December 2012: Oracle MySQL Information inDepth

This Edition's Content December 2012 News Spotlight: MySQL for the Cloud White Papers Case Studies On Demand Webcasts Blogs Podcast Training Upcoming Events Stay In Touch Downloads NEWS
	MySQL Cluster Manager 1.2 is generally available. Learn more about MySQL Cluster Manager with the following resources. White Paper: MySQL Cluster Manager MySQL Cluster Manager simplifies the creation and management of MySQL Cluster by automating common management tasks. As a result, database administrators and system administrators are more productive, enabling them to focus on strategic IT initiatives and respond more quickly to changing user requirements. Download the white paper. Demo: Getting Started with MySQL Cluster Manager Learn how to install, configure, and run MySQL Cluster Manager. Watch the demo. Evaluate MySQL Cluster Manager Download MySQL Cluster Manager from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Click through the agreement, then select "MySQL Product Pack.” Download now. Back to Top

SPOTLIGHT: MySQL FOR THE CLOUD
	Discover why MySQL is an ideal choice for the cloud. Access our resource kit now. Back to Top

WHITE PAPERS
	Top 10 Reasons to Use MySQL As an Embedded Database More than 3,000 independent software vendors and original equipment manufacturers, including 8 of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20 software vendors in the world, rely on MySQL. This white paper reviews the top 10 technical and business reasons why MySQL meets the needs of so many leading vendors and startups to power their applications, including organizations from telecommunications, security, accounting, and education. Download the white paper. MySQL and Hadoop: Guide to Big Data Integration Download this guide to learn how integrating MySQL with Hadoop enables organizations to gain deeper insight into their customers, partners, and business processes, by asking questions of their data that were never previously possible. Download the white paper. Back to Top

CASE STUDIES
	StayFriends Secures a Leading Position Among European Social Media Sites with MySQL Since its founding, StayFriends has built its infrastructure on MySQL. Learn how MySQL Enterprise Edition provides the scalability that StayFriends needs to keep pace with performance requirements in the years to come. Read the case study. RedeHost Quadruples Backup Speed with Oracle’s MySQL Enterprise Edition As a hosting company, RedeHost’s core business and its customer service quality depend on the availability and performance of its IT infrastructure. As the company grew, it saw the need to automate IT infrastructure management and decided to migrate to MySQL Enterprise Edition from the MySQL Community Edition version, which it had used since its founding. Read the case study. Back to Top

ON DEMAND WEBCASTS
	Oracle’s Technology Webcast Center Brush up on new technologies, discover the latest IT trends, learn best practices, and find out how other customers are using Oracle products to drive return on investment. Visit Oracle’s Technology Webcast Center, where you can watch more than 200 Webcasts about Oracle technologies, attend live Webcasts, and subscribe to Webcast updates you won’t want to miss. MySQL High Availability with Distributed Replicated Block Device Learn how to build highly available services with MySQL and distributed replicated block device (DRBD). The DRBD high-availability solution comprises a complete stack of open source software that delivers high-availability database clusters on commodity hardware, with the option of 24/7 support from Oracle. Top 10 MySQL Tips and Mistakes for PHP Developers MySQL and PHP are two key components in the LAMP stack, widely used by Web developers. One day you launched a Website; it gradually gained traction and now serves hundreds of times more traffic than on day one. Have you ever looked back and adjusted the MySQL configurations according to your current load? Have you ever wondered if there are secret tips you might have missed or common mistakes that you could have avoided? If you answered yes to either question, this presentation is for you. Back to Top

BLOGS
	MySQL Performance: Linux I/O and Fusion-IO, Part 2 By Dimitri Kravtchuk MySQL 5.6: Performance Schema—Statement Digest By Mayank Prasad Election 2012: Twitter Breaks Records with MySQL By Bertrand Matthelié EXPLAIN Versus VISUAL EXPLAIN, Part I By Dave Stokes VISUAL EXPLAIN, Part 2 By Dave Stokes Introducing MySQL for Excel By Javier Treviño Out of Resources? Check table_open_cache. By Sheeri Cabral Using MySQL for Excel By Todd Farmer Purging Old Rows with QueryScript: Three Use Cases By Shlomi Noach Installing MySQL Workbench in Ubuntu 12.10 By Sergio de la Cruz InnoDB Now Works with Read-Only Media By Todd Farmer MySQL Performance: InnoDB vs. MyISAM in 5.6 By Dimitri Kravtchuk How to Install MySQL 5.6 on Ubuntu 12.10 (Including Memcached Plugin) By Falko How to Migrate PostgreSQL Databases to MySQL Using the MySQL Workbench Migration Wizard By Sergio de la Cruz Supercharging PHP MySQL Applications Using the Best API By Ulf Wendel Back to Top

PODCAST
	MySQL Performance Schema Mark Leith, software development senior manager, Oracle, talks about the MySQL performance schema. Back to Top

TRAINING
	Get the Most from MySQL with MySQL Performance Tuning Training In this four-day class, you'll learn practical, safe, highly efficient ways to optimize the performance of the MySQL database. You can take this class on demand, in a live virtual format, or in a classroom setting. Learn to Develop MySQL Applications If you are a database developer who wants to create applications using MySQL, the MySQL for Developers course is for you. This course covers how to plan, design, and implement applications using the MySQL database with examples in Java and PHP. Develop Database Administration Skills with the MySQL for Database Administrators Course The MySQL for Database Administrators course is for DBAs and other database professionals who want to install MySQL, set up replication and security, perform database backups and performance tuning, and protect MySQL databases. Back to Top

UPCOMING EVENTS
	Find a MySQL Event Near You Find an Oracle Event Near You Back to Top

STAY IN TOUCH
	Receive the latest MySQL updates and interact with the MySQL community. Read Oracle's MySQL Blog Listen to Oracle’s Meet the MySQL Experts Podcast Join MySQL on Facebook Follow MySQL on Twitter Watch the MySQL Channel on YouTube Back to Top

DOWNLOADS
	Want to evaluate the advanced capabilities in MySQL Enterprise Edition? Download the MySQL Enterprise Edition trial. Download MySQL Community Edition Download MySQL Cluster Download MySQL Workbench