Announcing “MySQL Essentials” Training

Are you having problems getting up to speed on MySQL? Are you asking yourself “Is there a hands-on training course we can send a developer/system admin to learn MySQL?”. In response, at 42SQL we have put together two new training courses, MySQL Essentials and MySQL Operations.

MySQL Essentials Training Details

With MySQL Essentials we tackle the core essentials that a developer/system admin/junior DBA would require in order to support an initial development environment that uses MySQL. Essentials training teaches the following skills:

  • Which version of MySQL to use (including the various different variants and patches available)
  • Backup, retention, and recovery strategies
  • Configuration and Monitoring of MySQL
  • Optimal schema and data objects configuration management
  • more information here

We are now accepting registrations for MySQL Essentials training being held on April 1st – 2nd in New York, and April 6th – 7 th in Washington DC.

About the presenter

Ronald Bradford is a two-decade veteran with extensive database experience in MySQL, Oracle and Ingres. His expertise covers data architecture, software development, migration, performance analysis and production system implementations. With ten years experience in MySQL, his involvement in the MySQL ecosystem has included working as Senior Consultant with MySQL Inc, speaker at four MySQL Conferences, and creator of the “MySQL for Oracle DBA’s” one-day workshop. Ronald holds MySQL Certifications including DBA 5.0, Developer 5.0 and MySQL Cluster 5.1.

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