Meetings

MySQL: The Technology and the Company

John Bradford

Tuesday Oct 25th 2005 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

This presentation will focus primarily on the technical product offerings from MySQL AB, an open source database software company, with an emphasis on the new 5.0 release. A demonstration of the graphical administrative tools will follow the slides.

Speaker Bio

John has 20 years in the IT industry, with experience in software pre- and post-sales activities, selling into all levels of corporate IS departments; experience in the architecture, analysis, design, implementation, and support of information systems across various vertical markets and technologies; experience in virtually all IT roles: project leader, technical architect, database administrator, developer, trainer/mentor, software installation, and technical support; experience developing and presenting lectures at software conferences and writing technical articles for trade journals; experience developing and delivering technical courses.

Getting to the meeting

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489

Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

Contact Scott Nemec at (630) 990-6265 or president@uniforum.chi.il.us for additional information.