Postgres and Open Source Experts

As the primary organizer of The PostgreSQL Conference series, Command Prompt has been trying to find ways to continue to support the PostgreSQL Community. The Conference is already the highest direct financial contributor but the money isn't always what the community needs. The documentation may need some work (pg_dump section I am looking at you), we might want server to execute performance testing or there are features that the …

Today, Netflix upped its rates. It was not an excessive increase (dollar wise) but it was enough to get some masses frothing at the mouth [1]. Here is the deal folks, Netflix is cheap, really cheap. It is so cheap that their selection is dwindling as their contracts become due. To get even close to the equivalent service from a cable company you would be looking at upward of 100.00 …

OK, I am just trying to set the record straight. People are still confused thinking I might not be going to #PgWest, but I am. I know where the confusion comes from; there are a few other conferences going on during that time frame but the only two that matter are #PgWest and Surge. So, to be clear, I will be going to #PGWest this year not Surge. …

Following on the smashing success of PostgreSQL Conference East, PostgreSQL Conference West, The PostgreSQL Conference for Developers, End Users and Decision Makers, is being held at the San Jose Convention Center, in San Jose, CA from September 27th - 30th. Please join us in continuing to make this the largest PostgreSQL Conference series in North America.

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  May 25th: Talk submission opens
  July 31st: …

I am currently at the Gartner BI conference (yes really), so I won't have time to announce officially until later this week but I have had a lot of people asking me about when West will be. So, here ya go. San Jose, September 27th-30th at the convention center. The conference is already set up at Lanyrd if you want to get social.

The website is not quite updated yet …

I tend to spend a lot of my time reviewing what is going on in the wider PostgreSQL ecosystem. Over the past few months I have been increasingly intriqued at a overriding theme that is starting to emerge in the market. That "EnterpriseDB" is "The PostgreSQL Company". This isn't about taglines but actual perception in the market.

I was speaking with an individual from 10Gen (#PgEast Gold Sponsor and creator …

Not much to say here, but this is a great thread on why the "Cloud" is a serious problem real, production quality, database use.

I arrived at the New Yorker yesterday to find that it was an excellent choice for our attendees to sleep. In the last couple of years they have renovated all the rooms and the hotel is quite nice. I have a double and will be here the next 12 days, yes that means I will be here on St. Patrick's day. For all those PostgreSQL Peeps that have never been …

With #PgEast just two weeks away I have been looking for every possible place that I can to advocate the conference. In doing so, I have been finding lots of interesting tidbits of information. For example, did you know (per Stefan/Mastermind) PostgreSQL is lucky to reach 15k tps per core for SIMPLE QUERIES, whereas MySQL can do upward of 30k tps per core for SIMPLE QUERIES? There is …

The session schedule is now up. We also have a new twitter account for the conference. Further, EFF has also offered a discounted membership for #PgEast attendees, more information can be found here. Of course you can register in full here.