IDUG 2009 – North America provides user-driven education and networking opportunities designed to fit your needs as a DB2 database administrator on a DB2 for Linux/UNIX/Windows platform. This year’s conference in Denver offers more than 60 hours of technical sessions for Database Administration for LUW covering a variety of topics including:
- Designing and Building databases
- Performance Monitoring and Tuning of the databases
- Enforcing standards for database use and security
- Insuring database recoverability, integrity, security, availability, reliability, and performance
- New features, High Availability, Very Large Databases
Opportunities for DBAs for LUW Include:
View a full listing of all technical sessions offered to address the needs of DB2 Database Administrators on Linux, Unix, or Windows platform.
Pre-Conference Educational Seminars
Many attendees jump-start their IDUG educational experience with a pre-conference educational seminar. This year's conference offers nine full-day seminars presented by many of the world's foremost DB2 and Informix professionals, and include:
DB2 9 for LUW Database Administrator Certification Exam (Exam 731) Preparation
Bob Harbus, IBM Toronto Lab
300 Fabulous, Fast DB2 Facts and Performance Tips
Scott Hayes, DBI
DB2 for LUW Support: Deep Dive into DB2 for LUW Problem Determination and Troubleshooting
Pavel Sustr and Samir Kappoor, IBM Toronto
Attendees will be among the first to hear about future generations of DB2 for LUW by attending:
DB2 fo LUW: Technology Preview
Tim Vincent, IBM Toronto Lab
This session discusses some of the key goals and features that are planned for the next major release of DB2 for LUW.
IBM's leading engineers for DB2 for LUW technologies are scheduled to appear in front of the IDUG community to answer questions, and share feedback and insights into the latest IBM technologies. The format of this meeting is very simple: Ask a question, receive an answer from the following innovative leaders:
Moderator: Chris Eaton, IBM Toronto Lab
George Baklarz, IBM Worldwide DB2 Sales Support
John Hornibrook, IBM Toronto Lab
Matt Huras, IBM Toronto Lab
Leon Katsnelson, IBM Toronto Lab
Serge Rielau, IBM Toronto Lab
Tim Vincent, IBM Toronto Lab
Attendes can share stories, lessons learned and tips of the trade if they attend the two new formats for IDUG Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Speed SIGs offer the opportunity to discuss multiple sub-topics in this DB2 version of "Musical Chairs." Face 2 Face SIGs are "how-to" sessions that feature leasons learned and demonstrations. Find a group that fits your area of work and get connected:
- New! Speed SIG: Performance DB2 for LUW
- DB2 for LUW Optimizer
- DB2 for LUW High Availability and Recovery
IDUG 2009 - North America is offering more than 50 IBM certification exams, free! This $125 value is available most days, view a schedule of the examination times.
IDUG, in partnership with IBM, provided opportunities to give feedback on the usage and usability of DB2 products and services at IDUG 2008 - North America. These User Feedback Opportunity (UFO) sessions, open to all registered attendees (users, vendors, and consultants), solicited opinions via product usability testing, demos, and Q&A formats. This year’s sessions included Workload Management, Designing Information for a DB2 Solution, and much more. .View a full listing of these key product influence opportunities.
IDUG 2009 – North America is THE conference for
the DB2 Community!
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