DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

 

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MEETING DATE:       Friday, March 23rd 2007

 

LOCATION:                 Dave & Buster’s

STARTING TIME:      9:00 AM

REGISTRATION:       8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

COST:                          ADVANCE REGISTRATION:       MEMBERS $20, NON-MEMBERS $30

                                       WALK IN REGISTRATION:           MEMBERS $50, NON-MEMBERS $60

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AGENDA

09:00 - 09:10                         Opening Remarks

                                                Joe Carola, Chairperson DVDUG

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09:10 - 09:30                         Kickoff

                                                Steve Lautz, IBM VP, Information Management Sales

Welcome, customer appreciation, and SOA/Info as a Service discussion.

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09:30 -10:30                  DB2 Deep Compression

Dwaine Snow, IBM Corporation

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10:30 - 10:45                                 BREAK

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10:45 - 12:00                         DB2 Continuous Availability

Linda Snow, IBM Corporation and

Drew DeNardo from InGrid Inc. – DB2 Continuous Availability customer experience.

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12:00 - 01:00                         LUNCH: Sponsored by IBM

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01:00 - 01:30                                 Product Demo:

DB2 9 Compression

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01:30 - 01:45                                 BREAK

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01:45 - 03:30                         DB2 Version 9 for z/OS

Jay Yothers, IBM Corporation

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The DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP reserves the right to change the agenda without notice.

 

Visit our Web Site for the latest information @ www.dvdug.org

 

Mark your calendars for the next meeting:

 

June 8th, 2007 (tentative)

 

 

REMEMBER CASUAL DRESS


Message from the chair:

 

Our first meeting of 2007 will be sponsored by IBM in March.  Our keynote speaker will be Jay Yothers from IBM.  Jay is a frequent speaker at DB2 Conferences and User Group Meetings.  His presentation will include the latest information on DB2 Version 8 and preview the next version of DB2 for z/OS, Version 9.

 

Dwaine Snow will do a session on DB2 9 (LUW) Deep Compression, which will include a demo.

 

Linda Snow will present DB2 Continuous Availability, which compares this new IBM feature with Oracle’s RAC.  It uses Active/Active clustering to set up DB2 for HA and/or DR, and also scale out - while keeping all DB2 servers active and fulfilling requests/transactions. 

 

IBM will also provide lunch and a light breakfast will be served. 

 

REMINDER:  PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!  In an effort to better plan for handouts and food, we are urging the membership to please try to pre-register for the meeting.

 

See you at Dave & Busters!

 

Joe Carola

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Chairperson       Joe Carola                     (610) 219-8328               joseph.carola@siemens.com

 

Vice-Chair         Rachel Murawski            (570) 200-1558               rachel.murawski@bcnepa.com

 

Program            Anne Stout                    (609) 520-5240               anne.stout@dowjones.com

                               

Newsletter         Tom Orner                     (215) 238-6872               tomorner@netscape.net

 

Membership      Stan Katinsky                                                    skatinsky@comcast.net

 

Arrangements    Mark Weichman (856) 346-5752              mcweichman@comcast.net

 

Secretary          Mike Piontkowski           (610) 326-9529               michael_piontkowksi@compuserve.com

                        John Brady                    (610) 993-8700 ext 309   jjbdvdug@comcast.net

 

Treasurer          Denise Walters              (610) 219-6556               denise.walters@siemens.com

                        Bill Saunders                 (215) 625-5892               bill.saunders@attglobal.net

 

Website            Joseph Mako                      (610) 359-6766                   joseph.mako@siemens.com

 

IBM Liaison:      Linda Snow                    (610) 578-2367               lindasnow@us.ibm.com

                        Trina Larue                    (610) 578-2747               tlarue@us.ibm.com



Meeting Overview

 

DB2 V9 Deep Compression

Dwaine Snow, IBM Corporation

 

The DB2 9 compression feature can help you to save money in storage and improve performance of not only your queries, but also your utilities such as reorg, runstats, backup, and especially restore. 

 

This session will explain how compression works in DB2 9, discuss the benefits of compression, and will include a short demo.

Speaker:

Dwaine Snow is a senior product manager for DB2 Data Server. In this role, he is helping to determine the future direction of the product and decide what functional enhancements need to be made to it to ensure that it meets customer requirements. Dwaine has worked in a DB2 services consultant role with IBM for a number of years. In this role, he has provided on-site assistance with DB2 database and application planning, project planning and execution, large complex OLTP and Decision Support system design, database and application design, and performance tuning, as well as client/server and legacy system integration.

 

DB2 Continuous Availability

Linda Snow, IBM Corporation

Continuous Availability is a very hot topic for businesses in every industry.  This session will cover High Availability and Disaster Recovery scenarios and approaches, followed by a deeper dive into the architecture and operation of IBM's exciting Continuous Availability solution.  Also, Drew DeNardo from InGrid Inc., will be joining Linda to discuss their implementation and customer experience with DB2 Continuous Availability.

Speaker:

Linda Snow is a Consulting IT Specialist for DB2 Data Server with IBM.   In this role, Linda works with clients and IBM sales and support teams to architect DB2 technology solutions.  Linda focuses on the DB2 9 engine, Multiplatform Tools, Federation and High Availability configurations.  She teaches Proof-of-Technology sessions at the Technical Exploration Center in McLean, VA, provides technical enablement for other IBM professionals, and regularly provides product feedback to the labs.

 

DB2 Version 9 for z/OS

Jay Yothers, IBM Corporation

 

This presentation provides the latest information with respect to DB2 for z/OS Version 8 and previews the next version of DB2 for z/OS, Version 9. DB2 Version 9.1 for z/OS continues some of the themes we saw in DB2 for z/OS Version 8.  The major themes in V9 are:

  • Enabling high volume transaction processing for the next wave of web applications
  • Extending the lead in transaction processing availability, scalability, and performance
  • Reducing cost of ownership and zSeries specific skills requirements, and
  • Improving data warehousing and online reporting capabilities.

Speaker:

Jay Yothers is a DB2 for z/OS architect. He has participated in the development of a number of major DB2 functions, from the very first release of DB2 through Distributed Data Base, Data Sharing, and Relational Objects to 64-bit virtual exploitation.  He currently has development responsibilities across the DB2 for z/OS product and among the members of the DB2 family of products.  He also represents DB2 for z/OS on a number of design and architecture boards, both within the DB2 organization and across IBM.  He is a frequent speaker at User Group Conferences and Meetings, Technical Conferences, and Executive Briefings.