There's definitely more and more buzz on and around cloud computing and different solutions to support it nowadays!

This was evident while visiting LinuxCon/CloudOpen in San Diego a few weeks ago, where I spoke about high availability solutions for MySQL. Most cloud sessions were highly attended, and I could sense an excitement in the air with regards to the cloud. It was also evident, however, that there is only a small percentage of people today truly taking advantage of the cloud. It seems that despite all the excitement, there is a large portion of potential users who don't know how to use the cloud, or what the benefits and potential drawbacks are.

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Latest training class schedule & events calendar just published

We’re excited to see that it’s going to be a busy time for the MySQL & MariaDB communities over the coming months! Plenty of community events are taking place, and we’re doing our best to support and attend most of them.
With that in mind, this is where you’ll find the SkySQL Team, often in cooperation with the MariaDB Team, at the following events in the coming months:

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Today I took the first day of MySQL for Beginners from Oracle’s Training on Demand offerings.  From the course overview,

“This hands-on class covers the fundamentals of SQL and relational databases, using MySQL[tm] as a teaching tool.  The course is suitable for new or existing users of MySQL who have little or no previous experience with a relational database management system.”

(For more details on this course, and other training offerings and formats, go to http://education.oracle.com .)

Here are some of my opinions and observations:

The class came up very easily for me, no glitches or waiting. (I used Firefox today.  I’ll try IE tomorrow, then others.)

It feels a bit like being in an Oracle University classroom – you watch video of the instructor (Brent Dayley) giving the class.  Brent Dayley is a great …

The MySQL for Beginners course is THE course to get you started with MySQL providing you a solid foundation in relational databases using MySQL as a learning tool. Oracle University recently released the Training-on-Demand option for this course. 

Ben Krug from the MySQL product team is trying out the MySQL for Beginners Training-on-Demand course and reporting on his experience. You can follow Ben on MySQL Support Blogs.

The MySQL for Beginners course is available as:

• Training-on-Demand: Follow streaming video of instructor delivery and …

Ensuring that everyone has a chance to attend Percona’s training for MySQL, we are announcing the following dates for Europe. You can always find the current schedule at Percona Training.

The dates for Europe are: Live Virtual Training: Developer Training for MySQL

• Begins Monday, August 27, 2012 , 9am – 11am, Greenwich Mean Time

Madrid, España

• Begins Monday, September 3, 2012
• The class will be conducted in Spanish.

Paris, France

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Today, Percona announces that Live Virtual Training is now an option for busy professionals.

We set out to develop a training solution that balances the time to deliver the content with the amount of time an attendee can participate in a live virtual training (LVT) session. The goal was to ensure there was still time in the day to allow the attendee to complete his or her work. Percona’s LVT offering extends the days of delivery while reducing the time the attendee needs to be in class each day. Our LVT sessions are a combination of live virtual sessions and remote labs,  blended with online learning. How does this work?

We ask that attendees set aside 2-hours each day for 5-days for the live virtual sessions. This is the time when the Percona instructor delivers the lecture, shows examples, and answers questions. After the live session is over, attendees have a remote lab that will take, on average, 30-minutes to complete. …

Learn to design and implement modern applications, such as web or cloud applications, by following the MySQL for Developers Training Course which will teach you about essential SQL statements for data design, querying, and programming.

This 5 day instructor-led course is available via the following training methods:

• Live-Virtual Class: Follow this live class from your own office or home machine through one of the over 700 events currently on the schedule. To find the event that suits you go to http://oracle.com/education and click on MySQL.
• In-Class Teach: Travel to an Oracle classroom to follow this class. A sample of the schedule events is shown below:

Get started on MySQL for Beginners training within 24 hours with the newly released MySQL for Beginners Training on Demand. With Training on Demand, you get:

- Trained by top MySQL Instructors

- Access to hands-on practice environment

- Full classroom content available 24/7

- And no travel expenses to worry about

The MySQL for Beginners course covers all the basics and gets you on your way with a solid foundation. This hands-on class covers the fundamentals of SQL and relational databases, using MySQL as a teaching tool.

In addition to the …

Get hands-on experience with techniques for tuning a MySQL Server with the Authorized MySQL Performance Tuning course. 

This course is designed for database administrators, database developers and system administrators who are responsible for managing, optimizing, and tuning a MySQL Server.

You can follow this live instructor led training:

• From your desk. Choose from among the 800+ events on the live-virtual training schedule.
• In a classroom. A selection of events/locations listed below

I’m going to deliver MySQL Training next week (May 21-24) in London.
This is a rare opportunity as I do not personally deliver a lot of Training, especially outside of US. There are still some places left if you want to sign up.

You will also get a signed copy of High Performance MySQL 3rd edition as an attendee.