Recent Posts by Michel Gerin

MySQL Database Service with HeatWave: 1100x Faster than Amazon Aurora, 400x faster than Amazon RDS, 18x faster than Amazon Redshift at ⅓ the cost. This blog post will guide you through the MySQL HeatWave references that are available today, from live webinar, to recorded videos, blogs, and more. Let's start with a quick definition of what is MySQL HeatWave. HeatWave is a new, in-memory query accelerator for MySQL Database Service available only in the Oracle Cloud. It can...

Get better business insight faster by combining the data visualization and AI capabilities of Oracle Analytics Cloud with the fastest MySQL cloud service. This on-demand webinar offers a quick introduction to the MySQL Database Service and to the Oracle Analytics Cloud Service. Learn the many benefits of using Oracle Analytics Cloud with MySQL Database Service and HeatWave. See how to get proactive insights fast with the Oracle Analytics Cloud tools for self-service...

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Integration with MySQL Database Service and Heatwave Virtually all data types from any data source can be integrated into the MySQL Database Service and HeatWave. When you need to collect data from diverse sources in a timely manner, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Data Integration, a cloud native, serverless ETL (extract, load, transform) service on the Oracle Cloud, provides a unified solution for building, deploying, and managing complex...

MySQL 8.0.23 introduces many new improvements and updates, many of which deserve their own blog post for a deep dive into the new features.  Among the notable changes are: Invisible columns, Query attributes, several new (security, InnoDB, GIS, Replication, Group replication, X Protocol, Router, MTR Testsuite) features, and many more. Recorded Webinar: Our webinar covers the many new features introduced with the latest 8.0.23 release, plus the highlights of MySQL 8.0    Top...

2020 was a very eventful year at MySQL. Now that we just started 2021, this is a great time to look back at everything we accomplished in 2020, from the anniversary celebrations to the year's best webinars, the best events, the best customer quotes, the best new product addition, the best animated videos, the best social media contribution, the best social media posts and of course, Larry’s best quote and many more.  Here is our "Best of 2020," enjoy!  (We'd love to see your...

This blog includes: Keynote video highlights, link to full keynote, product demo, testimonial, upcoming MySQL Database Service and Analytics Engine webinars, and more. Today the MySQL team introduces the MySQL Database Service with the MySQL Analytics Engine. 1. Watch the keynote highlights:   2. See the MySQL Database Service in action in a short product demo.    3. Learn about the great savings over competitive solutions such as Amazon Aurora, RDS, or Redshift.    4. Discover how...

Oracle Live. On Wednesday, December 2, the world’s most popular open source database takes a leap forward in the cloud. Edward Screven, Oracle’s chief corporate architect, will share MySQL innovation that enables you to reduce cost and complexity while accelerating business insights.  We have really exciting news for MySQL users, including some amazing testimonials from early adopters who will share their experiences. And, yes of course, there will be benchmarks! Join us on this...

MySQL 8.0.22 introduces many new improvements and updates, many of which deserve their own blog post for a deep dive into the new features.  Among the notable changes are: Prepared Statements, SHOW PROCESSLIST, TIMESTAMP, Read Only Schema, Error Log, User Management, Optimizer, Replication, Keyring, Router, and more.   Here are the MySQL 8.0.22 top blog posts: Server The MySQL 8.0.22 Maintenance Release is Generally Available Announcing MySQL Server 8.0.22, 5.7.32 and 5.6.50 Shell M...

Watch our MySQL Database Service racing car compete in Forza Horizon 4, the racing car video game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios.  Special thanks go to Shumber Rivera from Mazatlan in Mexico.  Shumber is a MySQL fan and an avid car racer on Forza Horizon 4.  So, when he approached us with his idea of reproducing our real McLaren MySQL Database Service racing car for a video game racing car, we immediately thought that it was a cool idea. Shumber...