March 27, 2014

Publick House, 277 Main St, Strubridge, MA 01566
Sponsored By: 
IBM
Agenda: 
9:00
Opening Remarks
10:30
Break
10:45
IBM Data Studio for Mainframe Developers & DBAs
12:00
Lunch
1:00
DB2 10.5 LUW on zLinux Update
2:15
Break
2:30
DB2 11 for z/OS is Great - Why Should You Care?
3:45
Wrap Up
Abstracts and Biographies: 

Optim Workload Replay Success Stories and Best Practices

Howie Hirsch - IBM

Abstract:

This session will dive deeply in the IBM InfoSphere Optim Workload Replay solution that offers the ability to capture production workloads

and replay these workloads in a test environment. The technology of Optim Workload Reply makes it easier to determine the impact of changes

in the database environment such as software upgrades or maintenance, hardware upgrades, configuration changes or tuning efforts.

Bio:

Howie Hirsch has been in Information Systems for 35 years. He has worked in quality assurance, application development and for 20 years as

an application oriented DBA for DB2 for z/OS. He is co-author of the redbook DB2 9 Packages: Revisited. He is a speaker at IBM events as

well as user groups. For the last seven years, Howie has worked in technical sales for IBM, advising clients on all matters related to DB2

for z/OS as well as supporting the products under the Optim brand.

 

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IBM Data Studio for Mainframe Developers & DBAs

David Simpson - Themis

Abstract:

Get ready to understand IBM’s no-charge development platform. We will examine the Eclipse environment that IBM Data Studio uses and discuss

things like workspaces, projects, perspectives and much more. We’ll also examine more deeply a couple of tasks that IBM Data Studio is most

commonly used to accomplish including Stored Procedure support and Query Tuning.

Bio:

David Simpson is currently a Senior Technical Advisor at Themis Inc. He teaches courses on SQL, Application Programming, Database

Administration as well as optimization, performance and tuning. He also installs and maintains the database systems used for training at

Themis. Since 1993 David has worked as a developer and DBA in support of very large transactional and business intelligence systems. David

is a certified DB2 DBA on both z/OS and LUW. David was voted Best User Speaker and Best Overall Speaker at IDUG North America 2006. He was

also voted Best User Speaker at IDUG Europe 2006 and is a member of the IDUG Speakers Hall of Fame.

 

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DB2 10.5 LUW on zLinux Update

Berni Schiefer - IBM

Abstract:

DB2 10.5 is the latest edition of DB2 LUW. It has many new capabilities. This talk will describe DB2 Version 10 for zLinux and highlight

capabilities in DB2 10.1 and DB2 10.5 for zLinux as well as provide tips and rules of thumb for sizing, deploying, and tuning DB2 for zLinux.

Bio:

Berni Schiefer is a Distinguished Engineer at the IBM Toronto Lab. He has responsibility for Information Management performance and

benchmarking, specifically for DB2, PureData systems, BigData, MDM and Optim Data Studio performance tools. He joined IBM in 1985 and started

to work on DB2 in 1991. His current focus is on enhancing the performance and scalability of Information Management solutions. His passion

is in introducing advanced technology into products.

 

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DB2 11 for z/OS is Great - Why Should You Care?

Sheryl Larsen - IBM

Abstract:

You should care because your career is dependent on a healthy DB2 for z/OS workload. The more efficient you can make it, the more likely it

will stay there! This presentation will cover DB2 11 enhancements that can improve efficiency for developers. DB2 11 delivers several SQL and optimization enhancements that can help applications to ease development, porting and also run faster. DB2 11

also provides several enhancements to the support of IBM pureXML®, stored procedures, and connectivity. Application-enabling infrastructure

changes allow for intersection with big data, XML, and e-business.

In addition to providing more SQL aggregation improvements, the combination of z/OS Communication Server for TCP/IP, DB2 11 functions and

the many new features in IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator V4, improve the bandwidth of the hybrid system solution for OLTP and analytical

workloads.

Bio:

Sheryl M. Larsen is an internationally recognized researcher, consultant, lecturer, specializing in DB2, and now works for IBM as the

World Wide DB2 for z/OS Evangelist inspiring clients on ways to improve their business value by finding and recommending ways to tune and

optimize applications to get the most out of their investment in DB2 for z/OS and System z. She is known for her extensive expertise in

SQL and has performed detailed DB2 Performance Health Checks for many fortune 500 clients. Sheryl has over 25 years’ experience in DB2,

has published many articles, white papers and co-authored a book, DB2 Answers, Osborne-McGraw-Hill, 1999. Currently she is the President

of the Midwest DB2 User Group (www.mwdug.org) and an IDUG Hall of Fame Speaker/Volunteer. Sheryl's LinkedIn Profile