The GSE Nordic Region has the pleasure of inviting you to the Nordic Region Conference to be held in Fornebu, Norway, at Hotel Scandic Fornebu from the 2nd - 4th of May 2017.

The GSE Nordic Region Working Groups are groups of information technology specialists, focusing on IBM software, who meet regularly. The main objective of the groups is to give their members an opportunity to meet, to exchange ideas and experiences, to deepen their knowledge and to broaden their perspective, and in co-operat

Designed for data architects and data scientists, the IDUG Data Tech Summit offers a deep dive into emerging data technologies and trends, such as:
-Big Data and analytics in a cognitive era
-Machine learning with Spark
-Performance enterprise architectures for analytic design patterns
-R as a weapon of choice for data science

Learn from leaders in the field, including Emil Kotrč, principal software engineer of CA Technologies, and Mike Gualtieri, vice president of Forrester and the 2017 keynote

DB2 12 Continuous Delivery – New challenges for deployment

on Tuesday April 25th, 2017

at 19:00 - Berlin, Paris, Madrid (CEST; UTC +2)

at 1 pm New York (EDT; UTC -4)

45 minutes Webinar in 3 parts – End of DB2 Releases?

How to align Continuous Delivery to your Continuous Availability?

1. Agile, Continuous Delivery, DevOps
   DB2 Code, Catalog, Function and Application Levels – differences and dependencies
2. Activation/Deactivation of new code and how to fallback and when you can’t
   
   
3. Different flavors of (pro-acti

• Place: Aldridge Gardens, 3530 Lorna Rd, Hoover, AL 35216
• http://www.alabamadb2usersgroup.org/events.html
• Date: April 19, 2017
• Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
• Welcome: 8:45; Larry Long
• Presentation: 9:00 - 10:15; Saghi Amirsoleymani, Rocket Software and Adrian Burke, IBM; Avoiding L2 Performance PMRs
• Break: 10:15 - 10:30
• Presentaion: 10:30 - 11:30, Saghi Amirsoleymani, Rocket Software; "Don’t just sit there ! Act fast and smart with IBM® Data Server Manager for z/OS"
• Lunch: 11:30 - 12:30
• Presentaion: 12:30- 1:30,

Alabama Users Group (ADUG) Spring Meeting taking place.  Speakers are Saghi Amirsoleymani, Rocket Software and Adrian Burke, IBM.  Sessions include:

• Avoiding L2 performance PMRS
• Don't just sit there!  Act fast and smart with IBM Data
  Server Manager for z/OS
• Best practices plus example scenarios to address questions around distributed access to DB2 for z/OS
• DB2 12... It's not the end; It's the beginning

Continental breakfast and lunch are provided!

                           DB2 Forum User Group

Second Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM 

Location: IBM Innovation Center, 1177 South Beltline Road

Coppell, TX

8:30 - 9:00   Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15  Modernizing the Architecture of Your DB2 for z/OS-Accessing Applications

                                    Robert Catterall, IBM

10:15 - 10:30   Networking break      

10:30 - 11:45  Goi

These are exciting times for DB2 for z/OS as we are cloud ready and running mobile applications. This workshop addresses both major breakthroughs. From a cloud perspective, we will address the automation of DB2 for z/OS installation, migration, and provisioning of new DB2 subsystems and members. z/OSMF workflows guide you through the process avoiding human error and some common pitfalls. This workshop also addressees how to use z/OSMF as it relates to DB2 software, specifically SMP/E. From a mob

Heart of Texas DB2 User Group

Second Quarterly Meeting

Tuesday,  April 18, 2017

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM 

Location:                    IBM Client Center

                                    Room:  Longhorn, Building 904

11501 Burnet Road

Austin, TX 

8:30  -  9:00                Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00  -  10:15                  Modernizing the Architecture of Your DB2 for z/OS-Accessing Applications

DB2 for z/OS  Restful  API enabling the Mobile Economy

Date: 11th April

Time 11:00AM - 12:00PM (EST) 4:00PM - 5:00 GMT

Register NOW   http://ibm.biz/Bds9Cp

Maryela will show how existing assets on z/OS can be made available in the era of application assembly through new functionality in DB2 and z/OS Connect V2. She will introduce new DB2 11 functionality to define SQL and Stored Procedures as services.

The Application Programming Interface (API) Economy has changed how developers think ab

IBM is hosting 3 no-cost, face-to-face events in April designed to show how your current IBM investments can help you to easily embrace private, public, and hybrid cloud, and be ready for Machine Learning.

These events feature an executive keynote, “Winning with Machine Learning”, followed by sessions across 2 tracks:  Data Management and Data Analytics.

You will hear how to get more out of your existing investments, our product strategy and roadmaps, how to unlock the value of the data behind you

SIRDUG is very pleased to announce that the first 2017 SIRDUG meeting will be held on April 11, and will feature previews of 2107 North American IDUG conference presentations from Robert Catterall (IBM), Roger Sanders (IBM), Sheryl Larsen (BMC), and Paul Turpin.

Get full details at:

Meeting Details

DB2 for LUW with John Hornibrook and Karl Fleckenstein (IBM) :
- Vital Statistic – What You Should Know About DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Catalog Statistics - John Hornibrook
- DB2 11.1. – A Query Optimizer Perspective - John Hornibrook
- DB2 11.1. – Technology Deep Dive - Karl Fleckenstein
- Jump Start 2017 with DB2 11.1.1.1 - Karl Fleckenstein

Target audience: DBAs, Developers, Data Architects
More info and registration at bit.ly/SQLAdriaLJ2017

Seminar will be held at Hotel Slon, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 10.
Learn from great speakers!
April 10: DB2 for zOS Performance Topics with Terry Purcell and User Topic with Goran Bavčar (NLB) :
- Getting the best performance in DB2 11 for z/OS - Terry Purcell (IBM)
- Runstats Challenges for Optimal Query Performance - Terry Purcell (IBM)
- Real Time Analytics Query Performance with DB2 for z/OS - Terry Purcell (IBM)
- Some Things About Databases …. And Some About Elefants, Sparks and Lakes - Goran Ba

More info available soon at www.sqladria.net

It is a pleasure to invite to the annual IBM DB2 for z/OS Update Day 2017 for DBAs,
System Programmers, Developers, Architects, Mainframe operators, Managers and other good
people interested in

• DB2 on z, SW products, solutions and concepts related to Database management
• performance and optimization of the mainframe - and development on the mainframe

See the registration link for detailed agenda.

The Northeast Ohio Database Users Group (NEODBUG) are excited to announce our 2017 education event: on Thursday, April 6, we are presenting internationally-known DB2 expert David Simpson in an all-day class entitled “DB2 V11—What’s New?”, on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Studio 96 of the Progressive Discovery Center in Mayfield Village, Ohio (near Cleveland).

Find out more at www.neodbug.org  .

It is a pleasure to invite to the annual IBM DB2 for z/OS Update Day 2017 for DBAs,
System Programmers, Developers, Architects, Mainframe operators, Managers and other good
people interested in

• DB2 on z, SW products, solutions and concepts related to Database management
• performance and optimization of the mainframe - and development on the mainframe

See the registration link for detailed agenda.

It is a pleasure to invite to the annual IBM DB2 for z/OS Update Day 2017 for DBAs,
System Programmers, Developers, Architects, Mainframe operators, Managers and other good
people interested in

• DB2 on z, SW products, solutions and concepts related to Database management
• performance and optimization of the mainframe - and development on the mainframe

See the registration link for detailed agenda.

DB2 12 for z/OS was released for general availability on October 21^st 2016. There are many new features and functions that are driving the move to DB2 12.   Also important is making sure your database tools and utilities provide not only the support you rely on and need, but that they improve your DB2 12 experience.

This webcast looks at some of the most anticipated features that customers have requested and how the IBM DB2 utilities and tools enhance their use in your environment.  Craig Mullins