Press Release
February 3, 2005
Google, HP, Novell, and Red Hat Execs to Keynote the 2005 MySQL Users Conference
Sebastopol, CA--The program for the third annual MySQL Users Conference
continues to expand--providing IT professionals, programmers, DBAs, and
other users a more comprehensive look into the solutions and opportunities
offered by the world's most popular open source database. The MySQL Users
Conference will be held in Santa Clara, California, April 18-21, 2005.
The conference program now comprises over 85 tutorials, sessions, and
keynotes, led by some of the most knowledgeable and insightful experts in
the industry and exploring every aspect of MySQL. Keynote presentations
from industry luminaries will illustrate the "big picture" ways major
corporate players are leveraging open source software such as MySQL for
greater success:
Google's Adam Bosworth
HP's Martin Fink, vice president for Linux
Novell's Miguel de Icaza
Michael Tiemann of Red Hat
Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media founder and CEO
Other speaker highlights include:
Tobias Asplund on advanced MySQL performance optimization
MySQL's founders David Axmark and Monty Widenius and CEO Marten Mickos
Kaj Arno, vice president of MySQL AB, on the role of software patents
Patrik Backman, MySQL AB's SAP alliance manager, detailing the progress
of MySQL's SAP R/3 support
Paul Clenahan will delve into the Eclipse BIRT project's open source
reporting tools
Andrew Cowie on change/disaster management--and equally
important--prevention
Bruce Dembecki of LiveWorld relates his experience using MySQL for
serving large companies, particularly with regard to scaling
Java guru Mark Matthews on Connector/J Performance issues
Dathan Pattishall, Friendster's senior DB engineer, on scalability
GoldenGate, Ticketmaster, and OLAP4All have joined with these other
high-profile companies to sponsor the conference: Hewlett-Packard,
Business Objects, Emic Networks, Four J's, Genesi, Intel, ActiveGrid,
Dell, Embarcadero Technologies, Novell, Quest Software, Rackspace,
SugarCRM, and Zend. These and many other companies exhibiting at the
MySQL Users Conference will showcase exciting new MySQL and open source
technologies.
From in-depth tutorials on the latest features, tools, and technologies to
sessions on integrating MySQL with Java, .NET, and LAMP, database
administration, and much more, the MySQL Users Conference, co-presented by
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and MySQL AB, is the only gathering where
participants can share MySQL knowledge with the core MySQL development
team, hundreds of users, open source innovators, and technology
partners--all under one roof.
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About MySQL
MySQL AB develops, markets and supports a family of high performance,
affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is
MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than five
million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations,
including Google, Sabre Holdings, The Associated Press, Suzuki and NASA,
are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power Web sites,
business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB
is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that
supports both open source values and corporate customers' needs in a
profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please
go to www.mysql.com.
About O'Reilly
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