IDUG DB2 Tech Conference Day 4 Thursday, May 17, 2012 in Denver, Colorado, USA 2012

It’s day four that’s if you counted the Educational Seminars as day 1 , and we hope you have learned a lot this week through the technical sessions, certification testing and the General Session.
While you’re here, make sure to build connections with beneficial contacts that can help answer your questions long after the conference. Making connections and building relationships within the industry is a key component of your experience, and we hope you truly benefit from it.

Here are the top sessions for today

DB2 10 for z/OS and Beyond – A09

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Session Number: 38    Presenter: Jeff Josten (IBM)

 

 

 

 

Room 107 & 109 => Thu, May 17, 2012 (08:30 AM – 09:30 AM)

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Abstract:  This presentation gives an overview of new DB2 10 features and functions of greatest interest, and also the latest on customer experiences. We also take a look at what’s being considered for the next release of DB2.

V12: Building Better Enterprise Applications with Optim Performance Manager     Curt Cotner, IBM Corporation Room 104

 

 

 

 

 

Dine Around is TONIGHT!
Be sure to sign up for the Dine Around tonight from
6:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. This is an excellent opportunity to have dinner and network with your favorite speaker! We will meet at 6pm in the front lobby of the Hyatt Regency.
New & Emerging Technology (Willie G’s, P.F. Chang) Florence Dubois and John Iczkovitz @ Willie G’s Leon Katsnelson and Kelly Schlamb @ P.F. Chang
DB2 for z/OS (Panzano, Earl’s Kitchen and Bar) Daniel Luksetich, Rebecca Poole @ Panzano (Panzano is replacing The Appaloosa Grill.) Terry Purcell and Phil Grainger @ Earl’s

DB2 Application Development (Maggiano’s, The Cheese-cake Factory) Sheryl Larson and Bonnie Baker @ Maggiano’s Dave Beulke and Suresh Sane @ The Cheesecake Factory

Don’t Miss the Free Certification Exams offered at IDUG DB2 Tech Conference by IBM Corporation – this is the last time they will be free !

 

Day 2 IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA 2012 DB2 for z/OS Spotlight Session !

DB2 10 for z/OS – Trends and Directions

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Session Number: 305
Track: Spotlights
Session Type: Podium Presentation
Presenter: John Campbell (IBM DB2 for z/OS Development)
Co-presenter: Jeff Josten (IBM)
Co-presenter: Mike Perera (IBM SVL)

Room(s)/
Time(s):

Room 107 & 109 => Tue, May 15, 2012 (10:15 AM – 11:45 AM)

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Audience experience level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Presentation Category: Implementing New DB2 Releases and Features
Presentation Platform: DB2 for z/OS
Audiences this presentation will apply to: Application Developers, Data Architects, Database Administrators, Systems Programmers, New Users, IT Managers
Technical areas this presentation will apply to: New Release (DB2 for z/OS)
Objective 1: Motivation, Best practices for DB2 10 for z/OS migration
Objective 2: DB2 z/OS feature set and highlights
Objective 3: New advancements – latest in hardware, IDAA, OLTP, Continuous Availability
Objective 4: What’s coming next?
Objective 5: Customer Showcase
Co-speaker Name: Jeff Josten, Mike Perera

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Abstract:  DB2 10 for z/OS – Trends and Directions

With John Campbell, Jeff Josten and Mike Perera

DB2 9 for z/OS End of Service announcement

We recently announced that DB2 9   for z/OS will go out of service on June 27, 2014.     This gives you the necessary early planning information and ample time to build and execute your DB2 migration  plans.
An additional consideration is the end-of-service for DB2 V8 for z/OS effective on April 12, 2012.  Are you planning your migration plans to either DB2 9 or DB2 10 ?

Link to DB2 9 for z/OS End of Service announcement
Link to DB2 V8 for z/OS End of Service announcement

FAQ
Q: Why did IBM announce EOS before announcing GA of DB2 Sequioa?
A: Customers have told us that it is critical that they know what is coming so they can create reasonable plans.   This is an attempt to provide that early notice and give customers plenty of time to plan for and successfully execute their specific migration plans.

Q:  There was more time between Withdraw from Marketing (WfM) and End of Service(EOS) for DB2 V8.  Have you changed the life cycle policy?   
A:  The time window between WfM and EOS has varied for many reasons.  This window is not the core measure we use to determine EOS dates.   Our life cycle policy states that we will keep a version under normal support for at least 5 years from GA, followed by at least 3 years of extended service.    With this announcement,   DB2 9 will be in regular service for over 7 years.

Q: Where can I find the most up to date life cycle information for DB2 for z/OS?
A: You can see the latest life cycle information on the Support Lifecycle webpage at http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_a_z.html

Q: What information is available to help customers justify their migrations?
A: Julian Stuhler created a wonderful article around DB2 10 justification  .
There is also a Business Value Assessment Tool available that can be used by IBMers to help customers see the potential value DB2 10 may bring to their specific environment
Julian Stuhler’s  Business Value Assessment  Webcast on Replay

John Campbell’s Migration Planning Webcast Available on Replay

Q&A from Terry Purcell’s Webcast:- What’s new from the Optimizer in IBM DB2 10 for z/OS?

