Saturday, September 30, 2017

News from SpDUG Forum in Madrid - 26 September 2017


The latest SpDUG Db2 conference took place in Madrid, earlier this week. It was a real success, as the number of attendees raised to ~100 !
Manuel Gomez Burriel kicks-off the event

Although I could not attend myself this time, I heard it was a great conference again, you may find more information at https://spdug.org/spdug-forum


A few pictures (credit to @SpDUG)

Steve Thomas (CA Tech) - Db2 12 partitioning restrictions

Chris Crone speaks about SQL enhancements in Db2 11 & 12
Jim Dee (BMC) talks about LOBs
The CA Technologies booth at SpDUG Forum

The event was sponsored by CA Technologies, IBM, BMC, Compuware and EPV Technologies.

If you attended the Conference, feel free to leave a comment below to indicate, for example, which session / presenter you enjoyed the most !

Thursday, September 28, 2017

PDUG conference in Wroclaw - 27 & 28 September 2017



The XI PDUG DB2 Conference took place in Wroclaw, on September 27 & 28. The conference had 2 tracks (z/OS and LUW) and roughly 80 attendees, ~40 on each track. The event was sponsored by CA Technologies and IBM. It was a great conference again, you may find more information at https://www.pdug.pl/agenda-11-konferencji-pdug-wroclaw/

A few pictures from the event


Michal Bialecki (IBM) discusses Db2 stable queries in an unstable world
Steve Thomas (CA Technologies) gives tips for Db2 Dynamic SQL
Nigel Slinger (IBM) introduces zServiceAdvisor
Jacek Rafalak (CA Technologies)  explains Db2 System Level Backup
Philippe Dubost (CA Technologies) unveils new CA Mainframe Solutions
(DCI, DCD, MOI)


You may find more pictures and comments on https://twitter.com/db2forz

If you attended the Conference, feel free to leave a comment below to indicate, for example, which session / presenter you enjoyed the most !