportunity! Register Now » MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - Last Chance to Submit a Proposal The MySQL Conference & Expo 2009, April 20-23, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA, brings over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts together to harness the power of MySQL and celebrate the huge MySQL ecosystem. Take an active role in shaping the future of MySQL and related open source technologies by leading sessions and tutorials at the next MySQL Conference & Expo. Submit a Proposal (Deadline Oct 22, 2008) » MySQL University - Training on MySQL Development & Internals MySQL University is a no cost training program for Sun Database Group Engineers, MySQL Community Contributors and anyone who's interested in MySQL development and internals. Sessions are run via voice stream and IRC feedback channel and usually last for one hour. Topics include MySQL Optimizer, Using Memcached with MySQL, Low-level locking in mysqld and InnoDB and much more. For more information, visit » White Paper: Web 2.0 Lessons for Communications Service Providers In this two part whitepaper we compare the approaches and attitudes of the Web 2.0 industry and the Communications industry, as well as outline the changes that the Communications Service Providers and Telecom Equipment Manufacturers must embrace if they want to stay competitive and relevant in the new converged marketplace. Read the White Paper » Live Webinar: Using Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework with MySQL Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 10:00am PST In this new web seminar you'll learn about the new Entity Framework and how you can access these and other benefits with MySQL: Develop your application against SQL Server and then switch it to MySQL with zero code changes Optimize your database schema without requiring any code changes in your application Use LinQ syntax for type safety in your applications Register for this Webinar » Case Study: KACE Deliver Mission-Critical Systems Management Solution KACE is the leading systems management appliance company whose award-winning KBOX™ family of appliances provide PC and Server Lifecycle Management for mid-sized organizations. KACE uses MySQL in all of its appliances to provide the same ease-of-use, comprehensive capabilities, and low cost that its customers rely on their KBOX products to deliver. Read the Case Study » Sun Startup Essentials - Get Your Startup off the Ground Fast Sun Startup Essentials is an exclusive program designed to help startups get their business off the ground. If your company has been in business less than 6 years and has fewer than 150 employees, we can offer you the following benefits: VC Connect, which gives you the opportunity to connect with interested investors Deeply discounted servers certified for Linux, Windows, and Solaris OS No cost technical advice on hardware and OS from Sun engineers No cost web-based training on Solaris OS and GlassFish application server Special pricing on MySQL Enterprise Gold and MySQL Enterprise Unlimited Learn more » New Product Releases New Release of MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.3 for Linux (Alpha) Thanks again for the input and contributions we received since the last alpha build. We have incorporated fixes for building on other distros, cleaned up the source code and prepared a Ubuntu-repository for easy installing via apt package management. Note that we currently only offer i386 binary packages, if you need a package for some other architecture, please build it from sources. Learn more » Hints & Tips Documentation: Browsing the MySQL Documentation by Topic On the MySQL documentation team, we've been discussing how to split it into easier to digest portions. But a real split doesn't seem the best thing to do, so we've decided to make use of our Arbitrary Docs System that allows to create arbitrarily compiled documents from the MySQL Manual. That system, called Arby for short, was written by MC Brown, and creates "dynamic" excerpts from our documentation sources, rather than static copies, thus those excerpts are always as up to date as the complete Manual. On the MySQL Documentation Library page we've added a table with documents that serve the information needs of specific target groups, such as database administrators or developers. Learn More » PlanetMySQL Blog Posts The following blog posts are from PlanetMySQL. PlanetMySQL is an aggregation of blogs and news from MySQL developers, users and employees. It is an excellent source of all things MySQL, including technical tips and best practices. Visit PlanetMySQL » Submit Your Blog Feed » PlanetMySQL Blog: Online Backup - Encryption Peter Gulutzan A new addition inside the new "MySQL Online Backup" feature is encryption. Australian Senior Software Engineer Stewart Smith has already mentioned it a few months ago in his blog. There's a preview that you can download on the online backup pages. Probably it will be part of MySQL-6.0 source downloads soon. I've extract some paragraphs from what I wrote in a non-public worklog task, WL#4271. Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: A Bunch of Great Strategies for Using Memcached and MySQL Better Together Todd Hoff MySQL hosted two excellent webinars (referenced below) on the subject of how to deploy and use memcached. The star of the show, other than MySQL of course, is Farhan Mashraqi of Fotolog. Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL Multi-Master - Single-Slave - Replication Oli Sennhauser One of the features that make MySQL so great is its easy replication set-up. If you are experienced and know-how to do it, it takes you about 15 minutes to set-up a slave. From time to time some customers are asking for the other way: Many masters replicating to one slave (which is also called multi-source replication). Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! Don MacAskill There's remarkably little information online about using MySQL on ZFS, successfully or not, so I did what any enterprising geek would do: Built a box, threw some data on it, and tossed it into production to see if it would sink or swim. Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: Been too long in coming, more MySQL SSD benchmarks! Matt Yonkovit I presented these at an internal MySQL professional services meeting about a month ago - its mostly a hodge podge of various benchmarks - but enjoy! The big difference in these benchmarks vs the other benchmarks is I am testing on the memoright GT drive, which is supposed to be one of the fastest SLC drives out their currently. Lets get right too it. Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: Test application for MySQL High Availability (HA) Set-up Oli Sennhauser When I set-up a MySQL HA environment for customers I usually do some final fail over tests after configuring the whole beast. To check if the application behaves like expected I always run my little test application (test.sh) from the server(s) where the customers application runs. It displays "graphically" how the application behaves and you can show to the customer immediately what is going on... Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: Upgrade from MySQL Cluster 6.2 to 6.3 Johan Andersson Is it possible to upgrade from MySQL Cluster 6.2 to MySQL Cluster 6.3? Of course! Can it be done online? Sure! Here is how! Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » PlanetMySQL Blog: Preparing for Open SQL Camp Giuseppe Maxia The Open SQL Camp will take place in Charlottesville, VA, USA, on November 14, 15, and 16. Attendees are requested to register in the event's Wiki, and if you are interested in presenting something, there is a mailing list to discuss your intended topics. Read the PlanetMySQL Blogpost » Events Live Webinar: Better Performance, Development, and Installation with MySQL Embedded Server Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:00am PST In this technical webinar you will learn how to shorten your commercial application's development time, improve its performance, and eliminate the need for any customer database installations with MySQL Embedded Server. We will cover the following topics: Cross-platform development for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac Integration with Java, .Net, and other languages Choosing a MySQL storage engine Silently installing the MySQL server and clients with your application Designing and modeling a database using MySQL Workbench Register for this Webinar » Live Webinar: Troubleshooting Performance Issues and Managing Backup/Recovery with MySQL Enterprise and Zmanda Recovery Manager Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:00 am PST Are you experiencing pain points around diagnosing and fixing performance problems related to poorly performing SQL code? Do you have a data backup and recovery plan that ensures data availability and integrity in case of accidental data loss or destruction? Join Rob Young, Senior MySQL Enterprise Product Manager and TK Krishnamurthy, Vice President, Services, Support and Operations from Zmanda as they discuss the benefits of using MySQL Enterprise - including the new Query Analyzer - and backup/recovery with Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL to keep your MySQL systems high performing and safeguarded. Register for this Webinar » Training, Consulting, and Certification Consulting: MySQL Developer (4+ Days) A dedicated MySQL certified consultant will work closely with your team to: Analyze your current database application Analyze your database requirements Identify potential issues and limitations Benchmark, load test, and optimize critical SQL queries Help them implement best practices and recommend tools for developing your database infrastructure Learn More » Training: MySQL High Availability (3 Days) Paris, Cupertino, London, Singapore This course is designed for experienced database administrators and system architects that want to analyze and form a basis of understanding different high availability options, including clustering and replication solutions within MySQL. This course will provide the tools required to make the decision of what high availability solution is appropriate and how to implement a system with the correct design. Register Now for an Upcoming Date » Partners IBM: Live Webinar, The Power of Open Development Tools and Applications Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 11:00am PST This webinar session is designed to help IBM i application developers learn: How the DB2R Storage Engine for MySQL opens data to RPG and DB2 Web Query. How to bring information from your IBM i applications to the web with PHP. To deploy open source applications on i with PHP and MySQL. To leverage open source applications while simplifying data management. To Register, click on the "Enroll Now" for "IBM Power of i Webcast Series". Select the second series called "The Power of Open Development Tools and Applications" http://systeminetwork.com/sinetwork/events/2578 » If you wish to unsubscribe from future email communication from MySQL use the unsubscribe instruction below. 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	Less than 2 weeks to go - don't miss out! Register now MySQL is more than just software, a vibrant community and an enormous user base and ecosystem, it is part of the foundation of the modern, data driven, online world. Whether you are a developer, a solution architect, a project manager, a DBA or a senior executive, the MySQL European Customer Conferences are designed for you.		MySQL European Customer Conference, October 23 2008 Find out more and register
	A day packed with technical sessions, customer experiences and all round MySQL goodness. You will be able to learn, improve your skills, discuss and help advance MySQL as well as network with other MySQL users.
	Why should you attend? At the conference you will: Learn best practices to deploy & manage MySQL applications Understand how to take advantage of new technologies Get expert advice on MySQL performance tuning Develop your skills Ask all your questions directly to the experts Find out how you can benefit from our partners' solutions and more
	We look forward to meeting you there!
	Other European Dates: MySQL Central Europe Customer Conference - Munich - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 MySQL Southern Europe Customer Conference - Paris - Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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