MySQL Users Conference 2006 “MySQL is at the heart of revolutionary changes in computer history.“—Tim O'Reilly
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Business and Case Studies

These sessions are great for IT Managers and IT Architects who are responsible for implementing MySQL and open source technologies. Session leaders share their experiences and best practices in designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining their MySQL applications.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Zimbra: Modernizing the Messaging Architecture
Scott Dietzen, President and CTO, Zimbra
Time: 2:50PM - 3:35PM
Location: Ballroom A
Topic:  Business and Case Studies, General

Panel: Scale Out
Chris DiBona, Open Source Programs Manager, Google, Inc.
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Dorion Carroll, Senior Engineer, Technorati
Jeremy Cole, MySQL Geek, Proven Scaling LLC
Brad Fitzpatrick, LiveJournal Founder, Hacker
Time: 4:30PM - 5:15PM
Location: Ballroom E
Topic:  Business and Case Studies, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out, Community Projects, General, Performance Tuning and Benchmarks

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Open Source & Linux at HP: Community Development, Customer Success
Christine Martino, VP Linux and Open Source Organization, Hewlett-Packard
Time: 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Location: Ballrooms E - H
Topic:  Business and Case Studies

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Use Cases for Replication and Cluster in MySQL
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Time: 11:00AM - 11:45AM
Location: Ballroom D
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Business and Case Studies, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out

Shifting to Lightweight Architecture with LAMP
Peter Yared, Founder and CEO, ActiveGrid
Time: 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Location: Ballroom A
Topic:  Business and Case Studies, LAMP

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

JSF, AJAX, MySQL, and Component-based Web Development
Max Katz, Senior Systems Engineer, Exadel, Inc.
Time: 1:30PM - 2:15PM
Location: Ballroom C
Topic:  Business and Case Studies, Java

MySQL Movie Magic
Milton Ngan, Chief Architect, Weta Digital Ltd
Time: 3:30PM - 4:15PM
Location: Ballrooms E - H
Topic:  Architecture and Technology, Business and Case Studies, Cluster, Replication, and Scale-out, General





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