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IDUG is proud to offer two DB2 certification seminars on 17 March 2009, the day prior to the opening of the conference. These optional seminars are free to conference attendees, however, pre-registration is required. Courses begin at 08:30 and end at 16:30.

*If you wish to attend one of the preconference certification seminars on 17 March 2009, please select the seminar you will be attending when submitting your registration form.

DB2 9 for z/OS DBA Certification Crammer Course
Susan Lawson, YL&A
08:30 - 16:30

This is a high-level certification preparation course intended to help you take DB2 9 Family Fundamentals exam (730) and DB2 9 for z/OS Database Administration exam (732). Passing of these exams will result in certification as an IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 9 z/OS Database Administration. Participants are expected to have fundamental knowledge of relational principles in addition to applied working knowledge of DB2 z/OS V8 and basic knowledge of V9 features. This will be a lecture-only class with no labs. This session offers an intense, overall review of those areas that will be on the certification exams (both the 730 – DB2 9 Family Fundamentals and the 732 – DB2 9 for z/OS), providing a comprehensive review for those planning on taking the certification exams to become an IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 9 for z/OS Database Administration.

Susan Lawson is an internationally recognized consultant and lecturer with a strong background in system and database administration. She currently works with several large clients to help development, implement and tune some of the world’s largest and most complex DB2 databases and applications. She also performs Performance Audits for many clients to help reduce costs through proper performance tuning. Her other activities have included authoring articles, presenting at user group meetings, and authoring white papers. She is an IBM GOLD Consultant for DB2 and z/Series, and has authored the IBM ‘DB2 for z/OS V8 DBA Certification Guide’, DB2 for z/OS V7 Application Programming Certification Guide’ and ‘DB2 for z/OS V9 DBA Certification Guide’ - 2007. She is also the co-author of several DB2 books including IBM ‘DB2 for z/OS V9 DBA Certification Guide’, ‘DB2 High Performance Design and Tuning’ and ‘DB2 Answers’.

DB2 for LUW Certification Preparation Course
Robert Clow, Datasync Consulting
08:30 - 16:30

This training is designed to review the concepts covered in the DB2 UDB V9.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certifications, in preparation for sitting the exams. In doing this the training also represents a broad based overview of the concepts central to a database administrator of an DB2 LUW system.

Course objectives include:

• Basic DB2 9 Database Administration fundamentals
• Overview of the material covered on the DB2 9 DBA Certification Exam
•  Information needed to take the DB2 9 DBA Certification Exam
•  Information about the DB2 Certification program
• Overview of the DB2 Certification Exam testing software

 With over 20 years experience in IT, Robert is a leading and well respected Consultant and Educator on Information Management technology with Sydney-based Datasync Consulting. Robert has been involved with the implementation and operation of many sites in the Asia Pacific Region in a variety of roles from solution design, management and architecture to performance tuning. As Datasync's leading instructor on DB2 Administration, Robert has extensive experience teaching all areas of DB2, Informix and SQL.