The good news is that we have just released plenty of MariaDB & MySQL training dates covering the summer months and even into October across the globe.    This new training calendar includes all of our current training courses in plenty of locations both in North America and Europe. 

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Over the coming three months, Percona will be holding our highly acclaimed MySQL courses in the following cities:

• Dallas, Texas – May 14 – 17, 2012
• London, England – May 21 – 24, 2012
• Orlando, Florida – June 11 – 14, 2012
• Raleigh, North Carolina – June 18 – 21, 2012
• Boston, Massachusetts - July 9 …

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I’m excited by all of the recent developments surrounding the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo! Our own Baron Schwartz will moderate the Diamond Keynote Panel entitled “Future Perfect: The Road Ahead for MySQL” which will feature a panel of MySQL industry leaders, including: Sundar Raghavan, director product management at Amazon; Paul Mikesell, CEO of Clustrix; a representative from HP; and, a representative from McAfee. The Diamond Sponsor Keynote Panel will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 12th and provide insight into the future of MySQL technology, adoption, and the ecosystem landscape. I am also very pleased to introduce two new sponsors including McAfee which recently joined as a Diamond Sponsor and AOL which …

The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo is going to be awesome! Great speakers, an A-list of sponsors, countless opportunities to engage with the community, and an enthusiastic crowd of MySQL users ensure this is going to be a great event. The conference features 72 breakout sessions, keynotes by leading industry luminaries, an optional day of 16 tutorial sessions, a bustling exhibit hall, and numerous opportunities to connect with other community members.

I am pleased to announce the conference Birds of a Feather sessions and Lightning Talks. Birds of a Feather sessions will be Tuesday and Wednesday nights following the evening receptions. Lightning Talks will be …

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With the newly released MySQL for Beginners class, learn how this powerful relational database management system can make your life easier and more fun! This course covers all the basics and will get you on your way, with a solid foundation. This instructor led, hands-on class covers the fundamentals of SQL and relational databases, using MySQL as a teaching tool.

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Early Bird Pricing for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo ends today, March 12th. Hotel room rates at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara go up March 19th, if rooms are still available at that time. Save money on your conference pass and hotel room by registering now.

The conference features 72 breakout sessions, an optional day of 16 tutorial sessions, a bustling exhibit hall, and numerous opportunities to connect with other community members including a Tuesday night Welcome Reception and the Wednesday Night Community Networking …

The release today of the MySQL for Database Administrators Training on Demand means you can now benefit from the MySQL for Database Administrators course lecture and lab exercises delivered by a top instructor from your own desk. With this On Demand offering you get all the classroom content online, available 24/7 and you can follow the course at your own pace.

In this cornerstone course of the MySQL Curriculum, you will learn how to secure users privileges, set resource limitations, access controls and describe backup and recovery basics. Students will also learn how to create and use stored procedures, triggers, views and more.

We still have a few seats left for our MySQL Cluster training in Washington DC January 24 - 26. If you're interested in learning about MySQL Cluster, the architecture, how to install it, administer it and troubleshoot it this is the course for you. The course will also cover replication and optimization and we will also discuss the exciting new features coming in version 7.2 of MySQL Cluster. For more information about the course contents visit http://www.skysql.com/services/training/courses/administering-mysql-cluster and to sign up to the course go to http://www.skysql.com/services/training/schedule/administering-mysql-cluster-1.

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Start off 2012 with the MySQL for Beginners course. You can get this training from your desk with the MySQL for Beginners Live Virtual Delivery and now you can even learn at your own pace with the all new MySQL for Beginners self-paced online delivery.

All you need to take the MySQL for Beginners course is a basic level of computer literacy.

With this course you will learn how this powerful relational database management system can make your life easier and more fun! This class covers all the basics and will get you on …