Recent Posts by Bertrand Matthelie

We're very excited to announce the General Availability of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service! Oracle MySQL Cloud Service allows you to accelerate innovation and to rapidly, securely and cost-effectively develop & deploy modern applications powered by the world’s most popular open source database. Built on the proven MySQL Enterprise Edition and powered by the Oracle Cloud, it provides a simple, automated, integrated and enterprise-ready cloud service that enables organizations to...

Oracle OpenWorld is right around the corner and now is the time to plan your agenda! My Schedule enables you to effectively plan your conference and reserve you seat in sessions. You’ll also get notified of potential updates. Last year we had to turn down folks for a number of MySQL sessions so it does make sense to book your seat in advance... Go ahead and start by adding the General Session "MySQL’s State of the Dolphin & Customer Experiences" to your agenda now! Rich...

Want to easily find out about the MySQL sessions taking place at Oracle OpenWorld? Check out our Focus on MySQL @ OpenWorld page. Conference sessions, Tutorials, Hands-on Labs, Birds-of-a- Feather as well as the MySQL General Session are listed with their time and location. Not registered for Oracle OpenWorld yet? Do it Now! You'll learn about the latest MySQL developments and plans, meet the engineers and get all your questions answered. You'll get the chance to network with...

Although smartphone penetration and 3G/4G coverage is increasing, the cost of data access is still beyond most people’s reach in emerging markets. The GSMA Foundation estimates (i) that only one-fifth of mobile connections in Sub-Saharian Africa are based on 3G, with 4G accounting for less than 1% of the connection base. The GSMA also estimates that "despite the shift in the region towards smartphones and mobile broadband, nearly 450 million connections will still be based on...

We sometimes get the question "Will MySQL scale to meet my needs?". Well, consider the following examples: Booking.com processes 2 billion events/day relying on MySQL. Facebook started out with MySQL, and scaled to 1.6 billion monthly active users. Playing Candy Crush? You’re not the only one, 850 million games are played/day, served by MySQL. PayPal built a globally-distributed database with 100 TB of user-related data based on MySQL Cluster. It is used for fraud detection...

Want to learn how to unleash the power of MySQL 5.7? Oracle’s MySQL team is running a series of Tech Tours across EMEA, join us! MySQL 5.7 is 3x faster than MySQL 5.6 and improves manageability. Our technical experts will help you understand how to leverage the latest innovations in InnoDB performance & scalability, replication, JSON support, instrumentation with the Performance Schema, GIS, optimizer improvements and more! You’ll also understand how the world’s most popular...

Want to learn about MySQL 5.7 & JSON and get all your questions answered? Morgan Tocker is currently visiting many European cities and talking at user groups. Morgan was previously Community Manager and recently joined the MySQL Product Management team at Oracle. He’s got a very busy schedule and was last night in Helsinki after a weekend at Fosdem in Brussels and a user group meeting the following day in Amsterdam (hosted by Booking.com).Thanks much to Solinor for hosting...

Based in Italy, SERNAV Group was founded in 1989 and manages the complete cycle of marine transportation activities. The companies of the group handle shipping agents, customs operations, overland and nautical transportation of conventional goods & containers, storing, loading and unloading of containers as well as logistics and distribution. Challenges Modernize the customer application allowing the management of all necessary documents related to the different marine...

Earlier this week the MySQL team participated to the Forum PHP in Paris. It was a great conference, attracting over 600 developers who could attend about 40 talks in 3 parallel tracks. An excellent way to celebrate the 20 years of PHP and the 15 years of AFUP, the French PHP users association in charge of the event; great job! 2015 really is a year of anniversaries! Oracle’s MySQL VP of Engineering Tomas Ulin delivered a very well received presentation entitled “MySQL 5.7 &...