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Self-Service Business Intelligence for MySQL: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 ...

By James Dixon

Join James Dixon, founder and chief technology officer of Pentaho Corporation, as he explains how to bring business intelligence to your MySQL deployments with Pentaho BI Suite – the most comprehensive suite of BI capabilities in open source.

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]

Speaker: Aslak Hellesøy: RailsConf 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, May 04 - ...

Aslak Hellesøy is the Chief Scientist of BEKK (link: https://bekk.no/,) a Norwegian business and technology consulting firm. In 2003, after seven years of Java programming, he fell in love with Ruby. He has contributed to dozens of open source projects and is the founder of the Cucumber (link: https://cukes.info/) project.

[Publish Date: May 04, 2009]

Speaker: Chander Kant: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, ...

Chander is the CEO and founder of Zmanda. Chander provides a unique combination of leadership in open source and data protection software. He has been involved on both the technology and business sides of open source software and was named one of the "Top 20 Linux Luminaries" by Linux World Magazine in 2004. Prior to Zmanda, Chander founded and ran LinuxCertified, Inc., an open source product and services company. Earlier in his career, Chander was a business development executive at VERITAS software and served as a product line manager for storage software at SGI. Chander holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (where he did research work in Database Management Systems) and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]

Speaker: Bruce Clay: O'Reilly Found Conference - SEO for Web Development, ...

Bruce has operated as an executive with several high-technology businesses, and comes from a long career as a technical executive with leading Silicon Valley firms, and since 1996 in the Internet Business Consulting arena. Bruce holds a BS in Math and Computer Science and also has his MBA from Pepperdine University, has had many articles published, has been a speaker at over 100 sessions including Search Engine Strategies, WebmasterWorld, ad:Tech, Search Marketing Expo, and many more, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, PC Week, Wired Magazine, Smart Money, several books, and many other publications. He has also been featured on many podcasts and WebmasterRadio shows, as well as appearing on the NHK 1-hour TV special "Google's Deep Impact". He has personally authored many advanced search engine optimization tools that are available from the company web sites.

[Publish Date: June 09, 2009]

Speaker: Miriam Tuerk: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, ...

Miriam, CEO of Infobright since January, 2006, possesses a proven track record of building high growth businesses in emerging technology. Miriam has 20+ years high-tech experience including leadership positions in the consulting and telecommunications sectors. Miriam holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo.

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]

Speaker: Jonathan Hochman: O'Reilly Found Conference - SEO for Web ...

Jonathan Hochman is the founder of Hochman Consultants (link: https://www.hochmanconsultants.com) where he has 20 years experience as a business development, marketing and technology consultant. He is also the chairman of SEMNE (link: https://www.semne.org,) an association of professional search marketers in New England. In 1990 Hochman received two degrees in Computer Science from Yale (link: https://www.cs.yale.edu/alumni/h.html.) Hochman's credentials include Qualified Google Advertising Professional (link: https://adwords.google.com/select/ProfessionalStatus?id=O8DLJ2nYeI5EZ6Z_VTAvcQ&hl;=en_US,) Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassador (link: https://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/af/amb_confirm.php?type=amb&id;=1923,) and Microsoft adExcellence Member (link: https://adexcellence.com/adEx/Member.aspx?name=VbDnqc0nCBvl2D//5dFH2wPdXIDYMjtHBQCYeOvLaqI.) He has spoken at the Web 2.0 Summit (link: https://en.oreilly.com/web2008/public/schedule/speaker/42902,) Search Marketing Expo (link:...

[Publish Date: June 09, 2009]

Speaker: Sam Mefford: O'Reilly Found Conference - SEO for Web Development, ...

As Enterprise Search Practice Lead at Avalon Consulting, LLC, Sam Mefford has pioneered the Enterprise Content consultancy’s practical implementation of global enterprise search projects, helping organizations smartly manage their digital content while mitigating the risk involved with executing their Enterprise Search strategies. Well-versed in Vignette and Autonomy products, Sam is a progressive architect and thought leader when it comes to parlaying enterprise search, navigation, and content intelligence into competitive advantage. His foresight and unique skill in layering intuitive, enhanced user interfaces on top of these platforms has led to increased user acceptance and adoption of the implemented solutions. He combines a deep technical understanding with a keen business sense and unexpected creativity for a powerful learning experience for his listeners. His presentations are passionate, engaging, and driven by his excitement for today’s rapidly evolving technology and...

[Publish Date: June 09, 2009]

Speaker: Atsushi Shionozaki: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 - O'Reilly ...

Atsushi Shionozaki received his PhD in Computer Science from Keio University in 1995. He joined Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL) in Tokyo focusing on Internet protocol research. In 2000, he joined Stanford Networking Research Center as a reseacher in residence representing Sony. After returning to Sony CSL in Tokyo in 2004, he started working on the wireless LAN locationware platform PlaceEngine with other lab members. Since then, he has left Sony CSL to start Koozyt, Inc. to market PlaceEngine business world and spawn off other location based technologies. He is a founding member and CTO of Koozyt, Inc.

[Publish Date: May 19, 2009]

Starring Sakila: Data Warehousing Explained, Illustrated, and Subtitled: ...

By Roland Bouman, Matt Casters

Lately there's been a lot of talk about MySQL-based business intelligence and datawarehousing. But what does it all really mean? What's behind the BI/OLAP/ETL alphabet soup, and what in heavens name are star schemas, facts and dimensions? Using the Sakila sample database as material, this session will explain what data warehouses are, what problems they solve, and how they are designed and built.

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]

Speaker: Natasha Leger: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, ...

Natasha Léger is the founder and President of ITF Advisors, LLC, a Denver-based market intelligence and strategy advisory firm with a focus on technology, media, and telecommunications companies. ITF provides market assessment, strategy and business planning services to companies and organizations looking to invest and grow in a rapidly changing marketplace. Clients include startups to Fortune 500 companies.

[Publish Date: May 19, 2009]

Speaker: Brian Gentile: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - O'Reilly ...

Brian brings to JasperSoft a 23-year track record of success in helping to build and lead prominent technology companies’ product and go-to-market strategies. Most recently, Mr. Gentile was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Informatica Corporation, the industry-leading data integration software company, where he helped the company grow consistently and substantially. Previously, Mr. Gentile served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Brio Software, a leading business intelligence software provider, where he was responsible for the company’s global market position and strategy, product marketing, corporate marketing and strategic partner relationships. Prior to Brio, as a Vice President at Sun Microsystems, Brian created Sun’s first-ever worldwide Developer Relations team and helped build the Sun and Java Developer Connection Programs, which reached over 2 million active members during his tenure. And prior to Sun, Brian led Apple’s...

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]