TBRUG is proud to present the distinguished speakers for our next presentation:

• Bob Goodman from Florida Hospital

• William Schray from IBM

• Jonathan Sloan from IBM

TBRUG strives to provide presentations that can help you strengthen and extend your knowledge base. Please come and join us in learning new features of DB2 version 10, database time based design concepts, and data warehousing solutions via the Systems z platforms.

Date:

Friday, June 11, 2010

Location:

Computer Associates - 3rd Floor 
10210 Highland Manor Drive
Tampa FL, 33610

Phone:

(863) 450-9188

Time:

8:20 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Cost:

$40.00 for members who prepay
$45.00 for members paying at the door
$50.00 for non-members who prepay
$55.00 for non-members paying at the door

Dress:

Business Casual

 Thank You to our Sponsors

TBRUG wants to give hearty thanks to Computer Associates for providing TBRUG with their training facility. 

08:20 - 08:50

Registration

Continental breakfast: Provided by TBRUG

08:50 - 09:50

"DB2 10 for z/OS Overview"

Speaker: Bill Schray, IBM

This session will provide a look at DB2 10, which is currently in beta testing. This presentation will give a technical overview of the highlights of DB2 10. This release features improved database performance, scalability and availability, while memory management is dramatically reduced, so growth is much simpler, as are many other tasks. 
Objectives:
1) Highlight the key new capabilities coming in the next release of DB2 for z/OS, Version 10. 
2) Outline key improvements that will lower your operating costs while delivering improved performance

Speaker Biography: Bill Schray is a DB2 Performance Specialist in the Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) group in IBM. He has worked with DB2 as an application developer, application designer and DB2 performance tuner since DB2 V1R3.

09:50 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 11:00

"Exploiting Time Based Data in DB2 8, 9 and 10"

Speaker: Robert Goodman, Florida Hospital

As relational databases move into the 21st century, it is critical for DBAs, designers and programmers to understand time based design. This presentation will examine temporal design concepts, review good and bad temporal database design, provide a brief roadmap of versioned data in DB2 10 and look at the future of temporal data. The presentation will reveal how to design and build temporal databases today that will satisfy your business needs for years to come.

Speaker Biography: Robert Goodman has been in data processing since 1977 and is the Senior DBA and Disaster Recovery Coordinator at Florida Hospital. He is a “Certified DB2 Professional” and “Certified Business Continuity Professional” who has been involved with DB2 since V1.2. Bob has been involved in all aspects of DB2 on z/OS. A few years ago he started the "FL Hospital Database Think-Tank" to develop techniques to push the limits of DB2. He has conducted extensive technical training and supports DB2 in a true 24 by 7 environment. He frequently presents at relational user groups, IDUG, IOD, disaster recovery conferences and is a member of the IDUG Speaker Hall of Fame.

11:00 - 12:00

"Overview of data warehousing and business intelligence on System z"

Speaker: Jonathan Sloan, IBM

IBM is continuing to invest in bringing new functionality to the System z platform, especially in the area of data warehousing and business intelligence. Through acquisitions and organic growth, the IBM software portfolio has changed significantly over the last few years. This session will provide an overview of why customers are turning to the System z platform to deliver data warehousing and business intelligence today. It will also cover the components of the IBM portfolio that customers are leveraging today to deliver data warehousing and business intelligence. 

Speaker Biography: Jonathan Sloan is a Senior Certified Executive Software IT Specialist, with two decades of business intelligence experience with multi-dimensional and relational database systems. He joined IBM in 2000 and specializes in helping customers understand the application of IBM Information Management technology to business problems. Jonathan has experience in the health care, financial services and consumer packaged goods industries. He is currently the business intelligence SME and SWAT team lead for data warehousing on System z. 

12:00 - 01:00

Lunch - Provided by TBRUG

01:00 - 01:15

TBRUG - Business Meeting

"Focus on InfoSphere Warehouse Cubing Services and SQL Warehousing" 

Speaker: Jonathan Sloan, IBM

IBM InfoSphere Warehouse for System z delivers the fundamental capabilities necessary to simplify data transformations, modernize reporting systems and deliver business intelligence via the System z platform. This session will focus on a foundational component of the IBM portfolio for delivering data warehousing and business intelligence.