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The Changing Landscape of Open Source Databases

Event: Open Source 101 2021

Presentation: 30 March 2021 , 30/Mar/21 12:00 AM

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Speaker: Peter Zaitsev

A discussion on the changes, trends, and database technologies that are going to impact business by the end of 2021.

In the current technology landscape, we have a lot of great innovation happening especially when it comes to Database Technology. A few examples include introducing new data models such as time series or graph, which focus on solving SQL at hyper-scale problem, this has been an elusive solution and scale was becoming synonymous with NoSQL environments. We now have a new Cloud-Native database design coming to market using the power of Kubernetes as well as employing Serverless concepts.

In this presentation, we will look at database technologies changing trends and what is driving them as well as talk about changes to the Open Source licenses and Cloud-based deployment and emerging class of not-quite Open Source Database software.

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The Changing Landscape of Open Source Databases

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Peter Zaitsev

Peter Zaitsev

Co‑founder of Percona and one of the foremost experts on MySQL strategy and optimization. Peter leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two‑person shop to one of the most respected open source companies in the business. A serial entrepreneur, he co‑founded his first startup while attending Moscow State University where he majored in Computer Science. He is a co‑author of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. Peter frequently speaks as an expert lecturer at open source database conferences and has contributed articles to outlets such as Fortune and DZone.

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