Continuent, Box, Couchbase and ParElastic Among Conference Sponsors

PLEASANTON, California – December 5, 2012 – Percona LLC, the company that makes MySQL faster and more reliable, announced the tutorial schedule for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013. The 2012 conference was widely regarded as one of the best MySQL-focused conferences in years. With sponsorship and speakers from some of the world’s most admired brands, the conference was enthusiastically received by more than 1,000 attendees, many of whom praised the breadth and caliber of the sessions. The conference was so popular that Percona added a fourth day to the 2013 conference schedule.

Tutorials will present immediate and practical applications of in-depth MySQL knowledge targeted at a level between a training class and a conference breakout session. Speakers include:

• Neil Armitage, Continuent Tungsten Deployment and Support Engineer, and Giuseppe Maxia, Quality Assurance Director, Continuent, Inc.
  Topic: “Using Tungsten Replicator to Solve Replication Problems”
• Timour Katchaounov, Query Optimizer Developer, and Sergei Petrunia, Optimizer Developer, Monty Program AB
  Topic: “Advanced Query Optimizer Tuning and Analysis”
• Henrik Ingo, Senior Performance Architect, Nokia
  Topic: “Evaluating MySQL High Availability Alternatives”
• René Cannaò, Senior Operational DBA, PalominoDB
  Topic: “Ramp-up Tutorial for MySQL Cluster - Scaling with Continuous Availability”
• Peter Zaitsev, CEO & Co-founder, Percona LLC
  Topic: “Innodb Architecture and Performance Optimization”
• Rick James, MySQL Geek, Yahoo! Inc.
  Topic: “Cookbook for Creating INDEXes -- All about Indexing”

Sponsorships

Sponsorship opportunities for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 are available. Sponsors become a part of a dynamic and growing ecosystem and interact with more than 1,000 developers, business managers, technology evangelists, database administrators, and entrepreneurs in the heart of Silicon Valley. Sponsors already committed to the event include:

• Diamond Plus: Continuent
• Silver: Box, Couchbase, ParElastic
• Exhibitors: Akiban, Booking.com, Codership, Sphinx, ScaleArc

Planning to Attend?

Take advantage of discounted Super Saver registration discounts through December 28, 2012.

The Conference

What:	Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013
Where:	The Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center 5101 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054
When:	April 22-25, 2013

Company Information

Press Contacts
Terry Erisman
Percona LLC
(888) 401-3401 Ext. 555
terry.erisman@percona.com

About Percona LLC

Percona LLC has made MySQL faster and more reliable for over 1,800 consulting and support customers worldwide since 2006. Percona provides enterprise-grade MySQL support, consulting, training, and development services to companies such as Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Groupon, and the BBC. Percona's founders authored the definitive book High Performance MySQL from O'Reilly Press and the widely read MySQL Performance Blog. Percona also develops software for MySQL users, including Percona Server and Percona XtraBackup, the only open source, hot backup utility for the InnoDB storage engine. The popular Percona Live conferences draw attendees and acclaimed speakers from around the world. For more information, visit www.percona.com.

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