It's that time of the year again — the summer holidays are over and the conference season starts!

I'm very excited to be at Oracle Open World in San Francisco again, where I will pretty busy. On Saturday and Sunday I will attend MySQL Connect, primarily to man the Oracle Linux booth in the exhibition area. But I hope to catch some of the talks as well (I shared my favourite sessions with Keith Larson from the MySQL team in this interview). During Open World, I will help out manning the Oracle Linux demo pods in the exhibition grounds in Moscone South, where we will showcase Oracle Linux with Ksplice and related technologies. I also have a joint presentation with two of our …

As mentioned in my summary of MySQL announcements at Oracle OpenWorld, we announced last Monday new MySQL Enterprise Certifications with Oracle Secure Backup and with a number of offerings within the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family.

Many Oracle customers use MySQL for their web-based, departmental and embedded applications. The MySQL Enterprise Oracle certifications make it faster and easier for them to deploy and manage MySQL within their existing environment.

Certified integrations between MySQL and other Oracle products include:

• Oracle Secure Backup: provides an integrated, easy-to-use centralized backup-to-tape management solution enabling users to secure their Oracle and MySQL database …

As mentioned in my summary of MySQL announcements at Oracle OpenWorld, we announced last Monday new MySQL Enterprise Certifications with Oracle Secure Backup and with a number of offerings within the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family.

Many Oracle customers use MySQL for their web-based, departmental and embedded applications. The MySQL Enterprise Oracle certifications make it faster and easier for them to deploy and manage MySQL within their existing environment.

Certified integrations between MySQL and other Oracle products include:

• Oracle Secure Backup: provides an integrated, easy-to-use centralized backup-to-tape management solution enabling users to secure their Oracle and MySQL database backup …

In his Oracle OpenWorld keynote, Tomas Ulin, Oracle’s MySQL VP of Engineering, just announced exciting MySQL news, further demonstrating how Oracle drives MySQL Innovation! Here is a summary, with more detailed information following shortly:

1. Immediate Availability of the MySQL 5.6 2nd Development Milestone Release (DMR).

MySQL 5.6 builds on MySQL 5.5 by improving:

• The Optimizer for better performance and scalability
• Performance Schema for better instrumentation
• InnoDB for better transactional throughput
• Replication for improved data integrity with higher performance, availability and ease-of-use
• “NotOnlySQL” options for more flexibility in handling both key/value and complex query operations
• And more…

The MySQL 5.6 DMR #2 is available …

In his Oracle OpenWorld keynote, Tomas Ulin, Oracle’s MySQL VP of Engineering, just announced exciting MySQL news, further demonstrating how Oracle drives MySQL Innovation! Here is a summary, with more detailed information following shortly:

1. Immediate Availability of the MySQL 5.6 2nd Development Milestone Release (DMR).

MySQL 5.6 builds on MySQL 5.5 by improving:

• The Optimizer for better performance and scalability
• Performance Schema for better instrumentation
• InnoDB for better transactional throughput
• Replication for improved data integrity with higher performance, availability and ease-of-use
• “NotOnlySQL” options for more flexibility in handling both key/value and complex query operations
• And more…

The MySQL 5.6 DMR #2 is available …

We sent out this week the September special edition of the MySQL newsletter, which is focused on Oracle OpenWorld.

If you haven’t received it yet or do not subscribe, you can see it here.

This year we have a very impressive lineup of MySQL activities at OpenWorld, including:

• 14 MySQL sessions put together by the IOUG/MySQL Community on Sunday
• 31 MySQL sessions in the main database track
• 3 Demo Pods
• 1 Hands-on Labs
• Last but not least, the MySQL Community Reception on Tuesday at 7.00 pm at the Marriott Marquis! Wei-Chen blogged about it a couple of days ago and we hope to see you there if you’re attending OpenWorld or if you’re local.

You …

We sent out this week the September special edition of the MySQL newsletter, which is focused on Oracle OpenWorld.

If you haven’t received it yet or do not subscribe, you can see it here.

This year we have a very impressive lineup of MySQL activities at OpenWorld, including:

• 14 MySQL sessions put together by the IOUG/MySQL Community on Sunday
• 31 MySQL sessions in the main database track
• 3 Demo Pods
• 1 Hands-on Labs
• Last but not least, the MySQL Community Reception on Tuesday at 7.00 pm at the Marriott Marquis! Wei-Chen blogged about it a couple of days ago and we hope to see you there if you’re attending OpenWorld or if you’re local.

You …

If you missed the MySQL Community Reception in Santa Clara in April, here is another opportunity to mingle and have fun!

Come celebrate the growth of the MySQL community with Oracle's MySQL team in San Francisco, CA on October 4, Tuesday. Although the event is held in conjunction with Oracle OpenWorld, no conference registration is required; everyone is invited to the MySQL Community Reception. If you're attending the sessions in the MySQL Track at Oracle OpenWorld, the reception is conveniently located in Marriott Marquis where all the MySQL sessions will be held, so you definitely shouldn't miss …

If you missed the MySQL Community Reception in Santa Clara in April, here is another opportunity to mingle and have fun!

Come celebrate the growth of the MySQL community with Oracle's MySQL team in San Francisco, CA on October 4, Tuesday. Although the event is held in conjunction with Oracle OpenWorld, no conference registration is required; everyone is invited to the MySQL Community Reception. If you're attending the sessions in the MySQL Track at Oracle OpenWorld, the reception is conveniently located in Marriott Marquis where all the MySQL sessions will be held, so you definitely shouldn't miss …

The early bird registration for Oracle OpenWorld has been extended to August 12. Sign up now to save $500 with the early bird rate, plus an extra $500 discount using the code "MYSQL11", which adds up to $1,000 savings in total compared to the on-site rate!

Don't miss this (extended) opportunity to attend the 40+ MySQL sessions and meet with the MySQL experts face to face. You can find all the MySQL talks at Oracle OpenWorld in the Content Catalog by selecting "MySQL" under the "Database Stream". Highlights include:

• MySQL - The State of the Dolphin, by Tomas Ulin
• Advanced MySQL Replication Architectures, by Lars Thalmann and Luis Soares
• NoSQL Access to MySQL - The Best of Both Worlds, by Andrew Morgan and …