Column store concepts - get vertical for best results!

Overview:
Learn about columnar storage, that is column stores. Learn why it is also called "vertical partitioning" and how it can greatly improve the performance of many types of queries. There will be time for a Q/A session at the end and free beer. A number of available column stores will be discussed with a focus on open source ones.

Bio:
Justin Swanhart is a Principal Support Engineer and Trainer at Percona. In the past he as worked for well known companies such as Yahoo!, Easynews, Proven Scaling and also for Kickfire, a column store pioneer for MySQL which was acquired by Teradata. Justin maintains several open source projects that use MySQL, including Shard-Query (http://shardquery.com (http://shardquery.com/)) and Flexviews (http://flexvie.ws (http://flexvie.ws/)).

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 -- Doors open/general socializing & food provided by Percona
7:00 - 7:15 -- Intro/announcements
7:15 - 8:00(ish) -- Main presentation
8:00 - 8:30 -- General discussion/Q&A/networking/etc.
8:30ish -- post-event socializing... aka beers someplace nearby

Sponsors:
Percona (http://www.percona.com/) is the oldest and largest independent MySQL support and consulting company, with a global 24×7 staff of over 40 people serving more than 1000 customers (http://www.percona.com/about-us/customers/) in 50+ countries since 2006. Our clients achieve breakthrough results with MySQL: cost savings, faster time to market, higher system uptime, and long-term scalability. With Percona, you can execute with confidence and clarity. Anyone can claim expertise, but we show our abilities by creating open-source (http://www.percona.com/software/) software for MySQL users, writing industry-leading books (http://www.percona.com/about-us/books/), and publishing original research on the widely read MySQL Performance Blog (http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/). We also organize the Percona Live (http://www.percona.com/live/) series of conferences to share what we know.

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