Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.percona.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-percona-favicon-32x32.png 32 32 76301791 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-austin-2020-sneak-peek/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:51:45 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=65390 It’s happening! Percona Live is coming soon and our teams are hard at work finalizing the agenda. Join us for three days of collaboration, learning, and fun, with presentations and discussions on topics relevant to the development, implementation, and management of open source database solutions.With early bird ticket pricing available until March 1, there’s no […]]]> 65390 https://www.percona.com/blog/fosdem-2020-program-come-meet-the-team/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:31:50 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=64779 One of our favorite events in Europe every year is FOSDEM. The open source community hosts this free event each year in Brussels over the first weekend of February. Over 8,000 open source enthusiasts gather on the campus of Université Libre de Bruxelles to enjoy a stunning array of talks.Catch Percona’s Team in ActionWe’re really […]]]> 64779 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-2020-call-for-papers-deadline-extension/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:53:57 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=64677 An extension to the Percona Live 2020 Call for Papers deadline has been announced, and you now have until Wednesday, January 22 to submit your papers. The Percona Live Open Source Database Conference (to give it its full name) will be taking place in Austin, Texas from May 18-20, 2020. We will be at a […]]]> 64677 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-2020-call-for-papers/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:29:53 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=63608 The Call For Papers (CFP) for Percona Live 2020 is now open!DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, January 22.Percona Live will be held in Austin, Texas from Monday, May 18 through Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at a new venue, the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center. The CFP is open for submissions from November 27, 2019, through January […]]]> 63608 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-university-istanbul-on-october-4/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:47:59 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=62142 The latest Percona University event will be held in Istanbul on Friday, October 4. These are free events featuring technical presentations from Percona and guest speakers. Talks are good for anyone who uses database technologies as part of their tech stack. In other words, for pretty much anyone working databases, devops, and development.AgendaHere’s a quick […]]]> 62142 https://www.percona.com/blog/security-matters-at-percona-live-europe-2019/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:09:38 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=61920 Among the most widely debated topics in technology at the moment are security and data privacy. While the industry has long been aware of the threat of security breaches, recent examples have heightened concerns. Are you doing all you can to protect your data assets, and how do you know? Submissions to Percona Live events […]]]> 61920 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-europe-2019-schedule/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:07:17 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=61452 If you’ve been waiting to see the schedule before you commit to a ticket, wait no longer! With just a few spots to be confirmed before release, the bulk of the Percona Live Europe 2019 agenda can now be seen. We’ve said it before, but the quality of the submissions was high and it’s been […]]]> 61452 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-europe-2019-sneak-peek/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:15:21 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=59903 We had an amazing response to our Call for Papers for Percona Live Europe, offering talks of incredible breadth and depth. Our European open source database conference rivals its North American cousin in the number and quality of submissions, which has made it an incredibly tough job for the volunteer Committee – thank you, again […]]]> 59903 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-europe-2019-conference-updates/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:43:08 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=59018 The Percona Live Open Source Database Conference, Europe 2019 will have a one week extension of the call for papers.  Our new close date will be Monday July 22, 2019.  Any and all topics related to open source database technologies are invited.This year’s conference takes a new approach, organizing tracks along these key business themes: […]]]> 59018 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-community-dinner-2019/ https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-community-dinner-2019/#comments Thu, 30 May 2019 14:09:30 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=57463 It was all aboard the Lone Star river boat for the 100 delegates who joined our Community Dinner. Loading took quite some time, Tom Basil attended to the guest list, and then the necessary signatures for those aboard. I’d woken at 6am to a less than favorable forecast, but the weather was kind to us, […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-community-dinner-2019/feed/ 1 57463 https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-awards-at-percona-live-2019/ https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-awards-at-percona-live-2019/#comments Wed, 29 May 2019 20:56:56 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=57453 It’s that time of year again, and we’ve just had the presentations of the MySQL Community Awards at Percona Live. A more fulsome blog post will be written for the Community Blog in the next few days about the worthy winners. Meanwhile, though, here’s a summary.Committee Co-Secretaries Emily Slocombe of Square, and Agustin Gallego of […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-awards-at-percona-live-2019/feed/ 3 57453 https://www.percona.com/blog/community-update-for-pl-open-source-database-conference-2019/ Mon, 13 May 2019 11:03:32 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=57064 It’s not long now before we’ll be gathering in Austin TX for this year’s Percona Live event. It’s the only conference of its type dedicated entirely to open source databases – of all marques. From a community perspective, we have a few updates to share.Community DinnerWe’re happy to say that PlanetScale have stepped up to […]]]> 57064 https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-contributor-awards-2019/ https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-contributor-awards-2019/#comments Wed, 01 May 2019 08:12:47 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=56822 Last week, Oracle reported on the list of MySQL Community Contributors for 2019 and we’re proud to say that five serving Perconians made it to the list of 19 people recognized as such. Entries are nominated by the MySQL community and their nominations are assessed against six criteria by a volunteer committee of community mavens. […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-community-contributor-awards-2019/feed/ 1 56822 https://www.percona.com/blog/a-truly-open-source-database-conference/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:59:34 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=56398 Many of our regular attendees already know that the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference is not all about Percona software or, indeed, all about Percona. However, with moving to a new city—Austin, TX— we have realized that it’s something we ought to shout out loud and clear. Our conference really is technology agnostic! As […]]]> 56398 https://www.percona.com/blog/fosdem-2019-percona-presentations/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:33:12 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=55322 For those not familiar with it, FOSDEM is an amazing, free entry, full on celebration of open source that takes place in Brussels, Belgium every year. This year the event was held over the first weekend of February. Fringe events, such as the Pre-FOSDEM MySQL day hosted by Oracle MySQL, and the community dinner that follows, […]]]> 55322 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-2019-committee-announced-and-a-short-extension/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:24:03 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=54961 We had a great response to our call for papers, thank you! However great we believe having the conference in Austin, TX will be, moving to a new area of the US is still a leap of faith until we see the numbers. So we’re thankful that so many of you continue to support and […]]]> 54961 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-2019-tracks/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:23:15 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=54781 Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 in North America has moved to Austin, Texas: a cool place to be, and host to many big names in the tech space. Read what Dave Stokes, MySQL Community Manager for Oracle, has to say in favor of Austin.If you need a conference ticket for Austin, put in […]]]> 54781 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-europe-their-own-words/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:07:01 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=53369 For those who are looking forward to Percona Live Europe in just two weeks time—and for those yet to make up their minds—some of our presenters have shared some insight into their talks and what they’re most looking forward to themselves. Make no mistake, this is one of the most exciting events in the conference […]]]> 53369 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-blog-poll-database-in-the-cloud/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:49:23 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=53079 Percona’s latest blog poll asks how you run your database in the cloud?Join in!Are you using a fully managed service or are you self-managing your databases in the cloud? And what provider are you relying on? Perhaps you’re using more than one. Don’t worry, you can tick multiple boxes, so please choose up to four […]]]> 53079 https://www.percona.com/blog/open-source-database-community-blog-the-story-so-far/ https://www.percona.com/blog/open-source-database-community-blog-the-story-so-far/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:24:28 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=51357 Recently, we initiated a new project, the Open Source Database Community Blog. One way to think of this is as an online, year round version of the Percona Live conferences. If you have a story to tell, an experience to share, or a lesson to be learned send it along. As long as it’s related […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/open-source-database-community-blog-the-story-so-far/feed/ 1 51357