Lets go with the IBM’s Always-on Architecture -keeping your service up for DECADES!

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Session title: Lets go with the IBM’s Always-on Architecture -keeping your service up for DECADES!

Session abstract: In this presentation we will discuss how IBM has implemented its “Always-on” architecture, providing the ability to keep services up without any outages.  This architecture was originally designed for sports venues, e.g. Olympics, Wimbleton, Masters, … but now has been adopted by several private companies who are unable to take any service outages.

Speaker biography: Dale has a B.Sc.(CS) from the University of New Brunswick and a Masters of Engineering(M.Eng) from the University of Toronto. Dale joined IBM in 1988, and worked in the DB2 development team from 1992 -2014. Dale’s area of expertise includes DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Kernel development, where he led teams that designed the current backup and recovery architecture and other key high availability and disaster recovery technologies. He has obtained eleven (11) patents in the area of database resiliency. Dale is a popular speaker at the International DB2 Users Groups (IDUG) conferences worldwide, as well as DB2 Regional users groups and IBM’s Information On Demand (IOD) conference. His expertise in the area DB2 availability area is well known in the information technology industry. Dale spent 10 months as the IBM Cloud Data Services Chief Availability Architect, and now Dale is now on the North American Hybrid Data Management Technical Sales team.

My Favorite Db2 Problem Determination Tricks

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Session title: My Favorite Db2 Problem Determination Tricks

Session abstract: As a member of the Db2 LUW development and support team, Pavel uses Db2 problem determination techniques on a daily basis. Whether it is problems reported by test teams, related to his newly written code (rarely happens ;-), or tough customer reports from the field, there are techniques that can lead to a problem resolution more quickly. Continue reading “My Favorite Db2 Problem Determination Tricks”

Tridex Db2 LUW – March 28th 2019 agenda

8:30 – 9:00Continental Breakfast (provided by IBM/IDUG)
9:00 – 9:15Benefits of Attending the IDUG North America Conference – Charlotte, NC
Jim Reed, Program Director, IBM Enterprise Analytics
9:15 – 10:45Db2 – The AI Ready Database – Hybrid Data Management Strategy
Les King, Director, Hybrid Data Management Solutions IBM Analytics
10:45 – 11:00Break
11:00 – 12:00My Favorite Db2 Problem Determination Tricks
Pavel Sustr, Senior Manager and Senior Software Engineer with IBM Db2 LUW development
12:00 –12:45Lunch (provided by IBM/IDUG)
12:45 – 2:00Table Space Odyssey
Pavel Sustr, Senior Manager and Senior Software Engineer with IBM Db2 LUW development
2:00 – 2:15Break
2:15 – 3:30Lets go with the IBM’s Always-on Architecture -keeping your service up for DECADES!
Dale McInnis, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at the IBM Toronto Canada lab
3:30 – 3:45Break
3:45 – 4:45Data & Artificial Intelligence : What’s Happening
Susan Malaika, Senior Technical Staff in the Cognitive Applications group in IBM focusing on open source for Data & AI
4:45 – 5:00Drawing for free pass to IDUG North America Conference in Charlotte, NC
Provided by IBM

DB2 HADR Multiple Standby Deep Dive

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Session title: DB2 HADR Multiple Standby Deep Dive

Session abstract: In this presentation we will examine the HA and DR options available for DB2.  This will be followed by a deep drive in the workings of DB2’s HADR technology with a specific focus on how running HADR with Multiple Standbys changes operations.  We will walk to several failure scenarios describing how the HADR technology will react. Continue reading “DB2 HADR Multiple Standby Deep Dive”

Managing Your Metadata with ODPi Egeria

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Session title: Managing Your Metadata with ODPi Egeria

Session abstract: Project ODPi Egeria is a new initiative that supports the flow of metadata between different technologies and tools, enabling organizations to locate, manage and use their data more effectively. Automating data governance becomes simpler too. Egeria is open source – Among the products that plan to incorporate Egeria are IBM Global catalog & more. See https://github.com/odpi/egeria Continue reading “Managing Your Metadata with ODPi Egeria”

Data Virtualization and Project Queryplex

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Session title: Data Virtualization and Project Queryplex

Session abstract: Regardless of the industry, data has become a fundamental driver in today’s business decisions.  Businesses pivot and remain competitive based on the analytics performed on that data.  Increasingly that data comes from more and more sources, its volume is increasing at an exponential rate, and need for insight is increasingly real-time. Continue reading “Data Virtualization and Project Queryplex”

Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL

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Session title: Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL

Session abstract: Db2 provides a number of important features for diagnosing and solving your SQL problems. Through a series of practical examples, this session will introduce you to the latest Db2 capabilities available for SQL diagnostics and show you how you can leverage them to solve query problems in your own environment. Continue reading “Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL”

Tridex Db2 LUW – October 11th 2018 agenda

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8:30 – 9:00Coffee (provided by IBM)
9:00 – 10:15David Kalmuk, IBM
Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL
10:15 – 10:30Break
10:30 – 11:45David Kalmuk, IBM
Adaptive Workload Management in Db2 Warehouse
11:45 – 12:30Lunch (provided by IBM)
12:30 – 1:45Dave Williamson, IBM
Data Virtualization and Project Queryplex
1:45 – 2:00Break
2:00 – 3:15Dale McInnis, IBM
DB2 HADR Multiple Standby Deep Dive
3:15 –
3:45
John Mertic, Linux Foundation and Ernie Ostic, IBM
Managing Your Metadata with ODPi Egeria