With over 900 registrations for this webcast I thought I would share the “Live Q&A” session – I am hoping that our readers will find this valuable. Please can you provide feedback if you find this valuable and this will help me to focus on meeting your needs and wants. Just in case you missed the live session this is still available on replay here is the URL Register Now http://bit.ly/TerryPurcell20thMarch.

March 20 Webcast Q&A Session 

Senior Technical Staff Member
DB2 for z/OS Development

DB2 10 for z/OS Experiences at Danske Bank – Read More !

Are you currently planning your DB2 10 upgrade? Upgrades can be costly, one of the best ways to avoid unnecessary costs and save time is to learn from other customer’s experiences. Peter Steen Nielsen from Danske Bank and John Campbell from DB2 for z/OS Development will introduce and discuss the motivation for Danske Bank participating in the V10 beta program, provide Danske Bank background, their experiences related to virtual storage constraint relief and performance measurements, production experience and plans for exploiting V10.

Don’t miss this session at IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA 2012. Denver Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado. May 14-18, 2012. Register Now

Objectives of Presentation
Objective 1: Why Danske Bank participated in the V10 beta program
Objective 2: Danske Bank Background
Objective 3: Virtual storage constraint relief and performance measurements
Objective 4: Production experiences
Objective 5: Plans for further V10 exploitation

DB2 for z/OS Virtual Conference On Demand

DB2 10 for z/OS – Justify your upgrade using the IBM Business Value Assessment – 60 minutes

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Topics include:
1.Using the Business Value Assessment Estimator Tool to find your potential savings
2.Upgrade costs versus benefits for various scenarios
3.Minimizing the overall cost of upgrading
4.Reviewing major improvements, such as CPU and elapsed time savings

Speaker: Julian Stuhler, Triton Consulting, Director and IBM Gold Consultant

DB2 10 Migration Planning and Very Early Experiences – PART 1 & PART 2 - 120 minutes
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Speaker: John Campbell, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Software Group

1.Building a detailed migration plan
2.Simplifying data-related queries and reducing processing costs by having DB2 handle data movement
3.Understanding direct and indirect costs and benefits
4.Considerations for skip-level migration

Session 4 -DB2 for z/OS Data Sharing – What’s in it for You? – 60 minutes

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Speaker: Mark S. Rader, Certified Software IT Specialist, IBM Sales and Distribution
Why are more and more DB2® installations moving to data sharing? Join us for this complimentary webcast and learn more about DB2 for z/OS Data Sharing. This session will introduce the concepts and benefits of data sharing. DB2 for z/OS® Data Sharing technology gives your company a powerful way for applications to share DB2 data and achieve continuous availability by masking any single point of failure and planned outages for hardware or software maintenance.

This session will introduce the concepts and benefits of data sharing. We’ll also describe how you can achieve high availability, flexible scalability and dynamic workload balancing for your applications that access DB2 for z/OS data.

DB2 User Groups Recognised at IDUG EMEA 2011 in Prague

Many DB2 for z/OS User Groups are well established and have regular meetings where they share knowledge, experiences and ideas.  We recognised many DB2 for z/OS User Groups at IDUG EMEA 2011 in Prague . If you are managing an DB2 for z/OS User Group please let me know so we can support you .

Although all the DB2 User Groups were recognized – three User Groups really stood out for their commitment and  dedication to the DB2 for z/OS community . Learn More

SQL Adria Group was recently recognized as “Best Well Established” DB2 for z/OS User Group in EMEA at IDUG EMEA 2011 in Prague .

More about SQL Adria

SQL Adria is the independent, non-profit organization that gathers relational database users for Croatia and Slovenia. It was founded 1994. and in the same year it has become the regional user group of IDUG. The members of SQL Adria are companies, e.g. users of relational databases (mainly DB2) on the one hand, and vendors on the other. The members of SQL Adria are well known and distinctive companies from Croatia and Slovenia (banks, health and pension insurance institutes, finance agency, IS and IT support agency, company for electricity distribution.

IMUG was recognized as “Most Innovative ” User Group at IDUG EMEA 2011 in Prague. 

Learn More about IMUG

IMUG aims to be the cross-brand, cross-application User Group in the Information Management space.
IMUG is a non-profit organization based on voluntary work. The goal is to bring Information Management Users together on a regular base to exchange experiences and to network.

SpDUG was recognized as the “Best Newcomer ” it was a newly established DB2 User Group and has grown to over 100 members .

Learn More about SpDUG

The user group SpDUG, Spain DB2 User Group welcomes all people, individually, want to collaborate in supporting and strengthening community information services related to DB2. To that end, anyone interested can register and participate in the Forum, which aims to be the medium of all of us in the SpDUG.

The user group SpDUG, Spain DB2 User Group, is established in late 2008 to extend and disseminate the principles of IDUG, International DB2 User Group, within which is included as Regional User Group.

Download you complimentary DB2 10 book! Smarter Faster Way to Upgrade !

Download your complimentary DB2 10 e-book

Meet authors John Campbell and Cristian Molaro.

