It is well known that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed, moving past the era of experimentation. Today, AI presents an enormous opportunity to turn data into insights and actions, to amplify human capabilities, decrease risk and increase ROI by achieving break through innovations.

While the promise of AI isn’t guaranteed and doesn’t always come easy, adoption is no longer a choice. It is an imperative.

Those businesses that decide to adopt AI technology will have an immense advantage, according to 72% of decision-makers. Furthermore, 59% of executives claim AI can improve the use of big data in their organizations, facts about artificial intelligence show. (IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2022.)

What is stopping AI adoption today? Read More.

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Announcing hands-on tutorials for the IBM data fabric use cases

Do you wonder how you can reap the benefits of the IBM data fabric? Are you curious about how a data fabric approach resolves typical data analysis challenges? We’ve got you covered! You can get hands-on experience with the IBM data fabric by completing a series of tutorials. These new tutorials provide step-by-step instructions, helpful videos, and sample projects and assets for key data fabric use cases.

The data fabric tutorials guide you through a scenario for a fictitious mortgage lender named Golden Bank. Golden Bank implements a data fabric to produce the best results from their data. The integrated data assets and services in the tutorials provide the following benefits:

• Fair treatment of applicants through AI models  - MLOps and trustworthy AI use case
• Data integration from disparate databases – Multicloud Data integration use case
• Targeted sales campaigns using AI - Customer 360 use case
• Data protection and access - Data governance and policy use case

The data fabric tutorials are beginner level with no-code or low-code requirements. They can be completed in any order. You can complete all of them or just those that interest you. Set aside a few hours to gain hands-on experience with the powerful IBM data fabric tools!

Choose Learn by example on the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service home page to select a data fabric tutorial.

You can sign up for a data fabric trial to work with the use cases for free on Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. For instructions on how to sign up for the data fabric trials and auto-provision the required services, see Signing up for the data fabric trials. New users need to create an IBM Cloud account. Existing IBM Cloud account holders can log in with their IBMid.

For more information about the IBM data fabric approach, see https://www.ibm.com/analytics/data-fabric. 

Congratulations to John Campbell, Db2 for z/OS DE, on his Retirement! Living Db2 Legend!

John Campbell IBM DE for Db2 for z/OS will be retiring from IBM on the 5th of August 2022 after four decades working on IBM Db2 for z/OS. He has been the face of “World of Db2” for decades and I know he will be greatly missed by all of us. 

John started working on Db2 for z/OS Version 1 in the 80's, here is a brief summary of John's career with Db2 for z/OS.  John has worked with many, many Db2 customers, business partners and IBMers over the decades, this is an opportunity for everyone to say goodbye to John before he leaves IBM.

John is a living legend of the Db2 community, especially a familiar face at conferences, World of Db2, IBM and IDUG Events, supported Db2 for z/OS books, Redbooks, whitepapers etc. He will greatly be missed at events, conferences, panels etc 

John has attended and presented at nearly 60 IDUG conferences in North America, EMEA, Australia, South America and India.  He has been voted regularly as the “Top 10 Speaker" on majority of these conferences and been voted “Best "Presenter” at least 3 times and entered the IDUG Speaker Hall of Fame. He has presented many, many Db2 for z/OS webcasts over his career, I have personally worked with John for the past ten years and his webcasts have always achieved up to 1000+ registrations and which is a record for webcasts. 

He has also supported many, many Db2 regional User Groups all over the world.

I know John really wanted an opportunity to meet many of his customers, partners and Db2 family before his retirement and say "goodbye". However, with "Covid Pandemic” it does not look like it is possible, so we have arranged a virtual party.

Check out some of the highlights and memories of the last four decades Click Here

If you have any photos that you would like please upload to this community. Please send your wishes and memories, I will try and print and share in his retirement card. 

John started working on Db2 in the 80's as started his career as IBM Systems Engineer. - here is a brief backgrpound of JC's career. JC's words 

• Technical branch system engineer helping the early customers migrate and exploit Db2 V1R1 thru Db2 V2R3. Helped design and implement major operational and decision support systems.
• Top system engineer in his IBM System Engineering School.
• Lead subject matter expert for Db2 in IBM UK Country Technical Support. Major contributor to IBM Redbook projects, and UK and Intentional Conference.
• Assignment to Db2 Lab in San Jose working as a performance analyst for Db2 V3 and V4. Technical leader in Performance Team for the design and development of Data Sharing and Type 2 Index Manager.
• Appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer and entry to the IBM Academy of Technology in 2003.
• Several major IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards including for data sharing.
• Technical leader of the Db2 Worldwide SWAT Team since 1999.
• Voted best speaker at multiple major IDUG Conferences around the world, and member of the IDUG Speaker Hall of fame.
• I hope I will be remembered for my deep technical knowledge, my enthusiasm, customer handling skills, inspiring others, and being generous with my knowledge and time in helping colleagues and customers. Most importantly as the voice of the customer and the voice of reason within Db2 Development.

IBM has released new Advanced Db2 11.5 Proctored Badges! In addition to the Foundations Badge and an Administration Badge for Db2 11.5, you can now earn the following badges: https://bit.ly/Db2skills at IDUG NA 2022.

Register Now for IDUG NA 2022 bit.ly/IDUGNA2022


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IDUG North America 2022 | Boston, MA | July 11-14  REGISTER NOW

Registration is Open Now!

