MySQL Developer News (2010)

Join MySQL at OSCON

2 July 2010 — This year's OSCON takes place July 19-23, 2010 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Meet with MySQL experts at the Oracle booth and hear the updates on MySQL enhancements and innovations, as well as other key open source initiatives from Oracle.

TechCast Live: Jono Bacon and Luke Kowalski on MySQL Community

21 May 2010 — What makes a productive, thriving community? Look no further than the MySQL example. Bring your questions; we'll answer them in this live, interactive Webcast on June 8, 2010 at 10 am PDT.

What's New in the MySQL Enterprise Spring 2010 Release? - Interview with Mark Matthews and Andy Bang

17 May 2010 — We talked to Mark Matthews and Andy Bang, two core developers in the MySQL Enterprise Monitor team, to give us some insight into the new features in the latest MySQL Enterprise Release.

Introduction to MySQL 5.5

13 April 2010 —

It's been a busy year for MySQL. Perhaps you've heard. Here are some recent improvements to the speed, scalability, and user-friendliness of the MySQL database and the InnoDB storage engine that we think deserve their own headlines. Now is a great time to beta test the 5.5 release and give feedback to the MySQL engineering team.

Why Should I Check Out a MySQL-Based Column Database ?

12 February 2010 —

Some technologies come on the information technology landscape and stay, providing long-lasting benefits, whereas others are more of a short term fad and ultimately end up disappearing because the value they supplied was too niche oriented and/or they were quickly supplanted by another technology that is better. Recently, articles, blogs, analyst reports, and other media outlets have been noting the rise and usage of column-oriented databases in the areas of data warehousing, analytics, and other business intelligence/read-intensive situations. And on the MySQL front, there are a couple of column DB’s that are now available for you to use.

Are column-oriented databases a technology that is destined to stay and provide long-term benefits or will it be relegated to the forgotten pile of other software that came on the scene quickly and then disappeared?