As we continue the countdown to the largest community and user conference in PostgreSQL history I am reminded of all the great content we have had in the past. Today while I was reviewing the curriculum for the PostgreSQL Performance and Maintenance class, I came across this great talk by Bruce Momjian as a further example of the high quality information you will receive not only from the various trainings …

PostgreSQL Conference East, the largest PostgreSQL Conference for Users, Developers, Decision makers and anyone using PostgreSQL arranged for a hotel discount for attendees from the Radisson Warwick Hotel (the location of the conference).

The retail price of a double room is ~ 199.00. The discount rate is 132.00.

If you are attending PostgreSQL Conference East and you would like the discount you must register by the 11th of March. For …

As we inch closer to PostgreSQL Conference East, I have been reviewing some of the great talks given at PostgreSQL Conference West. One of those talks was Josh Berkus's great, "5 Steps to PostgreSQL Performance". Here it is below:

I blogged last week about a small list of content being up for the conference. I am now pleased to announce that 99% of the topics are up. I would say 100% but I keep getting new talks that look good and am trying to accommodate them as the schedule allows. When I review the talks, I see a lot of good content. Of particular interest to me is the …

When we moved PostgreSQL Conference East (register here)from a three day to a four day conference, I was concerned about our ability to pull it off. Primarily our conferences have been centered about the who's who of PostgreSQL. A nice mix of known contributors and avid users. A lot of the users, we would already knew as they contribute on the lists.
The migration to four days caused …

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.

The conference …

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 …

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 …

Call for papers.

December 14th, 2009, the PostgreSQL Conference U.S. team is pleased to announce the East 2010 venue and call for papers. This year the premiere East Coast PostgreSQL Conference will be returning to history Drexel University in Philadelphia. The event this year is being held at Drexel University in Philadelphia from March 26th through 28th. Following previously successful United States PostgreSQL conferences, we will be hosting a series …

Shout out to Mark Long and Lacey Powers for showing up to support a Pg dude in a foreign land. Preceding my talk on PostgreSQL Performance, Adam Lowry gave and interesting intro to a database connection pooling module he wrote for Django. Essentially they bolted SQLAlchemy's pooler into Django. He then gave some metrics, showing that through the connection pooler they dropped overall request time in half. It was a …