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Marten Mickos Biography
Marten Mickos is the CEO of MySQL, the fastest growing database company with over 6 million installations globally and who in less than 6 years has become the third largest installed database in the world (only behind Oracle and MS SQL Server). A native of Finland, Marten Mickos holds a strong track record of leadership in global high-tech companies. Since joining MySQL in 2001, he has built a profitable, sustainable business based on both open source values and support for corporate customers' needs. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Google!, Sabre Holdings, Yahoo, ABN AMRO, Cox Communications, The Associated Press and NASA are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power high-traffic Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software.
Mr. Mickos is a recognized and sought-after expert on the impact of open source development on the software industry. He has presented keynote and executive presentations on this topic at dozens of international conferences and tradeshows -- including LinuxWorld Expo, Always-On Innovation Summit, JP Morgan tech conference, as well as thought leadership forums at the Harvard and Stanford graduate business schools.
Prior to MySQL, Mickos was CEO at MatchON Sports, which he grew to become one of the hottest e-businesses in Europe at the time. He was previously CEO at telecom software vendor Intellitel Communications. Prior to that, he directed worldwide sales efforts at several technology companies.
Robin Schumacher Biography
Robin Schumacher is Director of Product Management for MySQL and has eighteen years experience as a DBA and developer with Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata, Sybase, and MySQL. He has authored numerous articles for various publications on the subjects of database administration and performance tuning, and is also the author of three database performance books (Oracle, SQL Server). Previously, he served as vice-president of product management for Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of database management tools.
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Federal Open Source Event in Washington, DC
November 15, 2005
MySQL is pleased to announce the 1st Annual Federal Open Source Seminar on November 15, 2005. Please join MySQL CEO, Marten Mickos along w/ MySQL technical and sales staff for a half-day seminar. This seminar will be held at the JW Marriott, located at 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC 20004.
This seminar is free of charge. We anticipate that available space will fill up quickly, so register today!
Top Reasons to Attend:
- Learn about MySQL’s commitment to the Federal Government
- Build relationships with key MySQL executives and engineers
- Get strategic and technical advice from MySQL experts
- Provide your input and feedback directly to the MySQL team
- Ensure that MySQL products and services continue to meet your needs
- Identify and share best practices in your organization
- Network with your peers
Agenda*:
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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8:00-8:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30-9:15am |
MySQL Overview and Commitment to Government |
Marten Mickos, CEO MySQL AB |
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9:15-9:45 am |
Red Hat Insight: Open Source in Government |
Chris Runge, Sr. Solutions Architect, Red Hat |
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9:45-10:30 am |
MySQL 5.0 - Ready for the Enterprise |
Robin Schumacher, Director Product Management, MySQL AB |
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10:30-10:45 am |
Break |
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10:45-11:30 am |
MySQL Network 2.0 – All-in-one Enterprise-Grade Database, Support and Services |
Robin Schumacher, Director Product Management, MySQL AB |
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11:30-Noon |
Question and Answers & Wrap-up |
All |
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*agenda subject to change
MySQL in the Federal Government:
Government agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the US Census Bureau have come to rely on open source software and MySQL for a wide variety of reasons, including:
- Greater interoperability
- Eliminates lock-in
- Higher levels of security
- Low licensing and maintenance costs
- High performance
- High reliability
- Easy to use and deploy
- Pluggable storage engine architecture
- Cost-effective scale-out
Come learn why government agencies have come to rely on open source technology and MySQL, and what they can do for you.
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Location:
The Federal Open Source Seminar will be held November 15, 2005 in the Russell Room at the JW Marriott, located at 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC 20004. The meeting will be held from 8:00am to 12:00pm.