MySQL Users Conference 2006 “MySQL is at the heart of revolutionary changes in computer history.“—Tim O'Reilly
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Architecture and Technology

This in-depth technology topic is ideal for advanced MySQL architects and developers. Advanced users gain the knowledge to fine-tune and extend MySQL for their environments.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

New Storage Engines in MySQL 4 and 5
Patrick Galbraith, Senior Systems Engineer, MySQL AB
Time: 2:00PM - 2:45PM
Location: Ballroom D
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Performance Tuning and Benchmarks

Higher Order MySQL
Giuseppe Maxia, QA Developer, MySQL AB
Time: 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Location: Ballroom C
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Performance Tuning and Benchmarks

MySQL Server and Storage Engine Roadmap
Robin Schumacher, Director of Product Management, MySQL AB
Zack Urlocker, Executive Vice President, MySQL AB
Time: 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Location: Ballroom E
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out, General

HackFest A: Creating New UDFs
Hartmut Holzgraefe, Support Engineer, MySQL AB
Jeremy Cole, MySQL Geek, Proven Scaling LLC
Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Ballroom E
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Community Projects

HackFest B: Creating New SHOW Commands
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Ballroom F
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Community Projects

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Use Cases for Replication and Cluster in MySQL
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Time: 11:00AM - 11:45AM
Location: Ballroom D
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Business and Case Studies, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out

Connector/ODBC 5.0 Features and Enhancements
Mark D. Matthews, MySQL AB
Time: 2:50PM - 3:35PM
Location: Ballroom C
Topic:  Architecture and Technology

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InnoDB: Features and Latest Enhancements
Heikki Tuuri, Vice President, server technology, Innobase Oy
Ken Jacobs, Vice President, Product Strategy, Oracle Corporation
Time: 4:30PM - 5:15PM
Location: Ballroom C
Topic:  Architecture and Technology

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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

MySQL GIS: Overview and Tools
Jeremy Cole, MySQL Geek, Proven Scaling LLC
Time: 11:20AM - 12:05PM
Location: Ballroom C
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, LAMP

Extending MySQL Made Easy: Plugin API (FULLTEXT parsers, Storage Engines, and More)
Sergei Golubchik, Senior Software Developer, MySQL AB
Time: 1:30PM - 2:15PM
Location: Ballroom G
Topic:  Architecture and Technology

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MySQL Movie Magic
Milton Ngan, Chief Architect, Weta Digital Ltd
Time: 3:30PM - 4:15PM
Location: Ballrooms E - H
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Business and Case Studies, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out, General





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