May 23, 2013

Percona MySQL University coming to Toronto this Friday!

Percona MySQL University, Toronto is taking place this Friday and I’m very excited about this event because it is a special opportunity to fit a phenomenal number of specific and focused MySQL technical talks all into one day, for free. Over the course of the day we will cover some of the hottest topics in the MySQL [...]

New Keynote Speakers and Sponsors and Applications Open for DotOrg Pavilion for Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo

I’m pleased to announce the first of the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 keynote speakers and new sponsors including Amazon Web Services, Google, Clustrix, Scalebase, PalominoDB, Database Trends & Applications, and Linux Journal. We are also now accepting applications for the DotOrg Pavilion. Also, nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 MySQL [...]

Percona Announces New Relic Partnership

I’m delighted to announce a partnership with New Relic. The press release has the details (all new Gold and Platinum support contracts get free New Relic subscriptions) but I wanted to add some of the behind-the-scenes context. The quote from me in the press release is a real quote: I really have been telling people [...]

Just hours left until Percona Live sells out!

We’re seeing a spike of last-minute ticket sales for Percona Live New York. Meanwhile, we’re assembling bags and unpacking t-shirts at the venue. If you want to come, buy your ticket now — we’re rapidly selling out the remaining tickets! Remember, if all the tickets are sold, you can still come to the evening event [...]

Free Percona Live tickets and Percona Support contract!

Just a couple of announcements for Percona Live: we’re giving away free tickets through Engine Yard, and we’ve arranged our evening open-bar event. For a chance to win a free ticket, check out the guest blog post I wrote for Engine Yard on how to make Rails migrations faster and safer. In other news, Percona [...]