Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto (Essex Ballroom)
| 08:15 - 09:00 | REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
| 09:00 - 09:10 | OPENING REMARKS - Chairperson
| 09:10 - 10:30 | 44 TIPS in 66 MINUTES
| Craig Mullins - BMC Software 10:30 - 10:45
| COFFEE BREAK
| 10:45 - 12:00 | DATABASE WEB INTEGRATION
| Mike Sniezek - BMC Software 12:00 - 01:15
| LUNCH
| 01:15 - 02:30 | DB2 UDB VERSION 7.1 FOR UNIX AND INTEL PLATFORMS - | THE POWER BEHIND E-BUSINESS! Jim Lawrie - IBM Canada 02:30 - 02:45
| COFFEE BREAK
| 02:45 - 04:00 | E-BUSINESS BENEFITS FROM DB2 UDB FOR OS/390 VERSION 7
| Hari Shanmugadhasan - IBM Canada |
44 TIPS in 66 MINUTES
This presentation will go over 44 quick tips for improving the your usage of DB2 for OS/390.
The tips range the gamut from SQL performance to programming and administration techniques to deployment tips for new features to organizational issues.
Bring your stop watch and come see Craig deliver 44 tips in only 66 minutes.
Key topics covered include:
Craig S. Mullins is a Director of Technology Planning for BMC Software, located in Houston, TX.
Craig has extensive experience in the field of database management having worked as
an application developer, a DBA, and an instructor with multiple database management systems including DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server.
DATABASE WEB INTEGRATION
The overwhelming growth of the Internet has open up another access port for information.
Information that resides on many databases in your organization.
The challenge to the DBA and application developer is to access information from various data sources
and display this information on the Internet in a safe and consistent manner.
This presentation is intended to describe the components required for presenting data from a DB2 database to an Internet Web page.
Mike Sniezek has worked in Information Technology since 1976 and is currently working with BMC Software as an Enterprise Software Consultant.
He has worked with relational technology since 1984, specializing in distributed technology as a consultant and lecturer.
DB2 UDB VERSION 7.1 FOR UNIX AND INTEL PLATFORMS - THE POWER BEHIND E-BUSINESS!
This Technology Preview will let you in on what's under the covers of IBM's latest DB2 offering on UNIX and Intel platforms.
You'll see some of your old favourites from the Requirements List like support for Temporary Tables, Incremental Backups, and support of User Names longer than 8 characters!
You will also find out about some of the exciting new technology included in this latest version of DB2 like "Starter Kits" for OLAP and Data Warehouse Creation and Management,
Federated Database support, and the new Spatial Extender.
And last, but certainly not least, find out about the Net.Search technology for high speed Text Search for e-business;
go from zero to 91 Million hits per day while maintaining sub-second response time!
Jim Lawrie has worked for IBM Canada Ltd. with DB2 on the mainframe, Unix and Intel platforms for 14 years.
Jim is currently a Senior I.T. Specialist with IBM and provides Technical Sales Support for Database and Data Warehouse Software in the IBM Canada Software Group.
He has worked with many of the largest (and smallest) companies in Canada.
E-BUSINESS BENEFITS FROM DB2 UDB FOR OS/390 VERSION 7
Hari will take an early (pre-ESP) look at V7, with an emphasis on e-business application
(e-commerce, CRM, ERP, SCM, BI etc) benefits.
A few of these enhancements will be available for V6 and some for V5.
Migrate from V5 or V6 to V7!
DB2 XML Extender to store, retrieve, search, manage and setup XML documents.
XML is a new standard way of sending self-defining data that simplifies internet B2B
(business to business) and backend legacy integration.
The next generation of EDI for the internet and your intranet.
Better Performance:
Higher availability:
Faster Application Development:
Improved Usability: