We had our first ever MySQL User Conference in Japan this week, put on by our very own Larry Stefonic (Larry-san as we call him) and our all-star Japanese sales & marketing team. We had several hundred people at this multi-day event and it was standing room only. There were keynotes by Marten Mickos as well as Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) the author of Ruby, the director of HP Japan and the General Manager of Sumisho, one of our top partners. Many MySQLers were there from around the world to lend a hand including Jimmy Guerrero from Product Management, Carsten Pedersen from Certification, Stewart Smith, Brian and Monty from Engineering, and Kaj and Colin from the community team among others.
We also launched our MySQL Enterprise fall update with some enhancements to MySQL Enterprise Monitor. (Thanks to community dude Colin Charles for the photos. I have posted them on Picasaweb to create the embedded slide show above. You can also find more on Flickr.)
Note that there are also some upcoming one day conferences in London, Munich and Paris October 16, 18 and 23.
Great title! congratulations on the event, looked like a lot of fun.
Posted by: Elliot Murphy | September 13, 2007 at 06:54 AM
Elliot, nice to hear from you. The title is kind of a rock cliché. But I thought it was appropriate. I should point out I wasn't at the conference; but I heard it was very good from those who attended.
--Zack
Posted by: ZUrlocker | September 13, 2007 at 08:25 PM
one of our top partners. Many MySQLers were there from around the world to lend a hand including Jimmy
Posted by: Cam balkon | February 09, 2008 at 11:23 AM