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Day 2 at IDUG EMEA – All about DB2 9.7

From Iqbal Goralwalla Day 2 started in full swing early in the morning. The day was packed with excellent presentations. 2 notable ones from the ones I attended were SQL on Fire (III) by Serge Rielau (IBM) and New Features … Continue reading

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A wintry morning in Prague….

….and two DB2 Geeks are taking part in the DB2 Seek the Geek Quiz! James and Iqbal of Triton Consulting give the DB2 Seek the Geek quiz a run-through.  If you’re there, make sure you enter.  The first step is … Continue reading

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Looking forward to IDUG EMEA

It’s the final countdown to IDUG EMEA!  We’re really looking forward to the event this year, there’s so much going on.  We’re sending three of our top DB2 Geeks.  Julian Stuhler will be heading out to Prague early as he … Continue reading

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Are you a DB2 Geek?

If you’re attending IDUG EMEA in Prague next month then we invite you to seek the geek and find out! As you walk around the conference centre and attend the sessions you’ll see some of our Geeks. They will be … Continue reading

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Early results from the IDUG DB2 z/OS Version Migration Survey

IDUG (International DB2 User Group) have been running a worldwide survey to measure DB2 10 upgrade intentions across the IDUG community.  Julian Stuhler of Triton Consulting and former IDUG President, has been managing the survey and has posted the early … Continue reading

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IDUG One Day Seminars

There are some great one day seminars coming up at IDUG EMEA.  Highlights include;  – DB2 10 for z/OS – In Depth, Phil Grainger, Cogito/Grainger Database Solutions – DB2 Intermediate and Advanced SQL, Daniel Luksetich, Yevich Lawson & Assoc Inc. … Continue reading

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Day 3 at IDUG EMEA

Today was a jam packed day of presentations. Similar to yesterday being a “pureScale day” for me, today was a “performance day.” I am sure this was not by accident and the IDUG EMEA 2010 conference/program committee have to be … Continue reading

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Day 2 at IDUG EMEA

Today was basically a DB2 pureScale day for me and many midrange folks. Matt Huras and Aamer Sachedina gave excellent presentations giving an overview of pureScale and a deep dive into cluster services and monitoring and a walk-through hardware and … Continue reading

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A Welcome Return To IDUG

The feeling at this year’s IDUG EMEA conference in Vienna is almost nostalgic.  Gosh, has it really been 6 years since I last attended an IDUG conference?  I was frequently reminded of how long it’s been by my colleagues from … Continue reading

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The buzz at this year’s IOD has been incredible!

In an interview recorded live from IBM’s IOD event in Las Vegas, Julian Stuhler tells us that he thinks the buzz around this year’s event has been “incredible”!  ibmdatamanagement on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Julian also gives some breaking news … Continue reading

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