DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

 

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MEETING DATE:       Friday, November 9th 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 - 09:15                         Opening Remarks

                                                Joe Carola, Chairperson DVDUG

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09:15 -10:30                                  Controlling Data Growth through Database Archiving

Jim Sinisgalli, Princeton Softech

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10:30 - 10:45                         BREAK

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10:45 - 12:00                         How to make DB2 Encryption PCI Compliant

Ulf T. Mattsson, Chief Technology Officer - Protegrity Corporation

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12:00 - 01:00                         LUNCH: Sponsored by Princeton Softech

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01:00 - 01:30                         Product Demo:

Princeton Softech Optim Data Privacy V 1.1,

PCI Module for Informix and DB2 Demo

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01:30 - 01:45                         BREAK

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01:45 - 03:30                         Managing Test Data Effectively

Jim Sinisgalli, Princeton Softech

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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:

 

Mar 15 or 22, 2008

 

Casual Dress


Message from the chair:

 

Princeton Softech will sponsor our November session and will present and provide some cost effective topics on managing DB2 data storage.  Our keynote speaker from Princeton Softech, Jim Sinisgalli, will first discuss database archiving, a topic that has become more important to us all as our continual explosion of databases on Tier-1 storage become more and more expensive to maintain.  As our users increase their demand for more and more data, for longer periods of time to meet auditor and government requirements, archiving presents an alternative that pushes the data that is not needed for every day access to a more cost effective tier, and reduces the cost of purchasing additional Tier-1 (expensive) storage.  In our afternoon session, Jim will also discuss efficient and effective ways of managing test data.  Princeton Softech will also provide lunch and Product demos. 

 

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 our sessions. 

 

 

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

                        Howie Hirsch                 (732)-926-2362               hshirsch@us.ibm.com


 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Presentation

 

Controlling Data Growth Through Database Archiving in a DB2 Environment

Jim Sinisgalli, Princeton Softech

 

Information is the most valuable asset in business today.  Information is required for all revenue generating transactions.  As businesses expand, the number of data transactions subsequently grows as well.  A best practice for controlling this data growth is to implement database archiving, a key component of enterprise data management.  Database archiving enables you to archive and remove historical, inactive data from the production database, and save that data to more cost-effective and appropriate storage media. This reduces the amount of data on your Tier 1 production environment, improving performance immediately as well as reducing the cost of purchasing additional expensive storage.  Database archiving maintains the “business and technical context” of the archived data, so that the company can easily research and retrieve the required for responding to a customer inquiry or audit request.  Further, disaster recovery as well as upgrades and migrations can all be performed quicker and more efficiently.

Speaker:

Jim Sinisgalli is Director of Product Line Management for Princeton Softech where he is responsible for product line life cycle and strategic planning for Princeton Softech Optim™, helping customers manage enterprise data for their mission critical applications. Jim has over 15 years experience in the design and delivery of enterprise software applications in diverse market segments and has held various roles in development, marketing, project management and implementation capacities. 

 

Second Morning Presentation

 

How to make DB2 Encryption PCI Compliant

Ulf T. Mattsson, Chief Technology Officer - Protegrity Corporation

 

Legacy mainframe applications form the foundation of the IT infrastructure at many companies. About 70 percent of the world's data resides on mainframes. And 85 percent of all business transactions are processed on these machines. Many organizations have front-ended and networked their machines to create a "new" mainframe that's fully IP-networked and supported by Web-enabled data stores and services.  However, security that protects networks and servers from external threats overlooks the need to protect databases from potential threats from inside the firewall. With the increased demand for data privacy and security, the need for data encryption has moved to the forefront of technology concerns. 

The technical challenges associated with encryption include application changes, performance overhead, and the difficulties of managing the encryption keys.  DB2 and the zSeries(r) platform provides the basis for

meeting these challenges with the help of both hardware, software and third party products.  This presentation, based on a white paper written by our speaker, will review solutions that are PCI compliant and that provide separation of duties, audit, central key management and column level granularity.

Speaker:

Ulf created the initial architecture of Protegrity's database security technology, for which the company owns several key patents. His extensive IT and security industry experience includes 20 years with IBM as a manager of software development, and a consulting resource to IBM's Research and Development organization in the areas of IT Architecture and IT Security.

 

Demo

Princeton Softech Optim

Attendees to this demo will see data masking in action.  Data elements such as credit cards, names, and addresses will be masked to ensure sensitive information remains protected.  Using data masking, confidential information remains protected in Non-Production environments such as Testing, Development, and Backup.

