Posted Monday Jan 25th, 2010 11:35am
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As everyone already knows, PostgreSQL Conference East is happening on March 25th through March 28th in Philadelphia. However, what is new is, early bird registration is now open and we have confirmed the three classes that will be taught on Sunday the 28th.
- PostgreSQL Administration by Bruce Momjian.
- PostgreSQL Performance and Maintenance by Joshua D. Drake (yes me)
- Point and Time Recovery and Hot Standby by Chander Ganesan.
Posted Wednesday Jan 13th, 2010 12:14pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
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We announced the CFP for PostgreSQL Conference East back in December. Since that time, we have been working diligently to make this the best PostgreSQL Conference ever presented in the United States. The signing of Platinum partner EnterpriseDB and the subsequent change of venue has been an exciting foray into a new phase of the PostgreSQL Conference series.
However, what has really surprised me is the number of individual emails I have received from people. Generally speaking, the Conferences East and West are self populating. The community knows the conferences exist. They know it generates funds for PgUS and .Org. They also know that it is a chance to meet a lot of the contributors, learn and generally just have a good time.
What is new, is the people that are contacting me are not normal members of the community. You are not going to see them on -general or -hackers. These are true End Users. They represent the community, outside the community. What I want to know is where these people are coming from? Are they new to PostgreSQL? Are they exploring new alternatives to legacy databases such as MySQL? Perhaps PostgreSQL is just growing up.
Don't get me wrong, PostgreSQL for many years has far surpassed any open source database in overall capability, performance, management and features. However, the community as a whole has only recently realized the importance of cross pollination to other user groups and not being so anal retentive that all we do is turn off potential users. I think we are starting to see actual pay off there.
As an example, I know SelenaD and JoshB are both speaking at non-traditional conferences about PostgreSQL. For my part, I have been actively speaking at user groups around the Pacific Northwest, including Django, Python and next week Perl. My topic of course is, PostgreSQL Performance.
So, with all the changes in our ecosystem, I invite anyone to contact me about the conference, PgUS or .Org. I would love to just chat, possibly visit your user group or help you find a speaker for your user group.
Don't forget to come to East. This conference is going to rock!
Posted Tuesday Jan 5th, 2010 03:24pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
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East 2010 is taking it up a notch! This year, along with Platinum Partner EnterpriseDB, we will be making an aggressive marketing campaign not only to community but also professionals, and decision makers.
With this aggressive marketing campaign we have adjusted the conference to be four days, March 25th - 28th. We have also moved from Drexel University to the Radison Plaza, Warwick Hotel. This is to better allow for business professionals outside of our normal community to attend the conference. It is also to allow for the most exposure to potential exhibitors.
Yes, I said exhibitors. This year, PostgreSQL Conference East will have a limited exhibit space (13 (of 15) currently available). The exhibit space is within the main hall, where the Keynote, Social area and Food/Beverages will be provided.
Please join Command Prompt and EnterpriseDB in making this the largest, most successful PostgreSQL conference ever!
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