Monthly discussion group on MySQL, and open source projects in general.

this month we'll have Brian Aker speaking about his new project Drizzle.

as always, you're welcome to bring questions and problems.

Blue Gecko will be providing beer and snacks!

Since the 7th is Labor Day and i've already heard from some about Bumbershoot and lon

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Monthly discussion group on MySQL, and open source projects in general.

this month will be more free form again, please bring questions and problems.

Blue Gecko will be providing beer!

Monthly discussion group on MySQL, and open source projects in general.

This month, we'll have InfoBright talking to us about their product as well.

Infobright Community Edition (ICE) is a new Open Source analytical data warehousing platform, which was released in September 2008. ICE is easy to use, and very simple to manage. It is a column-oriented database with a unique architecture called the Knowledge Grid that eliminates the complexities of indexing or developing complex data partitioning schemes. This presentation will discuss ICE, and how it utilizes the Knowledge Grid to process analytical queries so quickly. ICE is the only platform that allows MySQL to scale from extremely small datasets to 30+TB databases without requiring any changes to the underlying architecture of the system.

A member of the Infobright Community, Kevin Galligan, will also present how he has utilized ICE to analyze complex data sets involving extremely wide tables (over 500 columns). Since finishing his initial project with ICE, Kevin has further used ICE to create a startup company to help small businesses find the most cost-effictive and easiest way to send direct mail advertisements to a very precise selection of potential clients.

Presenters

Mark Windrim

Mark is Vice President of Community Relations for Infobright, and runs infobright.org. Mark joined Infobright in April 2006 and is accomplished senior technologist with over 15 years of experience in Internet related services. With the launch of Infobright's open source product and community, Mark's role is to be the advocate for the community back to the company.

Kevin Galligan

Kevin is head of internet technology for Research & Response International Inc., a New York based direct marketing services firm, and a partner in a new related venture called Pin Point Post. Kevin was brought in to put a large marketing database online for a client of R&R. Kevin has over 10 years of experience developing and managing Java-related internet applications in the financial services and social media industries. He has spent the last 2 years working on various startups, serving as primary developer and CTO of Medical Research Forum, an invite-only community for medical residents, and a
senior developer at Parity Energy, an energy options brokerage building a state-of-the-art options trading system.

Blue Gecko will be providing beer!

Monthly discussion group on MySQL, and open source projects in general. Seattle has a number of MySQL employees, so this is you chance to meet some of them in person!

This is in a new location. We're trying a conference room to see if quieter and having a projector are better or worse than a great big table at Elysian.

Blue Gecko will be providing beer!