MySQL Newsletter December 2004

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Special MySQL Users Conference 2005 Issue

Early Registration is Now Open - Save $300

The MySQL Users Conference 2005, April 18-21, in Santa Clara, California will be the largest gathering of MySQL developers and users. The theme this year is "MySQL Everywhere." At the upcoming conference you will:

Learn how to optimize the performance of MySQL
Get detailed insight into new features in MySQL 5.0 (Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Views)
Get more productive with MySQL and learn Best Practices
Migrate from proprietary databases to MySQL
And much more?

Learn from the MySQL Engineering Team

Take advantage of this rare opportunity to get knowledge from the engineers who developed MySQL. This is your chance to meet, share ideas, and get your toughest questions answered by all the key engineers:

Monty Widenius, Founder and CTO, MySQL AB
Guru: Storage Engines, Optimizer
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Guru: UDF, Storage Engines, Slashdot Database Architect
Peter Zaitsev, Performance Specialist, MySQL AB
Guru: Optimizations, Benchmarks
Lars Thalmann, Software Engineer, MySQL AB
Guru: Replication
Konstantin Osipov, Software Engineer, MySQL AB
Guru: Cursors
Peter Gulutzan, Software Architect, MySQL AB
Guru: Stored Procedures, SQL Standards
Alexander Byelkin, Software Engineer, MySQL AB
Guru: Sub-queries, Views, Query Cache
Mark Matthews, Software Dev Manager, MySQL AB
Guru: Connector/J, JDBC, Java
Jim Winstead, Lead Web Developer, MySQL AB
Guru: PHP

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Meet Open Source Visionaries

We have brought together some of the leading visionaries in open source for your benefit. Learn what they have to say about the future of software and the evolution of open source:

Monty Widenius - Founder / CTO, MySQL AB
David Axmark - Founder, MySQL AB
M�rten Mickos - CEO, MySQL AB
Miguel de Icaza - Co-founder of GNOME, Ximian and Mono
Martin Fink - VP of Linux, HP
Tim O'Reilly - CEO, O'Reilly Media

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75+ Sessions and Tutorials

We will have over 75+ hands on tutorials and sessions covering MySQL Performance Tuning, MySQL Cluster, Migrating to MySQL, LAMP, Java, .NET, and more. The workshops and sessions will be run by MySQL developers and MySQL experts who know the product inside and out, and have real world experience implementing MySQL Projects. Here are some more session highlights:

MySQL 5.0 In Depth: Stored Procedures, Views, Triggers, Cursors
Jan Kneschke, Trainer, MySQL AB
Advanced MySQL Performance Optimization
Peter Zaitsev, Senior Support Engineer, MySQL Inc.
Converting Microsoft SQL Server and Access Databases to MySQL
Mike Hillyer, Technical Writer, MySQL AB
Data Warehousing with MySQL
John Paul Ashenfelter, CTO, TransitionPoint
MySQL Cluster
Thomas Ulin, Lead, Cluster Development Team, MySQL AB

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View the complete list of tutorials

Case Studies from the Real World

MySQL is being used in high-volume business critical applications. Suzuki, and LiveWorld will share their experience and best practices in the following Sessions:

The Suzuki Sales P.R.O. Case Study
Margo Zenk, Technical Director, Matrix Consultants
Lessons from an Interactive Environment
Bruce Dembecki, Vice President, Solutions Development, LiveWorld, Inc.

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Exhibitors & Sponsors

One of the reasons why MySQL is so successful is because of its loyal user community and growing partner community. The Exhibit Hall will give you plenty of opportunities to spend time with Partners and evaluate all the products that add value to your MySQL environment.

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MySQL Certification

Increase your market value by getting certified at the conference! Register now for the two Tutorials covering MySQL Core and MySQL Professional Certification. A free exam and Certification Study Guide are included ($250 value).

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