DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

 

 

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MEETING DATE:       Friday, April 3rd 2009

 

LOCATION:                 IBM, West Chester           ***NEW LOCATION***

STARTING TIME:      9:00 AM

REGISTRATION

and BREAKFAST:    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                            Cobra overview

                                                Dwaine Snow, IBM

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10:30 - 10:45                           BREAK

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10:45 - 12:00                           LUW performance

                                                James Sobieski, Fourth Millennium Technologies

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

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01:00 - 01:45                           Product Demo

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01:45 - 02:00                           BREAK

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02:00 - 03:15                           DB2 Java Performance

Dave Beulke, IBM

 

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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:  July, 2009

 

Casual Dress


Message from the chair:

 

First of all, sorry for the delay in announcing our first quarter meeting.  But we have it all together now, and IBM will sponsor our April session.  Not only will they be sponsoring it, but they will be hosting it at their convenient West Chester facility (directions and details attached).

 

Our agenda will have two great speakers that you have seen before: David Beulke - an internationally recognized DB2 consultant, author, and lecturer, and Dwaine Snow - senior project manager for DB2 LUW from the LUW Labs at IBM Canada.  In the past, David has always provided us valuable, experienced knowledge from his expertise in database performance, data warehouses and internet database applications.  Dwaine has brought us many presentations with valuable, timely insight directly from the IBM Labs.  We also welcome a great first time presenter, James Sobieski from Fourth Millennium Technologies.

 

Please join us for a very informative day and get a great start on the weekend with an early Friday dismissal to enjoy the warming spring weather!  REMINDER:  PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!  In an effort to better plan for handouts and food, we are urging the membership to please try and pre-register for our sessions.  See you in West Chester!

 

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               orner-tom@aramark.com

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

 

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

                       

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

 

 

 

The Delaware Valley DB2 Users Group wants you!  To join the Board of Directors.

 

We’re looking for new blood.  All positions are in need of your assistance.  Please let us know if you would like help out by contacting any of the Board members. 



First Morning Presentation

 

Cobra overview

Dwaine Snow, IBM

 

Abstract not available at time of publication.  Please check our web site, dvdug.org for updates as we receive them.

 

Speaker:

Dwaine Snow is a senior product manager for DB2 LUW.  He started in DB2 as a programmer, but has also worked in the customer support team and the lab services team before joining the product management team. He works on product strategy, planning, development, writing, and helping customers to use the product with a focus on performance, availability, ease of use, and security.

 

 

Second Morning Presentation

 

LUW performance

James Sobieski,

Fourth Millennium Technologies

 

Abstract not available at time of publication.  Please check our web site, dvdug.org for updates as we receive them.

Speaker:

James Sobieski is President of and founded Fourth Millennium Technologies, Warren, NJ in 1997. He has
27 years experience in large systems and database management. James specializes in the design, implementation and performance and tuning of very large, very complex databases. He is an expert in Data Warehousing as well as OLTP systems, systems architecture, system migrations and performance and tuning. He has a deep knowledge of DB2 LUW and worked at IBM for 14 years at NASA and then as DB2 Parallel Edition benchmark leader, running many of the early benchmarks IBM performed on DB2 LUW.

 

 

 

Afternoon Presentation

DB2 Java Performance

Dave Beulke, IBM

 

Java is becoming the most popular development language for today’s systems.  Since there are so many java coding techniques and java object options, java can be particularly difficult to design, complex to code, and problematic for achieving your performance goals.  This presentation will take you through my experiences over the last four years tuning client java systems running on z/OS and distributed system. It will also highlight the new Data Studio and pureQuery features and its ability to code your java database access in many different fashions to match whatever application requirements are necessary.  

 

In addition, discussions will also highlight pureQuery that can enhance performance and tuning capabilities by statically binding your java against the DB2 system. This enhances the accountability of your SQL, provides many security advantages and debugging capabilities. Through this presentation you will learn the java system architectures, coding techniques and what questions to ask to fix your java system performance issues. 

 

Speaker:

David Beulke is an internationally recognized DB2 consultant, author and lecturer. He is known for his extensive expertise in database performance, data warehouses and internet applications.  He is an augural member of the IBM Data Champion program, member of IBM DB2 Gold Consultant program, Past President of the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG), a columnist for DB2 Magazine, co-author of the IBM V8 and V7 z/OS DB2 Administration Certification exam, co-author of the Business Intelligence Certification exam, former instructor for The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI), and former editor of the IDUG Solutions Journal. 

His expertise helps clients with developing new systems, tuning performance problems or reducing costs on their mainframe, UNIX and Windows systems.  His clients save millions of dollars in CPU charges and avoided unnecessary hardware upgrades by implementing his performance architectures, practices and his customer focused solutions.

 

 

 

 


 

 


MEETING REGISTRATION

 

 

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                                                Delaware Valley DB2 Users' Group

                                                P.O. BOX 596

                                                Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

 

 

 

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IBM West Chester

Constitution Room, on the Lower Level

 

Address:

IBM West Chester
1475 Phoenixville Pike
West Chester, PA 19380
(610) 578-2475

Site Policies:

 

Parking

Parking is in the front of the building and is free;

 

Directions:

 

From North and Central New Jersey

• New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 6 (PA Turnpike).

• Follow PA Turnpike West to Exit 24 (Valley Forge).

• Take Route 202 South (West Chester) to the Route 30 Exit.

• Take Business Route 30 (Frazer/Exton) and turn left at the light onto Rt. 30 East.

• At the second light, (Home Depot is on your right) turn right onto Phoenixville Pike.

• Follow Phoenixville Pike around Home Depot, past Ravine Road, and go under two railroad bridges.

• IBM (1475) will be on your left. Park in front of the building.

 

From Philadelphia International Airport

 

• Exit Airport to Interstate 95 South.

• Follow I-95 South to I-476 North.

• Follow I-476 North to I-76 West (toward Valley Forge).

• Follow I-76 West to Route 202 South (West Chester).

• Follow 202 South to the Route 30 exit.

• Take Business Route 30 (Frazer/Exton) and turn left at the light onto Rt. 30 East.

• At the second light, (Home Depot is on your right) turn right onto Phoenixville Pike.

• Follow Phoenixville Pike around Home Depot, past Ravine Road, and go under two railroad bridges.

• IBM (1475) will be on your left. Park in front of the building.

 

From South New Jersey

 

• From Southern New Jersey follow I-95 to Route 202 North.

• Follow 202 North to Route 30 (Frazer exit).

• *Note: Do not take the Route 100 & 30 Exit to Exton. The Route 30 Frazer exit is further north on 202.

• At the light at the end of the ramp, turn right. Go to the next light at Phoenixville Pike (beside Home Depot) and turn right.

• Go around Home Depot, past Ravine Road, and go under two railroad bridges.

• Turn left into IBM (1475 Phoenixville Pike).

• Park in front of the building. .

 

From West

 

• Pennsylvania Turnpike I-76 East to Exit 23 (Downingtown).

• Exit Turnpike to Rt. 100 South.

• Route 100 South (six miles) to left onto Route 30 East.

• Take Route 30 East 4 miles to Phoenixville Pike.

• Turn right onto Phoenixville Pike.

• Follow Phoenixville Pike around Home Depot, past Ravine Road, and go under two railroad bridges.

• IBM (1475) will be on your left. Park in front of the building. .