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SQL tuning teleconference on September 1 from IBM

August 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in IBM DB2, IBM system z |

A new teleconference from IBM on SQL tuning for DB2 on system z coming on Tuesday, September 1, starting at 3pm (UTC). Aim for application programmers, application development managers, database administrators and database managers,  with an intermediate technical level. With the growing of the IT infrastructure, we must find how can we deliver a scalable, reliable, available and highly secure database infrastructure, in a cost-effective data server environment !

The case study will explain:

  • How the project was started
  • Which techniques and strategy were used
  • How follow-up was done
  • What investments where made
  • What was the return on investment

The speakers are Surekha Parekh, DB2 Market Manager/Strategist, IBM Software Group and Kurt Struyf, Senior Consultant from Competence Partners.

You can register at SQL tuning: the necessity, the benefits, a business case.

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z/OS 1.11 available on september 25, 2009

August 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in IBM system z |

The last version of the operating system for system z has just been announced officially. z/OS 1.11 will focus on technologies that make the success of the mainframe, hardware virtualization for performance improvement, very high availability, security, flexibility, and ease of administration.

IBM took the opportunity to launch a new product called z/OS Management Facility, which will allow programmers to manage and administrate a mainframe with more ease, on the daily z/OS operation.

z/OS 1.11 and z/OS Management Facility will be available on Septembre 25, 2009

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