SQLAdria Conference in Šibenik is now a real international event. DB2 for z/OS and LUW tracks are available again, as well as one day seminar.
As always there will be an additional CA DB2 User Day.
Great speakers: Namik Hrle, Melanie Stopfer, Jane Man, Marcel den Hartog,Philippe Dubost, Tom Juhl, Denis Tronin, Steve Thomas, Maddalena Tosoni, Eberhard Hechler, Andy Ward, Zeljen Stanic, Les King, Matthias Nicola, and Roland Schock.

As at no other conference attendees will be able to share their e

The Northeast Ohio Database Users Group (NEODBUG) announces its next quarterly meeting, Thursday June 8, 2017.

We have an informative program planned, featuring Mark Rader of IBM speaking on "DB2 for z/OS Continuous Delivery of New Features" and "DB2 for z/OS 12 Migration Considerations", Kevin McGuinn of BMC bringing us "Transforming Mainframes for Digital Business" and Nigel Slinger of IBM talking about "The Machine Learning Advantage".

The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza - Clevelan

08:30am - 09:00am     Registration – Coffee, juice, soda and rolls
09:00am - 09:15am     Welcome and IBM Announcements
Shri Shrimali, IBM
09:15am - 10:15am     A "Collection" of Quick Hits
Steve Loesch, Anixter, Inc.

10:15am - 10:30am     Break
10:30am -  11:45am     Modern DB2 Security You Can Trust
Troy Coleman, IBM
11:45am - 12:30pm
    Lunch
12:30pm -  01:30pm     SQL Tuning in the Digital World
Sheryl Larsen, BMC

01:30pm - 02:30pm     JSON Enhancement and Use Case with Watson
Jae Lee, IBM

The Michigan DB2 User Group (MDUG) holds its second meeting of 2017 featuring the following speakers and topics:

     DB2 z/OS Concurrent Delivery Model

         by Mark Rader, IBM

     DB2 z/OS v12 Migration Considerations 

          by Mark Rader, IBM

     Transforming Mainframes for Digital Business

          by Kevin McGuinn, BMC

     The Machine Learning Advantage – DB2 z/OS and   Machine Learning

          by Nigel Slinger, IBM

Registration required by email to reservations@mdug.org. Membership re

Register Now 

http://ibm.biz/Bdswne

DB2 12 for z/OS Data Sharing Enhancements

Broadcast Date: June 6th  at 11:00 a.m. EDT and 4pm BST

Developed for: IT managers; IT and enterprise architects; application programmers and managers; and database administrators and managers

Technical Level: Intermediate

Abstract:

There are rich new features in DB2 12 to extend the Data Sharing capabilities that so many DB2 environments rely upon.  These features address performance, availability and flexibility

Please join us in welcoming Mark Rader of IBM speaking on "DB2 for z/OS Continuous Delivery of New Features" and "DB2 for z/OS 12 Migration Considerations", and several local DB2 users who will be speaking on their DB2 experiences.  We have Ramesh Gattu from Nationwide Insurance speaking on "DB2 (LUW) HA -redesign (Single to dual disk) and DB2 (LUW) process improvements", and Lori Alexander and Lillian Russell from Fifth Third Bank speaking about "Enabling DB2 APPLCOMPAT V11R1...How to use IFCID

St Louis DB2 Users Group Meeting

DB2 for z/OS development is offering a week-long DB2 for z/OS Master Class led by Distinguished Engineer, John Campbell and Executive IT Specialist, Florence Dubois, for advanced DB2 for z/OS system and database administrators clients. This is a client-only course.
Clients who take part in this Master Class will be able to participate in the following:

• Small class size

• Mentoring sessions - partner with SWAT team members

• Meet the SVL team

• Networking

There will only be two (2) offerings of the DB2 for z

This annual 2-day event will be at our usual location at the BMO IFL at Victoria Park & Steeles.

We encourage all to attend IDUG in Anaheim CA If you can't make, our event offers an affordable alternative. We offer 2 days of education  and 3 tracks of speakers at an affordable price. We have a grea venue with the best conference food anywhere. 

There is a reception with vendor participation on Monday following the last session.

DVDUG AGENDA

8:30 –  9:00             Coffee (Provided by UBS-Hainer)

9:00 – 10:15           Adrian Burke, Open Group Master Certified IT Specialist on the DB2 SWAT team

                                     zIIP Experiences: Exploitation Not Abuse

10:15 – 10:25            Break

10:25 – 11:25           Kai Stroh, Senior Developer DB2 for z/OS at UBS Hainer

                                    Log Enhanced Copies for 24x7 DB2 Refresh/Migration

11:25 – 12:25          Lunch (provided by UBS-Hainer)

12:25

IBM introduced many new enhancements with DB2 11.1 for Linux, UNIX and Windows that offer best-in-class capabilities to customers.
This session will compare new capabilities introduced with Oracle database 12c - Multitenant and in-Memory database - with equivalent (or better) capabilities in IBM DB2 11.1.
We  will highlight the cost differences and technical differentiators between DB2 11.1 and  Oracle Database 12.2 (the newest Oracle release). With Oracle Database 12.2, Oracle continues a trend

• 08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast / Social
• 09:00 – 10:15 V12, it's not the end, it's the beginning – Adrian Burke
• 10:15 – 10:25 BREAK
• 10:25 – 11:40 DB2 LUW’s Oracle takeout – Vikram Khatri
• 11:40 – 12:40 LUNCH
• 12:40 – 13:55 DDF best practices and defending DB2 in the mobile age – Adrian Burke
• 13:55 - 14:10 BREAK
• 14:10 – 15:25 HADR – Hit the ground running! – Mohan Raja
• 15:25 – 15:45 Thanks! – Topics for the Fall NEFRUG?

Register Now http://ibm.biz/Bds99Z

Speaker - John Campbell IBM Distinguished Engineer

This is PART 2 of a two part webcast which will share lessons learned, surprises, pitfalls with DB2 12 for z/OS. The speakers will provide hints and tips, address some myths, provide additional planning information, and provide usage guidelines and positioning on new enhancements. The main objective is to help customers migrate as fast as possible, but safely.

Register Now http://ibm.biz/Bds9LC

Speaker - John Campbell IBM Distinguished Engineer

This is PART 1 of a two part webcast which will share lessons learned, surprises, pitfalls with DB2 12 for z/OS. The speakers will provide hints and tips, address some myths, provide additional planning information, and provide usage guidelines and positioning on new enhancements. The main objective is to help customers migrate as fast as possible, but safely.

The GSE Nordic Region has the pleasure of inviting you to the Nordic Region Conference to be held in Fornebu, Norway, at Hotel Scandic Fornebu from the 2nd - 4th of May 2017.

The GSE Nordic Region Working Groups are groups of information technology specialists, focusing on IBM software, who meet regularly. The main objective of the groups is to give their members an opportunity to meet, to exchange ideas and experiences, to deepen their knowledge and to broaden their perspective, and in co-operat

Designed for data architects and data scientists, the IDUG Data Tech Summit offers a deep dive into emerging data technologies and trends, such as:
-Big Data and analytics in a cognitive era
-Machine learning with Spark
-Performance enterprise architectures for analytic design patterns
-R as a weapon of choice for data science

Learn from leaders in the field, including Emil Kotrč, principal software engineer of CA Technologies, and Mike Gualtieri, vice president of Forrester and the 2017 keynote