The Boston MySQL Meetup Group

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• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 12 Feb 2013, 00:00 - 03:00 in Boston, United States

  This meetup 's topic is MySQL Security, given by Sheeri Cabral.------------- Logistics -------------Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.To RSVP anonymously, please login to the Meetup site with the e-mail address "admin at sheeri dot com" and the password "guest".For more information, see

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 15 Jan 2013, 00:00 - 03:00 in Boston, United States

  This meetup will feature an introduction to NuoDB.------------- Logistics -------------Via public transit, the closest transit stop is Broadway (0.7 miles, or take the #47 bus towards Central Square and get off at the Albany & Randolph street stop). You can also take the SL5 (Silver Line 5) to Washington Street at Union Park, which will get you very close (0.1 miles away).On-street parking is plentiful after about 6:30 pm when most of the area workers go home.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 13 Nov 2012, 00:00 - 03:00 in Boston, United States

  With MySQL environments, horizontal scaling, load balancing, caching and firewalling are all achievable but require constant and ongoing modifications to applications.  With the forced 1:1 connection relationship between app servers and MySQL servers, making changes to database architecture (e.g., multi-master or sharding) requires manipulating many moving parts and can involve many people across the organization (e.g., developers, architects, Operations, DBAs, etc.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  8-9 Oct 2012 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is "Renormalize: The Sequel to SQL" will feature Ori H. from Akiban. (see below for free parking details)Relational databases and NoSQL document stores are generally perceived to be at opposing extremes, with schemas and SQL receiving much of the blame for  relational database scalability challenges.  Akiban has taken a different approach with Akiban Server, a database which brings document stores and relational  databases together.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  13-14 Aug 2012 in Boston, United States

  We will feature Dave Stokes of the MySQL Community Team (at Oracle) talking about MySQL 5.6:MySQL 5.6 has many improvements and new features that you may not know about that you will want to exploit.  Find out how changes in replication, Global Transaction IDs, sub-partitions,optimizer tracing, and other changes will make you life as a DBA better.-------------Logistics-------------Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  18-19 Jul 2012 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is MySQL Security, presented by Sheeri Cabral of Mozilla.-------------Logistics-------------Space with a Soul, 7th floor.Getting here: The office is walking distance (about two blocks) from South Station (train, bus, T). For folks with mobility issues, the #7 bus travels along Summer Street (the sidewalk can be challenging if you have mobility issues)

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  11-12 Jun 2012 in Boston, United States

  We're going to be doing another "pay your own way" dinner, at John Harvard's Brew Pub! We always have a great time with plenty of networking and great food.Please RSVP for accuracy.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  14-15 May 2012 in Boston, United States

  Sandro Frattura, Senior DBA from Online Buddies of Cambridge (operating in the social networking & dating space), will be our featured guest discussing Pentaho.  Pentaho is the leading open source Business Intelligence Platform on the market today.Sandro will:· Demonstrate how easy it is to use Pentaho to aggregate and transform data (ETL) from disparate data sources into a single destination using Pentaho’s “Data Integration” platform(Spoon/Kettle etc.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  9-10 Apr 2012 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is TBD.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty"Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is TBD, we will feature a speaker from Tokutek.------------- Logistics ------------- MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: ... MIT's map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: ... (the stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right) MIT's maps with parking lot information: ... and

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 13 Dec 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  NOTE the new room - 337eIvan will be raffling off a Kindle Fire and a SkySQL HA review at the December meeting.  Must be present to win.Ivan Zoratti, VP of Professional Services for SkySQL, will talk about "MySQL HA reloaded - old tricks and cool new tools to guarantee high availability to your MySQL Servers"Do you think that High Availability is all about MySQL Replication? Have you tried to alter your tables to NDB to drink at the holy grail of the shared nothing architectures?

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 15 Nov 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is MySQL Encryption, given by Mike Frank of Gazzang------------- Logistics -------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: ... (the stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: ... and that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty"Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  10-11 Oct 2011 in Boston, United States

  The October 10th's meetup's topic is "Renormalize - Solving Performance Problems in MySQL Without Denormalization" - by Ari Weil, Product Manager of Akiban TechnologiesAs operational database schemas become complex, users resort to denormalization to handle performance issues. This includes a range of techniques from materialized views to using MySQL as a key-value store for blobs containing full objects. While denormalization solves immediate bottlenecks, it comes at a hefty price.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  12-13 Sep 2011 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is:  A MongoDB case study by Jeff Yemin of MTV Networks.MTV Networks Online Division is leveraging MongoDB as the database platform for its next-generation CMS. The talk will focus on these points: A brief outline of the particular challenges of building a CMS for a large media-focused enterprise company; the selection criteria for the database platform (and how MongoDB fit them); the way the CMS leverages the various features of MongoDB.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  13-14 Jun 2011 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is TBD.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty"Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  9-10 May 2011 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is TBD.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty"Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  11-12 Apr 2011 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is TBD.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty"Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  14-15 Mar 2011 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is Understanding Indexing, given by Zardosht Kasheff of TokuDB.Indexes are used to improve query performance. As a result, good indexes are designed around queries that users find important in their application. This talk presents three simple and effective rules on how to construct indexes around queries that result in good performance.

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  This meetup's topic is:Take 2 -- Oracle's Bill Papp will talk about the MySQL 5.5 GA release! (we're very sorry about the confusion last time...bring your MySQL 5.5 questions!). ------------- Logistics -------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: (the stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)

• The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

  10-11 May 2010 in Boston, United States

  The January 2010 meetup will go over how to write optimal joins and subqueries.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty

• The Boston MySQL April Meetup

  19-20 Apr 2010 in Boston, United States

  The April 2010 meetup topic is moved to the THIRD Monday, as the 2nd Monday is the MySQL User Conference and Expo.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty

• The Boston MySQL March Meetup

  Tue, 9 Mar 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  The January 2010 meetup will go over how to write optimal joins and subqueries.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty

• Boston MySQL *Social* Meetup

  Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Cambridge, United States

  Just a social buy-your-own-dinner at John Harvard's Brew Pub in Harvard Square.On Tuesday, February 23rd, Morgan Tocker of Percona will join us.Though you are responsible for paying for your own meal, there's no minimum; if you want to come and have a glass of water, you are welcome to do so.Please RSVP for a semi-accurate head count. I will make a reservation for the "MySQL User Group

• The Boston MySQL February Meetup

  Tue, 9 Feb 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  The January 2010 meetup will go over how to write optimal joins and subqueries.-------------Logistics-------------MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right)MIT's maps with parking lot information: that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty

• The Boston MySQL January Meetup

  Tue, 12 Jan 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Boston, United States

  The December meetup will talk about how to play with time zones in MySQL. ------------- Logistics ------------- MIT's map with the building (E51) highlighted: MIT's map with the Kendall square T stop highlighted: (the stop is in red on that map, and you can see E51 in the bottom right) MIT's maps with parking lot information: and Note that MIT lots are free to park in after 3 pm or so, even if it says "reserved for faculty" Free pizza and soda will be served, so please RSVP accurately.

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