 

Afternoon Presentation

 

Managing Test Data Effectively in a DB2 Environment and Data Privacy in the DB2 Testing Environment            

Jim Sinisgalli, Princeton Softech

 

Reliable applications come from reliable testing – and realistic test data plays a key role. Many organizations clone or copy production environments to create test data – a time consuming and expensive approach. Subsetting data enables you to extract the business objects or transactions you need to create targeted test scenarios. You can extract data from a single database or across multiple related databases and platforms. After migrating data into the target environment, you can view multiple related tables in a single display. Then you can easily edit your test data to force error and boundary conditions needed to verify exception handling. Reusable processing definitions help you speed iterative testing tasks and ensure complete coverage.  Finally, learn how to sufficiently validate results.  You can compare results from a single database table or across sets of multiple related tables. Make it easy to identify and resolve application problems cost-effectively – before they impact your customers.

Gartner suggests that 70 percent of data breaches are internal to corporations.  Many organizations today focus only on implementing strategies to protect data in the production environment, while leaving the testing environment vulnerable.   In this session, learn about appropriate strategies for removing, masking and transforming data that can be used to identify individuals in your testing environment.  Understand how you can create contextually accurate but fictionalized data to produce accurate test results and support compliance with local, state, national, international and industry-based privacy regulations. 


 


MEETING REGISTRATION

 

 

Complete the registration form below and send it with a check made out to:

 

 

                                                Delaware Valley DB2 Users' Group

                                                P.O. BOX 596

                                                Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

 

 

 

Pre-registration fee is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. 

Walk-in registration fee is $50 for members and $60 for non-members.

 

Advance registration is strongly encouraged.  Please note that no telephone registrations or requests for confirmation will be honored.

 

 

 

DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP MEETING REGISTRATION FORM

 

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FREE PARKING IN THE GARAGE UNDER DAVE AND BUSTERS

 

Directions to Dave & Buster’s

 

Dave & Buster’s

325 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Phone (215) 413-1951, Fax (215) 413-1957

www.daveandbusters.com

 

Dave & Buster’s is located on Pier 19 North on Columbus Boulevard (formerly Delaware Avenue) at the foot of Callowhill Street. Look for the round, rotating, orange and blue Dave and Buster’s sign.

 

Dave and Buster’s!! FREE PARKING IN THE GARAGE UNDER DAVE AND BUSTERS

Our new location continues to be a big success, and we thank you all for your comments and input on making it even better.  D&B has been very agreeable and accommodating in addressing everything we have asked for.  When you arrive in the morning for the meeting, the parking gates are up and unattended, so just drive in and park.  If you are challenged when you arrive at the main entrance (not the entrance in the garage) to get into the building, be sure to mention the Delaware Valley DB2 User Group, and you should be admitted promptly.

 

Driving Directions:

 

From the Delaware Expressway (I-95)

North or South, use the Columbus Blvd / Washington Avenue exit (Exit 20). Turn left (at the light at the end of the ramp) onto Columbus Blvd.  Dave & Buster’s is approximately 2 miles up on the right.

 

From the Schuykill Expressway  (I-76)

Take Interstate 676 to Interstate 95 South to Exit 20 (Columbus Blvd / Washington Avenue exit). Turn left (at the light at the end of the ramp) onto Columbus Blvd.  Dave & Buster’s is approximately 2 miles up on the right.

 

From New Jersey

Take Interstate 676 across the Ben Franklin Bridge to Interstate 95 South to Exit 20 (Columbus Blvd / Washington Avenue exit). Turn left (at the light at the end of the ramp) onto Columbus Blvd.  Dave & Buster’s is approximately 2 miles up on the right.

 

Door-to-door directions are available on the Dave & Buster’s Philadelphia location web site or from sites such as www.mapquest.com or www.mapblast.com.

 

FREE PARKING: Parking in the Dave & Buster’s lot is free on weekdays, as long as you enter before 3pm.

 

 

Public transportation:

 

Market-Frankford “El” (Blue Line) (runs about every 10 minutes)

* Connect with the Blue Line from SEPTA Regional Rail lines at Suburban Station (15th-17th & JFK) *

To Spring Garden stop.

Go down stairs to street level.

Turn right on Spring Garden and proceed toward Mobil gas station.

Walk about one and a half blocks to Columbus Blvd.

Turn right and proceed down Columbus Blvd about 2 blocks to Dave & Buster’s.

 

Phlash (from Center city and other points of interest)

Stops right in front of Dave & Buster’s (stop #14 on the route)

 

Bus #25 (runs up and down Columbus Blvd)

North bound – stops right in front of Dave & Buster’s

 

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                        DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

         P.O. BOX 596

         Lafayette Hill, PA 19444