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Agenda An introduction to Japan PostgreSQL Users Group History Organization Branches Working Groups Events Fruitages Market in Japan Supporting Companies

Connerstone Established 23 rd July, 1999 Initially founded by 32 members & 8 directors Purposes Promote PostgreSQL usage in Japan To be acknowledged OSS RDBMS Research and development on PostgreSQL Release PostgreSQL information Promote personal exchange in the society

Expansion Authorized as an nonprofit organization by Tokyo Metropolitan Local Government in official members, 24 directors, and 3,600 web members (as of October, 2009) Established 9 branches covering major cities Established 3 working groups for specific interests

JPUG Organization Chart

Hokkaido Touhoku Niigata Nagoya Kansai Shikoku Chugoku Kyushyu Okinawa Headquarters Between Tokyo and Okinawa is 2H 45min. by plane Between Tokyo and Nagoya is 1H 30min. by train

OKINAWA branch TOMOHIDE Yabiku Leader of OKINAWA branch We hold study meetings with young generation and beer party ． Number of members: about 30

KYUSHU branch SUNAO Kiyosue Leader of KYUSHU branch Number of members: about 70 We are co-operating with other OSS communities and having study meeting. !

OOSAKA branch RYUICHIRO Munechika Leader of OOSAKA branch Number of members: unknown… My PAPA desu! I’m a MySQL expert. However, PostgreSQL is great.!! written by me.

NAGOYA branch KIYOSHI Sawada Leader of NAGOYA branch Number of members: about 30 Continuing study meeting with local communities, covering OSS OS, framework, Ruby, and etc.

NIIGATA branch SHINOBU Honma Leader of NIIGATA branch Number of members: about 101 PostgreSQL is the one of the important OSS. Therefore, conferences and study meetings shoud co-operete with other OSS communites.

TOUHOKU branch NAOTO Takahashi Leader of TOUHOKU branch Number of members: about 30 Anyhow, there should be much discussions on PostgreSQL with keen interest locally.

Annual Members Meeting Revenue & Expenditure 2008 Budget Plan 2008

Working Groups PostgreSQL Inside Research Group Documentation Group Newsletters Editorial Group Study Group (Newly established, but not working group) Developers Support Planning Committee 10th Anniversary Conference Committee

Events Conferences Seminars Technical Case Studies Branch based seminars Study camp Local Training Sessions Cooperating with several OSS related events

Activities since January, 2008 Linux World Expo(May 2008) tie-up PostgreSQL Conference 2008 in Tokyo(June 2008) Open Source Conference 2008/Spring (June 2008) tie-up PGCon 2008 Ottawa, Canada (May 2008) Open Source Conference.DB 2008 (June 2008) tie-up Open Source Conference 2008/Fall (Oct. 2008) PostgreSQL Case Study Seminar(Nov. 2008) Open Source Conference 2009/Spring (Feb. 2008)

Fruitages

Further needings for Japanese PostgreSQL Community More developers Language specific issues Local (branches) activities Shortage in human resources (provincial) Relatively small community Collaboration Community / Academic / Commercial world Efficient promotion JPUG staff is not specialist on public relations More supporting companies Need more installation examples

Open Source RDBMS Installation in Japan Source: Copyright(C): Yano Research Institute Ltd.

What OSS RDBMS Installation in Japan Others Source: Copyright(C): Yano Research Institute Ltd.

OSS RDBMS Applications in Japan Source: Copyright(C): Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Reasons to use OSS RDBMS in Japan Source: Copyright(C): Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Customer Satisfaction on OSS RDBMS Source: Copyright(C): Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Supporting Companies