Run and cry wolf?

Have you ever been in a situation where an uptake in activity triggers an alarm even when the activity level is “normal” for the particular time period? Well that’s the cry-wolf effect[1].

Nothing is “normal” in environments where digital business applications generate extreme high volumes of transactions, with unexpected or unpredictable usage patterns. All this places a massive challenge on DB2 management and monitoring.

What is needed for a healthy DB2 system?  What can trace d

DB2 12 for z/OS Technical Overview PART 2 with live Q&A 

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Speaker - John Campbell IBM Distinguished Engineer

DATE: 22nd March 2017

TIME:

11:00AM  - 12:00PM  (EST)

4:00PM   -   5:00PM GMT

Available on REPLAY  BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO ACCESS REPLAY

Abstract

This is PART 2 of a two part webcast which will provide a technical overview of DB2 12 for z/OS which will cover the follows: goals and highlights, performance enhancements for traditional workloads, p

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DB2 12 for z/OS Technical Overview PART 1

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Speaker - John Campbell IBM Distinguished Engineer

This is PART 1 of a two part webcast which will provide a technical overview of DB2 12 for z/OS which will cover the follows: goals and highlights, performance enhancements for traditional workloads, performance enhancements for modern workloads, application enablement enhancements, reliability, availability, scalability, security, and migration

DATE: 22st  March 2

Webcast: IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator Trends and Directions

March 14, 2017

11:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. GMT

IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator is one of the most exciting technologies implemented for DB2 for z/OS and z Systems in years. It has been widely adopted by numerous organizations that enjoy its unprecedented business value. A unique combination of the superb transactional capabilities of DB2 for z/OS and the industry-leading performance for complex queries of the IBM PureData System for Analytic

DUGI 2017 - MILANO

Michigan DB2 User Group welcomes Sheryl Larsen from BMC and David Simpson and Tony Andrews from Themis Inc to our next MDUG meeting which will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Novi, MI.  This will be an all day event including lunch!  Late registration available via email to registrations@mdug.org. See mdug.org for membership and fee information.

SPEAKERS:
- Sheryl Larsen (BMC)
- David Simpson (Themis Inc)
- Tony Andrews (Themis Inc)

AGENDA:
8:15 - 9:00     Regist

Join the Baltimore/Washington DB2 Users Group Wednesday, March 8th for our annual education session featuring DB2 Gold Consultant and IBM Champion Susan Lawson.  Details and registration information is at www.bwdb2ug.org.

DB2 11 and 12 Performance and Availability: What Can I Take Advantage Of?

With every new release of DB2 we look to see what features will allow us to improve the capabilities and performance of our existing applications as well as the availability of our data. We also have to pla

Registration is accepted at the door.
LUW Track -

• 9:00 – 10:30 am  Block Chain Technology - Dual track session, Paul Bartek, IBM

10:45 – 12:00 pm DB2 v11.1 and highlights of the new features, Hybrid Cloud and IBM's vision for the future of DB2, Robert Beal, IBM

• 1:15 – 2:30 pm     How to Build an HA system with DB2, Dale McInnis, IBM
• 2:45 – 4:00 pm     Replication: What can I really do?, Dale McInnis, IBM

z/OS Track -
9:00 – 10:30 am  Block Chain Technology - Dual track session, Paul Bartek, IBM

• 10:45 –

DUGI 2017 - ROMA

The evolution of Data Server Manager into IBM DB2 tooling continues.  This webcast looks at the recent enhancements delivered in IBM DB2 performance tools that are realized in Data Server Manager (DSM) for z/OS.  We’ll focus on application performance showing how you can easily identify and prioritize your top SQL statements displaying more information while using less system resources.  Learn how you can tie in application performance with database performance to get maximum results using less

St. Louis DB2 Users Group – 3/7/2017 Meeting
STLDUG 3/7/2017 Meeting - Agenda
St. Louis DB2 User
Group Meeting
March 7, 2017
08:00AM – 12:40PM
STLDUG Leadership Team
Paul Bartak, IBM
Kurt Bruhn, BJC
Babu Chellappa, Unigroup
Tom Glaser, MasterCard
Fred Shumake, MetLife
Location: IBM
325 McDonnell Blvd
Executive Briefing Center
Hazelwood, MO 63042
Take Note!:
Preregistration is required for security
purposes
Registration closes 3/6/2017 @ Noon CT.
Agenda:
Room 215 Topics Speakers
8:00A - 8:15A Doors open / Refreshments

Central Ohio DB2 User's Group welcomes David Simpson and Tony Andrews from Themis Inc and Sheryl Larsen from BMC to our next CODUG meeting which will be held on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at the IBM Campus, in Dublin, OH.  This will be an all day event including lunch!  Please visit out website at www.codug.org for additional information and to register.

SPEAKERS:
- Sheryl Larsen (BMC)
- David Simpson (Themis Inc)
- Tony Andrews (Themis Inc)

AGENDA:
8:30 - 9:00     Registration
9:00 - 9:15     Welcom

The first meeting of 2017 will feature two distinguished IBM speakers – Adrian Burke and Jase Alpers.

Come out and network with your peers and gain valuable information to make your environment run better.

Here is our agenda for the February 28th meeting:
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8:30 to 9:00 am Check in and continental breakfast
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9:00 to 10:15 am  -  Adrian Burke, IBM

Open to customers considering an IDAA purchase in 2017

Dates (2 days):  Monday and Tuesday, February 27^th and 28^th, 2017

Class Times:       9:00am – 4:00pm (continental breakfast served between 8:30am-9:00am)

Cost:                      Class is *free*; attendees are responsible for travel and lodging expenses

Instructor:           Frank Fillmore

Location:             The Radisson at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD 21210, (410) 532-6900

Join us for this refreshed class that includes material

DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows introduced support for JSON in Version 10.5 through the use of a MongoDB wire listener, a NoSQL command line, and Java API support. What we didn't tell you was that there were some functions under the covers that you can take advantage of to use JSON natively within your SQL. Attend this session on Feb 23rd at 12.30 PM Eastern to learn  about  these new features and see how you can take advantage of them in your application development

Knowledge is key to protecting your data and raises

some of the following questions.  This complimentary IBM workshop covers:

 - Traditional DB2-based solutions for safely creating and restoring image copies and logs

 - General recovery functions, applicable not only to DB2 data, but to entire systems that are hardware-related, such, as tape vaulting or disk volume mirroring

- How to guarantee recovery from application error or a disaster recovery and everything in between.

The Recovery Planning Work

Knowledge is key to protecting your data and raises

some of the following questions.  This complimentary IBM workshop covers:

 - Traditional DB2-based solutions for safely creating and restoring image copies and logs

 - General recovery functions, applicable not only to DB2 data, but to entire systems that are hardware-related, such, as tape vaulting or disk volume mirroring

- How to guarantee recovery from application error or a disaster recovery and everything in between.

The Recovery Planning Work

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This webcast covers the IBM premier DB2 for z/OS monitoring solution, OMEGAMON XE for DB2 Performance Expert  (OMPE).   We’ll focus on the latest enhancements in the V540 release that were delivered in the 4th quarter of 2016.  OMPE was overwhelmingly used in the IBM DB2 12 Early Support Program (ESP) by both IBM and non-IBM DB2 tools customers.

This session will cover:

• DB2 12 for z/OS support
• Monitoring improvements, including customer requirements
• Extended monitoring support