Recent Posts by Michel Gerin

We have scheduled a series of several live webinars about MySQL Database Service, the only service 100% developed, managed and supported by the MySQL Team.   Our webinars will cover a full introduction to the new service.  We will discuss the business benefits of using the MySQL Database Service compared to on-premises and vs services of “forked” cloud versions of MySQL.  We will show you how to migrate your existing database from on-premises directly into the new service.  We...

As with any new releases, MySQL 8.0.21 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: Account Management Notes, JSON Notes, Authentication Notes and changes related to InnoDB, Optimizer, Group Replication, and more. Here are the MySQL 8.0.21 top blog posts: Server: - The MySQL 8.0.21 Maintenance Release is Generally Available - MySQL 8.0 – Who stopped mysqld and how...

MySQL Day Virtual Event Join us on July 29th, 2020 (8AM - 1PM PST) for a virtual event about why and how to upgrade to MySQL 8.0.  Learn the key reasons you should upgrade to 8.0. Discover the best practices developed by our support team based on their experience working directly with customers.  Get tips and techniques from our community evangelists.  Find out why the University of California at Irvine chose to upgrade to 8.0, learn about their process, their experience, and...

Webinar date: July 8th, 2020 @9AM PST Webinar title: Learn How Credorax is Increasing its SaaS Application Security with MySQL EE.   Speakers: Mike Frank, MySQL Product Management Director Greg Paks, VP R&D and Operations IT  for Credorax Register now In this webinar, you will learn how Credorax leverages MySQL EE security features for their SaaS platform. Credorax’s SaaS application handles global and domestic domestic payments for merchants and partners, so security is a top...

Day: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm PST Register: https://go.oracle.com/LP=92944?elqCampaignId=247342 Join our virtual conference organized by WePay, a JP Morgan and Chase company, and MySQL.  Learn about Waltz - a distributed write-ahead log, some great high availability architectures, Microservices and the power of using NoSQL and SQL with the same database. Talk 1: Introduction to Waltz: A Distributed Write-Ahead Log Talk 2: MySQL High Availability Architectures T...

In my interview with Shane Atherholt, Head of ISVs at MySQL, I asked him several questions: What is an ISV?  What is a SaaS application? How are ISVs using MySQL?We also went over the recent data breaches and new government regulations. I asked how MySQL helps ISVs secure their data and comply with the new regulations. I also asked Shane what were ISV CEOs and CIOs top priorities and why they should consider a relationship with Oracle. In conclusion, we talked about what...

This week MySQL turns 25 - - - on May 23rd to be exact. Join us in celebrating 25 years of great success. Early on MySQL became the “M” in the LAMP stack that powered the open source revolution. It became and continues to be the most popular open source database. Early this year it earned the DB-Engine award for most popular database. The most successful applications and websites we all know and use today, such as Twitter, Facebook, Booking but also Uber, Airbnb and many more,...

Join us for a webinar on Best Practices to Remotely Monitor MySQL. As a DBA, the top 3 activities include, but are not limited to: Performance Diagnosis SQL Optimization Space Management Coming across new technology can be a challenge and difficult to optimize in a hybrid database environment. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how the technical aspects of MySQL RDBMS are quite similar to your existing database. Find out what concepts are common to both, and what's different in the...

Join us for a webinar on how to Assess Your High Availability Management Strategy. High-availability is a challenge that businesses need to manage. An optimal high-availability strategy will yield great resiliency within the primary data center and also reduce planned downtime. So how does an organization plan to expect the unexpected downtime? In this webinar, we will explore the key steps to assess you high availability strategy, discover safeguards and automatic processes to...