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Open Query MySQL training days

Another few weeks has passed since I started Open Query, and I can now say I’m very pleased with incoming consulting work and bookings for the upcoming Open Query MySQL training days in Brisbane and Melbourne, particularly from previously unknown sources.

(I was pondering the blog title but decided on the above – it’s not really “MySQL Training by Open Query”, because I do use my own training materials in my own short course modular format.)

The MySQL Storage Engines training day in Brisbane (8 October) looks like it may actually get “sold out”, I do limit the maximum number of participants to between 8 and 12 people for any of my classes. This class is very important for any MySQL user, whether relatively new to MySQL or very experienced, and also for professionals who are experienced with other RDBMS. I may not have picked the sexiest title, but it appears that people are picking up on the value for them, and are finding the time in their schedule to come to the training for this one day. Plus the price is just pretty decent ($475+GST). The same topic is scheduled in Melbourne for the 15th of October.

The other training days I have currently scheduled are MySQL Replication (Brisbane, 9 October) and the MySQL Cluster Workshop (Melbourne, 16 October). More specialist, but MySQL Replication is of course often used; not just for scale-out of web sites, but also for reporting and backup purposes.

The MySQL Cluster workshop provides a better understanding (both conceptually and hands-on) of what MySQL Cluster is – since the term “cluster” is hopelessly overloaded and MySQL Cluster is not at all like Oracle Cluster (for instance). MySQL Cluster has specific strong points, but it definitely should not be used when it’s technically not appropriate for a particular task. I’ve found that people find MySQL Cluster very “funky” and essentially are trying to find an excuse to use it somewhere in their work. I can understand that from the geeky perspective, but in business term it’s a tad dangerous. Better know more about it so informed decisions can be made. Hence the workshop. I reckon it’s a good little investment, spending one day in this.

Oh, and in other news, I had a consulting customer from the US last week, very interesting. I’m focusing on the Australia/NZ region, but if a gig is appropriate and I have spare cycles at the the time a potential customer asks, why not. Remote consulting can be done from anywhere….

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