Recent Posts by Michel Gerin

The BBC delivers resilience of broadcasting services across TV, radio, and digital platforms using MySQL InnoDB Cluster. Kim Cassells, Senior Database Systems Engineer, BBC said, “MySQL InnoDB Cluster provides us with the high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability that are critical for delivering modern broadcasting services. We also get advice directly from the MySQL engineers and can monitor our applications proactively.”   She also concluded,“Our success in...

You’ve been using Amazon Aurora to manage your data but recently found out that you could manage the same data on Oracle cloud for a ⅓ your cost on Amazon.   You also learned that you could run your queries 1100x faster than on Amazon Aurora, including Analytics queries with no need for ETL. You can just use the same MySQL Database Service for your OLTP and OLAP queries.   Most importantly, MySQL Database Service is the only database service for MySQL that requires no ETL for...

MySQL 8.0.24 introduces several new improvements and updates, many of which deserve their own blog post for a deep dive into the new features.  The new version includes new features and bug fixes for Optimizer, GIS, InnoDB, Performance schema, Replication, Group Replication, Router, MTR Testsuite, and more.  Read the overview and dedicated blogs to learn more about the new features.  MySQL 8.0.24 is available on: Oracle Cloud at: https://www.oracle.com/mysql/ For download at: ht...

Join us on Wednesday April 28th, 2021 @9:00AM PST for a live webinar that will cover how to migrate from Amazon Aurora to MySQL Database Service and HeatWave. See how you can easily migrate your data from Amazon Aurora to MySQL Database Service and benefit from 1100x performance increase at 1/3 the cost, right away. You will takeaway quick steps and best practices for your database migration.   Register now!     Learn more about MysQL Database Service Learn more about HeatWave Heat...

Join us on Thursday April 29th, 2021 @10:00 CET (EMEA) for a live webinar that will cover the new features of MySQL Enterprise Edition.   Who's the event for?  Your applications manage personal data: name, account numbers, passwords  You belong to an industry or region that is subject to data protection requirements You use 3rd party components for authentication, auditing, & key management You're an ISVs and SaaS organization that manages sensitive customer data You're an existing...

Bringing High Performance Analytics to MySQL                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Author: Tony Baer, Principal, dblnsight                                                             Main takeaway:  “The MySQL landscape needed a shakeup. Until now, it was considered the default go-to open source...

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...