September 2010

Videos of MySQL presentations at MySQL Sunday and Oracle Open World

by SHEERI CABRAL Sep 28, 2010

At the last minute Giuseppe convinced me to bring my video cameras, and so I was able to get some of the presentations at MySQL Sunday recorded, as well as some of the MySQL related presentations at Oracle OpenWorld.  As usual, they are hosted on YouTube and free.  Here's the list:

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Posted in MySQL, Oracle

Call for Papers for the O'Reilly MySQL Conference

by SHEERI CABRAL Sep 21, 2010

The call for papers for the O'Reilly MySQL Conference is now open, and closes October 25th.  Submit your proposal now at http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2011/user/proposal/propose/cfp/126!

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Liveblogging: Leveraging Hadoop to Augment MySQL Deployments by Sarah Sproehnle, Cloudera, Hadoop Instructor

by SHEERI CABRAL Sep 19, 2010

Sarah Sproehnle is an excellent speaker, so I was excited to see her speak about Hadoop, which I know very little about...so here's the liveblogging:

Hadoop is an "open source framework for storing and processing data on a cluster of computers."  Processing is key -- analysis of data.

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MySQL 5.5 is now in RC, and will be GA soon!

by SHEERI CABRAL Sep 19, 2010

Earlier this year, the beta of MySQL 5.5 was announced.  We all felt excited about the changes in 5.5, especially the large performance improvements.  However, many of us proceeded with caution; version 5.4 was previously announced with similar fanfare and we had yet to see a GA version.

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Posted in MySQL, Oracle

Sheeri has joined PalominoDB

by SHEERI CABRAL Sep 18, 2010

About six weeks ago I posted about leaving Pythian. I had a month off in which I spent quality time with my husband, including packing up our apartment to move two blocks away. I also spent some time doing some planning and organizing for OpenSQLCamp Boston, happening in 6 weeks. Many people have been wondering what my next move is.

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Posted in Business, MySQL, Palomino
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