IDUG Conference 2022 North America -- 5 Great Themes

After too many virtual meetings, IDUG North American Conference 2022 in Boston was held as the first in person IDUG conference in a long time. First a big thank you and congratulation has to go out to the IDUG volunteers, Board of Directors, the Conference Planning committee, and all their conference vendor sponsors. It was . . . → Read More: IDUG Conference 2022 North America — 5 Great Themes

THINK Conference - Db2 for z/OS Highlights

The IBM THINK conference was an interesting event with over 33,000 people in attendance that braved the cold San Francisco weather and rain while going to the many different conference session locations.

One of the best sessions during the week was given by Db2 for z/OS Director Mo Townsend and Distinguished Engineer Jeff Josten on . . . → Read More: THINK Conference – Db2 for z/OS Highlights

DB2 12 and Other Technology Updates from the Silicon Valley Lab

Last week I was one of a few Gold Consultants who was invited to attend IBM’s System z Software Technical Sales Boot Camp at the Silicon Valley Lab. This event has many presentations highlighting IBM’s new technology and technology that is being developed. It is also a great time to catch up with other Gold . . . → Read More: DB2 12 and Other Technology Updates from the Silicon Valley Lab

DB2 11 Migration Preparation

As some plan their vacations this year, others are planning their DB2 11 migrations. If you’re in the second category, begin by reading the DB2 migration documentation, and then look at the ten extra items below. These ten items might just help you avoid any issues or problems.

Get on the latest cross-system IBM maintenance. . . . → Read More: DB2 11 Migration Preparation

DB2 11 SQL Performance Improvements

DB2 11 for z/OS SQL performance improvements help make your applications go faster. DB2 11 also helps address some of the latest coding problems provided by the latest Java and other development coding. The following two items highlight some of the improvements that come straight out of the box in DB2 11 for z/OS and . . . → Read More: DB2 11 SQL Performance Improvements

DB2 11 for z/OS Features and Resources

Information overload is the constant at all conferences and the recent European IDUG and US IOD conferences were both tremendous at providing great detailed information. All the enhancements in DB2 11 for z/OS, DB2 10.5 BLU Acceleration, and all the latest Pure Data systems were detailed at both conferences. DB2 11 for z/OS has many . . . → Read More: DB2 11 for z/OS Features and Resources

3 Ways DB2 11 Helps You Handle Schema Chaos

There are many new enhancements in DB2 11 for z/OS, and some of the most important ones are the ones that help data management handle the schema chaos within application development. Since the colleges are not truly teaching data management, modeling, or standard design normalization practices anymore, development constantly changes the data elements within the . . . → Read More: 3 Ways DB2 11 Helps You Handle Schema Chaos

DB2 11 for z/OS Features “Out of the Box” CPU Saving

The official DB2 11 for z/OS general availability announcement was this past week on October 25th. After hearing many detailed presentations at the IDUG European conference and reading through various white papers it looks like IBM has produced another version of DB2 for z/OS that sets the bar for the entire DBMS industry.

There are . . . → Read More: DB2 11 for z/OS Features “Out of the Box” CPU Saving

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.

There was a great . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for zOS Migration: More Tips from the IDUG Conference