Category Archives: Business

OurSQL Episode 178: License to Use

This week we discuss more software licenses, concluding our 3-part series on licenses. Ear Candy is what happens when ALTER TABLE crashes, and At the Movies is Jon Day of SkySQL presenting MaxScale.
Events
Percona Live
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OurSQL Episode 115: Do You Make the Grade (part 4)?

This week, we continue our series going through the Operations Report Card as it applies to database administrators. This week in Ear Candy, we talk about a hidden client value for max_allowed_packet (separate from the session variable). In At the Movi… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 114: Do You Make the Grade (part 3)?

This week we continue part 3 of the Operations Report Card and how it relates to database administration. This week we talk about the section on “Operational Practices”, and it covers how operations are run. In Ear Candy we present different tools for … Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 112: Do You Make the Grade (part 2)?

This week, we go through the “Modern Team Practices” part of the Operations Report Card, and how it applies to DBAs.
Events
Oracle’s “Scale with MySQL” seminars:
Scale with MySQL Seminar, London, Tuesday 30 October
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OurSQL Episode 111: Do You Make the Grade (part 1)?

This is part one of a series where we will explore the Operations Report Card and explain how it applies to DBAs. Listen and grade your own organization, this is a great opportunity to get some new ideas on how to organize your department and make your… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 88: MySQL Founders

This week we listen to MySQL founders David Axmark and Michael “Monty” Widenius talk about all sorts of topics, from the MySQL ecosystem to “Crazy Monty”, an open source restaurant. David and Monty don’t always agree, so this panel is enlightening and … Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 87: A Shift in the Cloud

This week we talk with Mark Atwood of RedHat about OpenShift, a free, auto-scaling Platform as a Service (PaaS) for applications. Use promotional code “oursql” when signing up!
News/Events/Feedback
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OurSQL Episode 73: What happened?

This week we present a year in review for the MySQL Ecosystem, including updates from Oracle’s MySQL, SkySQL, Percona and MariaDB.

News:
The MySQL developer’s room at FOSDEM has almost 40 submissions, and only about a dozen slots, so they need your vote to figure out what sessions will be presented. Send in your votes via twitter or e-mail, see Giuseppe’s blog post and session descriptions.

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OurSQL Episode 24: The Sun is Shining

Sun Microsystems recently announced the purchase of MySQL. In this interview the day of the announcement, OurSQL asks Brian Aker about what this means for customers, community, Sun and MySQL.
Tell us what you think of Sun buying MySQL by calling the c… Continue reading

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