Released on: February 15, 2008, 4:01 am

Press Release Author: Alex Khizhnyak

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: The first meeting of the Belarus Java User Group took place
February 7, 2008, in Minsk, Belarus, and featured speakers from MySQL, the world's
most popular open source database vendor

Press Release Body: February 14, 2008, Minsk, Belarus - The first meeting of the
Belarus Java User Group was held on February 7, 2008, at the Belarusian State
University in Minsk, Belarus (CIS, former USSR). Speakers from MySQL, the world's
most popular open source database vendor, conducted the presentations on MySQL's
Connector/J for Java, MySQL cluster, and MySQL replication.

62 Java developers were able to attend the conference, while the organizers received
more than 120 registrations. Altoros Systems, Inc., a global software delivery
acceleration specialist, and Apatar, Inc., the leading provider of open source
software tools for the data integration market, were proud to sponsor the event.

Brief report

Alexander Nozdrin, Software Developer (MySQL AB), kicked off the conference at 5.45
pm with a demonstration, which showed how to gain access to MySQL databases from
Java using the Connector/J driver, and which described a number of methods for
providing performance tuning. Mr. Nozdrin also spoke about scalability and
architecture problems.

After that, Serge Kozlov, QA Developer, MySQL, delivered an energetic presentation
on MySQL cluster, which contained a detailed report on MySQL replication. The
presentation was so well-received that Mr. Kozlov was held over his allotted time by
the numerous questions presented by his intrigued audience.

Presentations at the conference were an hour-long, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A
sessions during coffee breaks. The conference was over at 9 pm, which also marked
the beginning of the after-party held at a popular Minsk coffee bar.

Pictures from the conference sessions are available at
http://www.belarusjug.org/en/fotootchet-s-pervoy-java-konferentsii-soobschestva-7-fevralya-2008-g.html.

Presentation links

1. "MySQL in the Java/J2EE Application Development Lifecycle"
Speaker: Alexander Nozdrin, Software Developer, MySQL AB, Moscow, Russia

http://belarusjug.org/images/stories/docs/Minsk-2008.ppt

2. "An Overview of MySQL Cluster and Replication"
(Original content by Dr. Lars Thalmann, MySQL AB)
Speaker: Serge Kozlov, QA Developer, MySQL AB, Moscow, Russia

http://belarusjug.org/images/stories/docs/byjug_replication.pdf

Featured quotes

"We didn't expect such a great amount of attendee submissions and were pleasantly
surprised," said Alex Khizhnyak, the chairman and co-founder of the Belarus Java
User Group. "It shows that there is a strong interest in the activity of the Java
community in Belarus. We do hope to go further and make our JUG meetings a regular
thing. I would also like to thank our colleagues from MySQL for taking the time to
visit Minsk, and for their brilliant presentations and interaction with the
audience."

"In my opinion, the first conference of the Belarus Java User Group was a success,"
added Serge Kozlov, QA Developer (MySQL AB), one of the keynote speakers. "We
appreciate how user group meetings like that contribute to community growth and
strong relations within it. Communication is also of great importance to us, MySQL's
developers, therefore it was essential to get the feedback and learn more about the
interests of MySQL users. We would like to wish Belarus Java User Group success in
organizing future conferences and are looking forward to coming to Minsk once
again."

About Belarus Java User Group

Belarus Java User Group was launched in late 2007 to bring together Java developers,
Java users, and Java-driven companies in Belarus. The community is intended to help
the members meet on a regular basis to share ideas, experience, and thoughts on how
to make the most of the Java technologies in their day-to-day work. Belarus Java
User Group already numbers more than 100 Belarusian Java developers. To learn more
about Belarus JUG, please visit http://belarusjug.org

About the sponsors

Altoros Systems, Inc. is a global software delivery acceleration specialist that
provides focused outsourced software product engineering, independent Quality
Assurance, and testing services to software organizations and information-driven
enterprises. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Western Massachusetts, Altoros has
representative offices in Tampa, Florida. It manages a software development center
in Eastern Europe out of its offices in Minsk, Belarus. For more information, please
visit www.altoros.com.

Apatar, Inc. is the leading provider of open source software tools for the data
integration market. With powerful Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) capabilities,
Apatar enables its users to easily link information between databases (such as
MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top
Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3, RSS feeds). Apatar provides support,
training, and consulting services for its integration solutions. Headquartered in
Western Massachusetts, Apatar operates a development center in Minsk, Belarus.
Apatar is currently used by 2500 organizations and individuals worldwide. For more
on Apatar, please visit www.apatar.com and www.apatarforge.org.


Web Site: http://www.belarusjug.org

Contact Details: Alex Khizhnyak
Chairman of Belarus Java User Group
info@belarusjug.org