After yesterday’s very successful tutorial day, everyone looked forward to an inspiring first day of the conference and the Percona Live Europe 2017 keynotes. There were some fantastic keynotes delivered, and some excellent sessions scheduled.

Laurie Coffin, Chief Marketing Office of Percona, opened proceedings with a welcome address where she paid tribute to Jaako Pesonen: a true champion of open source and friend to our community who passed away just this month. He will be missed.

Championing Open Source Databases

Peter Zaitsev delivers his keynote “Championing Open Source Databases”

Laurie then introduced Peter Zaitsev, CEO of …

After yesterday’s very successful tutorial day, everyone looked forward to an inspiring first day of the conference and the Percona Live Europe 2017 keynotes. There were some fantastic keynotes delivered, and some excellent sessions scheduled.

Note. These videos are as shot, and the slides will be superimposed very soon so you can enjoy the full conference experience!

Laurie Coffin, Chief Marketing Office of Percona, opened proceedings with a welcome address where she paid tribute to Jaako Pesonen: a true champion of open source and friend to our community who passed away just this month. He will be missed.

Championing Open Source Databases

Peter Zaitsev delivers his keynote “Championing Open Source Databases”

Welcome to the second day of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2017, and the second set of Percona Live keynotes! It’s a bit rainy outside today, but that isn’t bothering the Percona Live attendees (we’re all indoors learning about new open source technologies)!

Day two of the conference kicked off with another four keynote talks, all of which discussed issues and technologies that are addressed by open source solutions:

The Open Source Database Business Model is Under Siege

Paul Dix (InfluxData)

Paul Dix’s keynote may have ruffled a few feathers, as he looked at possible futures for the open …