Saturday 14 September 2013

Unmissable course coming up! IBM DB2 FOR I SQL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND TUNING WORKSHOP starting 24th September in London

If you have anything whatever to do with DB2 for i and you haven't previously attended this fantastic course, can I encourage you to consider attending? I did so myself in 2009 and have benefited greatly ever since.

Here's some more information:

IBM DB2 FOR i SQL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND TUNING WORKSHOP (OD40AGB) 

This class will be taught by Jim Denton who is an experienced and highly skilled specialist from the IBM DB2 for i Centre of Excellence based in Rochester, US. Jim is one of the original authors of the SQL Performance Workshop and has been delivering this course, around the world since 2003.

Learn the information, tools and strategies for monitoring, analyzing and tuning IBM DB2 for i Structured Query Language (SQL). Explore the science and art behind the DB2 for i query optimizer and database engine, including database performance and scalability. Discuss performance issues affecting database design and data-centric applications. Get hands on experience with database performance parameters and options, as well as the various tools that assist in performance monitoring, analysis and tuning. Knowledge and skill gained by attending this course are considered critical success factors when building and deploying SQL based solutions.

More details:
http://edu.arrowecs.eu/uk/trainings/open/ibm-db2-for-i-sql-performance-monitoring-and-tuning-workshop/395921/training_sheet.html

Duration: 3 days
RRP: £1,700.00 per person (exc.VAT)
Date: 24th September 2013
Location: Arrow ECS London Office, Entrance 2, Fourth Floor, The Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LN

Saturday 7 September 2013

i-Community Trip to IBM Rochester: Fantastic Agenda

Looking forward to setting off for what promises to be a superb event as always.

Wednesday 11 September, Executive Briefing Center
08:45     Continental Breakfast
09:00     Welcome and Introductions, John Rathke, World Wide Briefing Project Manager
09:15     IBM i Update and Directions, Steve Will, Chief Architect, IBM i
10:15     Break
10:30     DB2 for IBM i Discussion, Mike Cain, Team Leader DB2 for i Center of Excellence
11:45     Luncheon
12:45     PowerVM, Kris Whitney, Power Virtual I/O, SAN, Comm Development
13:45     PowerHA, Steve Finnes, Power Systems HA Product Offering Manager
14:45     Break
14:55     IBM i Storage Solutions, Nick Harris, SWG CPO, Storage Team Lead
15:55     Break
16:05     POWER Systems Update and Directions, Mark Olsen, Power System WW Product Management

Thursday 12 September, Executive Briefing Center
08:45     Continental Breakfast
09:00     IBM Director for IBM i, Tim Rowe, Business Architect of Application Development for IBM i
10:00     Break
10:15     Application Development Directions, Tim Rowe
11:30     Luncheon
12:30     Energy Management, Brad L. Brech, IBM Distinguished Engineer, STG Strategy Team and Architecture Board
13:30     Security – TKLM, Key Manager
14:30     Break
14:45     Performance Tuning – Awareness of iDoctor

Friday 13 September, Executive Briefing Center
08:45     Continental Breakfast
09:00     i25 and Lab Services Responsibilities, Ian Jarman, Apollo Category Marketing
09:45     BRMS – Backup and Recovery, Parallel Saves, Encrypted Backups, David R. Bhaskaran, BRMS Development
11:00     Electronic Support, Paula R. Fulton, Business Analyst, Electronic Support Transformation
12:00     Luncheon
12:45     Fix Support, Paula R. Fulton