Oct 18

What are my plans for the IOD 2012 Conference next week in Las Vegas

By Willie DB2 Family, DB2 for z/OS (General), Event, Information on Demand (IOD) Comments Off

We’re are just a few days away form IBM’s premier Information Management (IM) conference, the Information on Demand (IOD) 2012 Conference .   If you are a DB2 or IMS person, this is the event you want (and hope) to attend.   It’s scheduled to have some of the best customer and IBM speakers available this year so it should be quite the event.  Even Don Haderle, one of the true greats in the history of DB2, will be in attendance.   There will be tech specialist to listen to and talk with, comedians, rock band, lots of food, authors (and book signings), lots of IBM Executives, IBM Fellows, IBM Distinguished Engineers to meet (and in some cases listen to), all to go along with the 400+ information management sessions, the 100+ hands-on labs, the usability sandboxes, and the 300 exhibitors in the Expo.  If that not enough, you get to share it all with more than 10,000 of your “closest” IT friends.

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Oct 07

The reasons you should attend IOD 2012 aren’t always technical

By Willie Education, Event, IBM Sponsered Event, Information on Demand (IOD) Comments Off

Although the 700 Technical Sessions scheduled for this years conference with 300 customer speakers, the 110 Hands On Labs, and numerous Usability Sandboxes to qualify as exceptional reasons for attending this years Information on Demand (IOD) 2012 Conference in Las Vegas (October 21-25, 2012), there is still al lot of that good old, let’s unwind with friends, kind of fun that make for pretty good supporting reasons for attending.

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Sep 24

What would be fun to talk about on this Friday’s DB2Night Show (Sept 28, 2012)

By Willie DB2 for z/OS (General), Event, Just my view on things, Presentation Schedule Comments Off

The DB2Night Show, z/OS Edition #Z28, is just a few days away.  It will be broadcast at 10:00 AM Central Time (11:00 AM Eastern, 8:00 AM Pacific, 5:00 UTC) and I’m hoping that if you use DB2 for z/OS, you will REGISTER and join us.

Our topic for Friday morning will be… well… whatever… Rather than focusing in one particular part or component of DB2 for z/OS, I thought I’d jump all over and discuss whatever I think would be fun to discuss.   Hopefully, what I think is interesting matches up to what you all think is interesting otherwise it could make for a very long morning… (smile)……  Continue reading »

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Aug 17

Poll: What processor are you using and how much memory does it ha

By Willie Event, IBM Sponsered Event, Poll, System z, zEnterprise Comments Off

With the extremely cool stuff that is about to happen on August 28, it started me wondering about what processors folks were using today…… Continue reading »

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Jul 10

Are you interested in saving a few dollars on your IOD 2012 registration?

By Willie DB2 for z/OS (General), DB2 LUW, DB2 Utilities, Education, Event, IBM Sponsered Event, Information on Demand (IOD), Uncategorized Comments Off

Information on Demand (IOD) Conference is quickly approaching.   Speakers have been selected, sessions are being scheduled, and entertainment is being arranged.  One of the few things still missing is your registration…… Continue reading »

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Jan 31

Make sure you are register for this excellent upcoming February Webcast

By Willie DB2 10 for z/OS, Education, Event, IBM Sponsered Event, Migration Comments Off

DB2 for z/OS Version 8 goes out of SERIVCE (End of Service) on April 20, 2012, just three months from now.

DB2 10 once again offers a skip level migration from DB2 Version 8 to DB2 10.

DB2 9 for z/OS has announced its END of MARKETING as of December 10, 2012 and we all know that when we stop marketing a product, its End of Service announcement can’t be too far away…… Continue reading »

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Jan 27

The 2011 Master the Mainframe Contest has come to a conclusion

By Willie Event, Fun Stuff to Discuss, Mainframe Comments Off

And the results keep right on improving…  we have a very smart kids out there with good futures in the world of computers should they choose to go the direction.  To paraphrase Darth Vader (Star Wars): “The Mainframe is strong with this group…… Continue reading »

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Jan 25

The “2012 DB2′s GOT TALENT Contest” is almost here! Have you entered?

By Willie DB2 Family, DB2 for z/OS (General), DB2 LUW, Event Comments Off

Have you ever been listening to a presenter at a conference or user group meeting thinking to yourself “I could do that”.   Well, here’s your chance to let the world (or at least the Db2 community) that YES you really can that.   Remember, you’ve already done the hard part, you know (learned) DB2.   telling your fiends about what you know is the easy half…… Continue reading »

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Sep 08

It’s September so it must be IBM Master the Mainframe time

By Willie Event, Fun Stuff to Discuss, System z, zEnterprise Comments Off

 

It’s fall “planting” time; time to plant the seeds for what could be the inspiration for our future mainframe professionals, maybe even the future of the mainframe itself…… Continue reading »

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