“As the director of Oracle's MySQL Replication, MySQL Backup and MySQL Connector teams, I'm really excited to participate and present at COLLABORATE, and share our experiences with Oracle Database users as well as other members of the MySQL community.  Together with my team mates Mats Kindahl, Luis Soares, Sanjay Manwani, Chuck Bell, Andrei Elkin and others from the MySQL engineering team and the MySQL community at large, I expect COLLABORATE to be a very productive venue that will help shape our product directions, as we discuss new and emerging trends in database computing combined with user experiences and needs.” 
--Lars Thalmann, Manager and Technical Lead, MySQL Replication, Backup and Connectors at Oracle
 

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MySQL Executive Keynote - The State of MySQL
Tomas Ulin, Vice President, MySQL Engineering, Oracle
Monday, 9am-10:15 am Eastern

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Why This Conference?
MySQL Oracle Executive Keynote
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"We have worked hard to find some of the top notch MySQL minds from around the world to fill sessions at COLLABORATE. In our search we have achieved a great balance between deep technical sessions for experts and sessions for those just figuring out what role MySQL can play in your enterprise."
-- Matt Yonkovit, Percona
Why This Conference?

The IOUG knows that MySQL is a topic on the minds of our members, so we've created a special "conference within a conference" on MySQL during COLLABORATE 11 – IOUG Forum for users like you! Featuring more than 75 sessions, this conference provides information and best practices on topics like Monitoring MySQL with Oracle Grid Control, MySQL Troubleshooting 101, SQL Injection Myths and Fallacies and The 7 (or So) Deadly MySQL Perfomance Sins. With sessions specifically devoted to users like you, registering for COLLABORATE 11 is a must!

Check out Sheeri's Cabral's COLLABORATE 11 MySQL Schedule to see what it would be like to attend!
Or, listen to the OurSQL podcast on what COLLABORATE can offer MySQL users.

MySQL experts speaking at the conference include:

  • Lars Thalmann
  • Lenz Grimmer
  • Luca Olivari
  • Andrew Morgan
  • Charles Bell
  • Kaj Arno
  • Ben Black
  • Ronald Bradford
  • Sheeri Cabral
  • Jonah Harris
  • Guy Harrison
  • Bill Karwin
  • Giuseppe Maxia
  • Matthew Morris
  • Alexander Rubin
  • Morgan Tocker
  • Matthew Yonkovit
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    MySQL Oracle Executive Keynote

    Tomas Ulin, Vice President, MySQL Engineering, Oracle
    The State of MySQL

    Ulin discuss how MySQL fits into Oracle's ecosystem, specifically with Oracle database. He will highlight Oracle's continued investment in MySQL, and offer you a glimpse into product enhancements and focus areas for MySQL in the upcoming year. This session will set the tone for where MySQL product development is headed.

    Tomas Ulin has been working with the MySQL Database team since 2003, and is currently employed by Oracle, based in Sweden. He is Vice President for the MySQL Engineering team, responsible for the development of the MySQL related software products within Oracle, such as the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster, MySQL Workbench and MySQL Enterprise Monitor. Prior to working with MySQL he has a background in the telecom industry, working for the Swedish telecom operator Telia and Telecom vendor Ericsson. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University and a PhD in Computer Science from the Royal Institute of Technology.

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    MySQL Sessions at COLLABORATE 11 - IOUG Forum
    • MySQL Enterprise Backup , Lars Thalmann, Oracle
    • MySQL High Availability , Lenz Grimmer, Oracle
    • Integrating MySQL and Oracle – The Journey of a Transaction , Luca Olivari, Oracle
    • Building Highly Available Scalable Real-Time Services with MySQL Cluster , Andrew Morgan, Oracle
    • Introduction to Using MySQL in Cloud Computing , Charles Bell, Oracle
    • Oracle or Open Source? Why Not Both? , Jonah Harris, myYearbook.com
    • MySQL: The Ecosystem, The Product , Kaj Arno, SkySQL Ab
    • Very Large Databases In MySQL, An Alterntive Energy Case Study , Matthew Yonkvit, Percona
    • Using Cacti to Graph MySQL's Metrics , Morgan Tocker, Percona
    • MySQL Sandbox: A toolbox for Productive Laziness , Giuseppe Maxia, Continuent
    • Is Oracle Exadata for You? , Alex Gorbachev, Pythian
    • Optimizing MySQL Queries By Example , Morgan Tocker, Percona
    • Scaling MySQL in the Cloud with ScaleDB's Shared Cache Storage Engine , Moshe Shadmon, ScaleDB
    • Galera - Synchronous Multi-Master Replication , Seppo Jaakola, Codership
    • MySQL From a point of view of an Oracle DBA , William Brock, Catalina Marketing
    • MySQL Troubleshooting 101 , Ben Black, Garmin Intl
    • Securich - A Security and User Administration plugin for MySQL , Darren Cassar, MySQL Preacher

    For a full list of MySQL content, including over 25 Oracle product management sessions click here for the full searchable schedule.

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    Check Out Other MySQL Resources from the IOUG

    COLLABORATE isn’t the only place you can receive top-notch MySQL content – you can receive it year-round as part of your IOUG member benefits package! Check out some of our MySQL content, as well as additional IOUG member benefits, including discounted registration to COLLABORATE 11!

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