There’s so many ways to proceed
To get the knowledge you need
One of the best
Stands out from the rest
COLLABORATE16 – indeed!

Why not be part of the show
By sharing the stuff that you know
Got something to say
For your colleagues each day
Call for papers –> let’s go

I believe many of you would agree that regardless of how insignificant you believe your corner of the Oracle technology may be, everyone has something to say. I attended my first show in Anaheim CA USA in 1990 and started presenting at shows the year after in Washington DC USA. It’s not hard to get over the hump, moving from I would love to present a paper at a show but I just don’t have the …

Colaborate is a big show for C-level executives and up for the three big Oracle User Groups. Last week at Percona Live was all MySQL, Open Source, and a few hundred close folks. This week is the biggest show, after Oracle Open World, on the Oracle user calendar and draws a huge crowd from around the globe. All the Fortune 500 are here or their contractors. In short, anything tangential to any Oracle product can be found along with companies that offer add-ons, support, consulting, and product. A lot of the attendees have MySQL in their computer rooms and that is why I am in Las Vegas.

Vegas is a convention city. This week Collaborate, The National Association of Broadcasters (100,000 strong), and a dozen other conventions are in town. Add in tourism, gambling, and shows to warm weather to produce …

Collaborate is a huge show that is the Independent Oracle User Group’s big yearly show and for 2013 it will be in Denver. There are several MySQL sessions of note and I have noted some below. By the way i will have new MySQL stickers available at the MySQL Demo Pod on the show floor but rules say I can not just leave them around — you will have to ask for them.

• Session #464 – Demystifying MySQL for Oracle DBAs and Developers
  Mon. Apr. 8 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  Mile High Ballroom 2C

  Abstract: MySQL continues to be the world’s most popular database management system for the Internet. This session provides a fast-paced introduction to the MySQL architecture, core features, best practices, and core performance areas. A MySQL version of OFA will be shown as a best practice. MySQL features will be taught from a perspective that is easy for attendees …

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Collaborate 12 is in Vegas and Collaborate 13 will be in Denver. Mark your calendars now!

The last MySQL session for this year’s Collaborate is over. There is another day of sessions to go but they will go on without MySQL-centric topics. The majority of those the MySQL Community Team have talked to are Oracle professionals looking to expand their support for existing MySQL instances in their organizations or those looking to move some aspect of their data over to MySQL. Many use Collaborate for obtaining technical information as they feel Oracle Open World is too frenzied to get niyty gritty details. Attendance at MySQL sessions were much larger than last year and demo pod booth action was heavy with those seeking specific answers to their questions. And they were seeking details on the NoSQL/SQL InnoDB/NDB interface, operational …

The MySQL sessions at Collaborate started strong after an amazing keynote by former astronaut Mark Kelly about working to become a naval aviator, astronaut, and helping his wife — Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — after an assassination attempt on her life last year.

A rare moment when the Oracle demo pods where not wall to wall people.

First up was Set up MySQL in Five Minutes by Bob Burgess of Radian6. Most of the attendees to these sessions seem to be long time Oracle DBAs looking to add more MySQL skills or long time Oracle AND MySQL DBAs. Bob then had a second session and covered Shell Scripting for MySQL Administration where most of the crowd of twenty had already had lots of shell programming experience.

BYU’s Dr. Mike McLaughin …

  Plug-in to Vegas The program focuses on key topics such as high availability, virtualization, security, business intelligence, Exadata, Cloud Computing and internals.  Recently added, we switched around the schedule to include the Thursday Deep Dive, Avoiding Downtime through the Maximum … Continue reading →

Collaborate is April 22-26
at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
in Las Vegas. Below is a list of the MySQL sessions. And besure to stop by the Demo area to see some new MySQL goodies!

Conference season is rapidly approaching and the MySQL Cluster product team will be out on the road, sharing the latest and greatest news on best practices, use-cases and developments.  These will be valuable sessions for users who to learn more about building write-scalable, real-time transactional services with 99.999% availability, using a variety of SQL and Non-SQL (dare I say "NoSQL") interfaces to their data.

Collaborate Community Conference
Starting with the Collaborate IOUG community conference, these are some of the sessions that will be of particular interest to Oracle users:

-    The State of MySQL, 09:15 - 10:15, Monday April 11th to be delivered by Tomas Ulin, VP of the MySQL Engineering Team who will discuss the strategy for MySQL product development, including directions for MySQL Cluster.

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Conference season is rapidly approaching and the MySQL Cluster product team will be out on the road, sharing the latest and greatest news on best practices, use-cases and developments.  These will be valuable sessions for users who to learn more about building write-scalable, real-time transactional services with 99.999% availability, using a variety of SQL and Non-SQL (dare I say "NoSQL") interfaces to their data.

Collaborate Community Conference
Starting with the Collaborate IOUG community conference, these are some of the sessions that will be of particular interest to Oracle users:

-    The State of MySQL, 09:15 - 10:15, Monday April 11th to be delivered by Tomas Ulin, VP of the MySQL Engineering Team who will discuss the strategy for MySQL product development, including directions for MySQL Cluster.

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