Tri-State Db2 Technology Exchange
Db2 Users Group
Session title: Machine Learning for z/OS
Session abstract: Gain an overall understanding of Machine Learning for z/OS and its role in enabling advanced analytics on IBM Z. You will learn how this machine learning technology integrates with Db2 Analytics Accelerator and Db2 for z/OS to drive real-time insight on an enterprise scale. Continue reading “Machine Learning for z/OS”
Session title: Security for a Modern Mainframe Database Environment
Session abstract: IBM’s mainframe security is well known for being hacker resistant. However, the deployment of technology depends on a combination of people, process and technology. Some of those processes, like authentication, begin on desktops and mobile devices that are outside the mainframe security controls and most susceptible to theft, key logging and other means to enable unauthorized personnel to access mainframe systems. Continue reading “Security for a Modern Mainframe Database Environment”
Session title: Revival of the SQL Tuner
Session abstract: The pool of DBAs with SME knowledge of SQL tuning has shrunk dramatically while the number of SQL statements needing attention has grown and will continue to grow. DB2 performance tooling can help identify what needs to be tuned. But what do you do then? Continue reading “Revival of the SQL Tuner”
Session title: Ensuring Availability with Modern Db2 Backup and Recovery Strategies
Session abstract: This presentation will discuss what we as DBA and System folks can do now to help when there is a recovery situation. We all have done recoveries… but we usually don’t wake up one morning and say let’s do some recoveries today. Or are we ready for a hardware or software failure today? Continue reading “Ensuring Availability with Modern Db2 Backup and Recovery Strategies”
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Coffee (provided by BMC) |
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Chad Reiber, BMC Ensuring Availability with Modern Db2 Backup and Recovery Strategies |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:45 | Sheryl Larsen, BMC Revival of the SQL Tuner |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch (provided by BMC) |
| 12:45 – 2:00 | Jim Porell, Rocket Software Security for a Modern Mainframe Database Environment |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 – 3:30 | Jonathan Sloan, IBM Machine Learning for z/OS |