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IDUG is proud to announce the availability of the Online Conference Schedule for IDUG EMEA 2010, taking place 8-12 November 2010 in Vienna, Austria.
The peer-reviewed technical program for IDUG EMEA 2010 features some of the industry's leading DB2 minds. Our conference speakers are an impressive mix of real-world DBAs, Gold Consultants, vendor representatives, and top IBM-ers who are recognized worldwide for their expertise. View the Online Conference Schedule to see who presented this year at IDUG.
Just Announced! IDUG EMEA 2010 Keynote Presenters
Sense Making on Streams and What Makes Smart Systems Smart!
Jeff Jonas,Chief Scientist, IBM Entity Analytics, IBM Distinguished Engineer
There are a series of macro trends playing out that are going to force organizations to re-think how they make sense of data and compete. For example, on one hand damage-potential per person is increasing while at the same time organizations are actually getting dumber – an effect caused in part by advances in information technology which help to produce information at rates faster than it can be made sense of. What does this mean? While organizations already recognize that information overload is driving inefficiency, missed opportunity and missed risk, it is going to get so much worse that it is safe to say “no army, of any size, is going to remedy this trend by brute force.” What if it is possible to drive down false positives, drive down false negatives, and make faster predictions over more data ... at the same time!Jeff Jonas is Chief Scientist, IBM Entity Analytics Group and an IBM Distinguished Engineer. The IBM Entity Analytics Group was formed based on technologies developed by Systems Research & Development (SRD), founded by Jonas in 1984, and acquired by IBM in January, 2005.
DB2 for z/OS Trends & Direction
Rick Bowers, Director of DB2 for z/OS, IBM Corporation
In the prevalent economic climate, there are multiple challenges faced by corporations of all sizes especially pressure to make savings on IT costs. DB2 9, and now DB2 10 have been developed to address these challenges and deliver true business value.
This session will explore the advances that have been made in DB2 for z/OS over the years to help you address these challenges . We'll explore the field results of DB2 9, and key features and functions in DB2 10 Beta, and map them back to current business pain points. We'll look at future trends, and how they will be addressed with DB2 for z/OS's technical and business strategy. Customer and ISV experiences will be shown to demonstrate the points of proven technology.
Rick Bowers is the Director of DB2 for z/OS. He started in IBM as a developer, and has managed both development and test organizations in IBM's Systems Technology Group and Software Group. He has also managed key partner strategic alliances and business partner relationships in the Information Management group, and was Director of the