About the book:

Under the current economic climate, businesses are under significant pressure to control costs and increase efficiency in order to improve their bottom line. DB2 for z/OS customers around the world are still trying to gain competitive advantage by doing more with less: more business insight, more performance, more operational efficiency, more functionality, more productivity with less cost, quicker time to market and a lower TCO.

With the support for DB2 Version 8 scheduled to end in April 2012 there has never been a better time to start planning your DB2 10 upgrade – there are many more reasons to upgrade to DB2 10 and users will see significant business benefits. Here are the top 10 reasons why we feel you should start planning your upgrade.

1) Improved performance, reduced software license costs

2) Increase the number of concurrent users by a factor of ten

3) Reduce contention in database administration

4) More administrative capabilities while database is online

5) Improved security and auditing

6) Maintain “snapshots” of changing data – Temporal Data

7) Improved portability via enhanced SQL

8) Enhanced pureXML performance and usability

9) Improved productivity for database/systems administrators and application programmers

10) Better online transaction processing performance – Hash Access

About the authors:

Both authors are very well known, so hardly need to be introduced, but nevertheless, here are details:
John Campbell, an IBM Distinguished Engineer working at the IBM Silicon Valley Lab. John is one of IBM’s foremost authorities for implementing high-end database, transaction-processing applications. Over the past 12 months he has been working closely with DB2 10 Beta customers.

Cristian Molaro is an independent consultant based in Belgium working in Europe for customers with some of the largest DB2 for z/OS installations. He has presented papers at several international conferences and local user groups in Europe and North America. He holds a Chemical Engineer degree and a Master in Management Sciences and is coauthor of 5 IBM Redbooks related to DB2 including the recent “DB2 10 for z/OS Performance Topics”. He was recognized by IBM as an Information Champion in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Cristian is part of the IDUG EMEA Conference Planning Committee, where he works as the Presentations Team Leader, and he is Chairman of the DB2 LUW User Group BeLux.

DB2 for z/OS Webcast Series – Starting 3rd Nov !

Starting Nov 3rd DB2 for z/OS Webcast Series to help you plan your Migration
DB2 Version 8 will be going out of support in 6 months on April 30, 2012 to support customers plan their migration strategy cost effectively IBM is currently offering special discounts until 31st December 2011 for clients to upgrade to the new cost savings features of DB2 9 or DB2 10.Start planning your upgrade strategy and stay current to reduce costs … register for this great webcast series …too valuable to miss. Straight forward and valuable advice to ensure you stay on the right path..Top speakers and LIVE Q & A

REGISTER NOW Webcast 1 – 3rd Nov
REGISTER NOW Webcast 2 – 10th Nov
REGISTER NOW Webcast 3 – 1st Dec

DB2 10 Overview Get Ready to Plan your Migration!

DB2 10 the Secrets of Scalability

New DB2 10 Book – Smarter, Faster Way to Upgrade ! Authors John Campbell, Cristian Molaro

Launching our New DB2 10 Book – at IBM Information On Demand 2011 in Las Vegas and IDUG DB2 Tech Conference EMEA 2011

The Smarter, Faster Way to Upgrade

Last year we had a taste of our first DB2 10 book, this was launched at IBM Information On Demand in Las Vegas. The feedback from customers, partners and IBMers was tremendous. Based on feedback and such a high demand we have launched our second book and one of the authors of this book is:- Mr John Campbell (JC)- IBM Distinguished Engineer . Many of you in the “World of DB2 for z/OS” will know John and also know how valuable the knowledge and experience John has in his “head”. We all know we can do with several “JC’s” in “World of DB2 for z/OS! Although we have not been able to clone John yet … we are offering you the next best thing..

Here is a snapshot of our next book which we will be launching at IBM Information On Demand Conference in Las Vegas and at IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Prague.

So why is this book so timely and why are we all excited ? Many customers are currently in a dilemma and planning their DB2 for z/OS migration strategy. We all know that IBM have announced end of service of DB2 for z/OS Version 8 (Announced August 2010, effective April 30, 2012)

DB2 for z/OS V8 will have been in the market 8 years since it was available in 2004, DB2 9 for z/OS was GA in 2007 and DB2 10 for z/OS was GA in 2010

So what version are you on now? Which migration path should you take ? Should you SKIP ?
The key question for skipping DB2 9 is, “How long can you wait for that function?” If you are on DB2 V8 today, how long after GA do you wait before moving to a new version? Is it one year? Two? Or three? In those cases, you’ll start moving to DB2 10 in 2011, 2012 or 2013, and probably get there about a year later.
The savings for skipping a version migration are just under 50%, since the education and needed changes are about the same.
Do you need the improvements in DB2 9 before that? CPU savings, especially in utilities. Disk savings via compression for indexes. Improved insert and update rates. Improved SQL and pureXML for developer productivity. Better availability.
For customers who are still running V7, the option to skip V8  10 is very attractive and makes the current path clear. Customers who have just migrated to V8 may like this alternative for the short term.

These are just some of the questions and answers on people’s minds and a taste of our new book. If you want a copy then we are offering complimentary copies at IBM events/conferences.