IDUG 2013: Five Reasons Why IDUG Orlando is going to be great this year!

The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) North American conference is only a month away. This year IDUG is really going to be great because many DB2 related items are coming together and are sure to be detailed, dissected and discussed in depth at the conference. Below are the five most important reasons to make sure . . . → Read More: IDUG 2013: Five Reasons Why IDUG Orlando is going to be great this year!

Big Data: 3 Keys for Effective Big Data Success

Companies are more stressed and looking for every advantage or differentiator to gain the competitive advantage. Working with Big Data is in IT fashion as a way to gain new insights from customers, suppliers and partners for delivering the best products, customer service and profits. Executing these Big Data initiatives is always an interesting opportunity . . . → Read More: Big Data: 3 Keys for Effective Big Data Success

DB2 10 for zOS Migration Vendor Tips from the IDUG Conference

The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) conference was last week and one of the great traditions is talking with all the DB2 vendors at the conference. Getting the latest information and understanding of their product strategies, directions and enhancements can be great for planning your database infrastructure future support activities. The following are three areas . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for zOS Migration Vendor Tips from the IDUG Conference

DB2 10 for zOS Migration: More Tips from the IDUG Conference

The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) conference was a great success with more attendees than the past few years and great DB2 technical educational information. As I talked about during the week through Twitter, and in my blog last week, IDUG had many technical presentations, good vendor and IBM networking opportunities.

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DB2 10 for z/OS Migration Tips – IDUG Networking

The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) conference started yesterday with the full day educational seminars. This morning’s keynote session highlighted the new DB2 10 for LUW, DB2 10 for z/OS and all their great features.

There are always informative sessions, numerous networking opportunities and interesting information exchanges going on at the conference. Coming in . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for z/OS Migration Tips — IDUG Networking

Analytics Is the Answer: Two Great IBM MIT Papers

It was informative and fun attending the IOD and IDUG conferences over the last couple of weeks. There were some great presentations at the IDUG and IOD conferences and I started to go through all of them while I was traveling back and forth from Prague and traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. Some of the . . . → Read More: Analytics Is the Answer: Two Great IBM MIT Papers

DB2 10 Information APARs and APARs Mentioned at the IDUG EMEA Conference

One of the best things to see and hear at IDUG conferences is all the IBM DB2 developers and product authors talking about their enhancements within DB2. Many IBM developers presented the latest information on DB2 10, Netezza, DB2 pureScale, IDAA, Data Studio and the enhancements coming through the new DB2 LUW Galileo.

Since the . . . → Read More: DB2 10 Information APARs and APARs Mentioned at the IDUG EMEA Conference

IDUG EMEA Conference Starts Off with Great Information

The IDUG DB2 training conference has officially started and it was great to see a large number of people. Curt Cotner and Namik Hrle started off this DB2 education conference with a great keynote presentation. They highlighted the roadmap of the coming and present features of DB2 z/OS and DB2 LUW.

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DB2 Performance Tuning: Reliability, Availability and Scalability IDUG Resources

As I continued to review the IDUG presentations from this year, DB2 performance and RAS (Reliability, Availability and Scalability) came to mind. The DB2 LUW presentation by Dale McInnis and Katherine Kurtz’s “Best Practices for Building a Database Recovery Strategy for Your InfoSphere Warehouse Database” popped out at me. I’ve seen many of Dale’s presentations . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Tuning: Reliability, Availability and Scalability — IDUG Resources

DB2 Performance Tuning for LUW Feature: DB2 pureScale

The annual North American IDUG conference was held in Anaheim, California and I always like going through the download of presentations to understand all the presentations I missed. Users, DB2 consultants and IBMers always provide great DB2 performance technical insights into how to get the most out of your environment.

This year the conference DB2 . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Tuning for LUW Feature: DB2 pureScale