Percona Live New York is underway

Today we have a dedicated MySQL conference in New York with Percona Live . It is great to see an overflowing room in the opening keynote. With over 20 speakers and 4 dedicated tracks there is a lot of content for attendees.

With all the confusion over conference ownership since the Oracle acquisition I applaud Percona for taking an initiative, first in San Francisco and now here in New York. Also announced today is the next Percona Live in London which is great for the MySQL ecosystem in Europe.

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