IDUG's 2022 North America Db2 Tech Conference will be held at the Sheraton Boston on July 11-14, 2022 [some optional pre-conference events could occur on July 10, 2022]. 

This year’s North America event is a hybrid conference: you can register to attend on-site or to participate online. Register now for the conference, then (if you will be participating on-site) reserve your lodging at the Sheraton Boston!

Conference Sponsorships Available... 

Connect with your customers at IDUG 2022 NA! Click here for the sponsor prospectus that explains exhibit and marketing opportunities to share your expertise with our audience. IDUG will be bringing together the global Db2 community for four days of in-person exploration and collaboration in July. Reach out to us at cyndi@teamycc.com to learn about all our opportunities.

Schedule & Speakers Announcements Coming Soon...

IDUG’s North America Conference Planning Committee (CPC) is finalizing the schedule and speakers for IDUG 2022 NA. If you have any questions about the schedule and speakers, please reach out to CPC member Chris Muncan at chris.muncan@gmail.com. 

    Don't Miss the IBM Key Note at IDUG EMEA 2021 Db2 Tech Conference

Hurry time is running out  register for this live webcast including client interview  Register now

In-Database AI Client Experiences with Db2 for z/OS + Demo 

Don't  miss this live webcast on 2nd November 2021 - 11:00AM EST
Tom Ramey will highlight some of the key challenges facing Db2 for z/OS clients and how AI is a breakthrough technology, that when applied to Db2 for z/OS performance management and resiliency can have a major impact. Tom will be joined by Benny Van Straten from Rabobank and Tom Beavin from IBM.  Tom Beavin will share Db2 AI use cases and host a live Db2 AI demo.Rabobank is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company; Benny will share first-hand experiences and lessons learnt around Db2 AI for z/OS and the power of in-database AI.

 What will you learn by attending this webcast?

• Hear first-hand client feedback and experiences
• Learn how Db2 AI improves SQL performance using machine learning based on unique patterns found when executing the queries in a production environment. 
• Learn how Db2 AI automatically detects SQL access path performance regressions and automatically restores the performance back to its optimal level
• Learn how Db2 AI automatically stabilizes dynamic queries with their optimal access path, reducing prepare overhead
  
  

Tom Ramey IBM WW Director, Data and AI on IBM Z

Benny van Straten IT Specialist/DB2 Rabobank

Akiko Hoshikawa IBM Distinguished Engineer

Tom Beavin IBM Db2 AI for z/OS Development Machine Learning and Optimization

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Live Webcast 21st September 11:00 AM EST live Q&A panel
Title: Get ready for Vnext - become AI enterprise!

Get a sneak preview into what around the corner in the World of Db2, and get a head-start for planning your migration to Db2 VNext. This is an event you do not want to miss. 
IBM Db2 for z/OS is investing for leadership in the AI, cloud, and analytics era, extending our Z platform heritage of 24x7 availability, security, scalability & performance, while simplifying & modernizing to maintain Db2 as a top choice for next-gen IT professionals without requiring deep Z skills. This webcast will provide guidance on how to ensure that you get a head-start and are ready to upgrade to Db2 Vnext 

Cris Molaro - IBM Gold Consultant will be giving an independent user view regarding challenges clients are facing during the current technological industry trends. 

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Live Db2 12 Client Panel 30th June 2021 - Sign Up today!

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Db2 for z/OS is the strategic enterprise database that has evolved and adapted to meet client needs for over 35 years. John Campbell IBM Distinguished Engineer has been one of key developers from IBM Silicon Valley Lab that has been extremely influential in driving some of the innovation around the core strengths and business value of Db2 for z/OS.

We are bringing together some of our Db2 for z/OS clients so that they can share some of their "use cases" and experiences around Db2 12 upgrade journey and discuss how they are exploiting, planning to exploit the new technology to leverage  their Db2 for z/OS data to gain data insights and drive competitive business advantages.

Register Now to join this Db2 for z/OS client panel where John will host a live interaction panel with some of our clients that have traveled this journey with IBM.

IBM Watson Machine Learning for z/OS 2.3 and IBM Db2 AI for z/OS 1.4 enhancements boost functionality, performance, usability, and simplify deployment

IBM Extends Industry-Leading Enterprise AI

Announcing Watson Machine Learning for z/OS 2.3 and Db2 AI for z/OS 1.4

IBM Z continues to deliver AI innovation to help customers take the greatest advantage of their mainframe application infrastructure and data with enhancements to Watson Machine Learning for z/OS and Db2 AI for z/OS.

Read the Announcement Letter  

IBM Watson Machine Learning for z/OS 2.3

IBM Watson Machine Learning for z/OS (WMLz) 2.3 is the enterprise machine learning platform on IBM Z. It enables organizations to build, deploy, and operationalize machine learning models for in-transaction AI and real-time insights.

The latest release, WMLz 2.3, is designed to significantly improve online scoring service performance for various types of machine learning models, especially for deep learning models in Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format. It also includes enhancements for integration with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, installation, configuration simplification, and usability of WMLz base services, and a WMLz model Integrated Development Environment.

Also, look for the new IBM WMLz 2.3 Online Scoring Community Edition coming soon -- a lightweight version that provides a no-charge option for clients to try out the streamlined up-and-running WMLz model inferencing, in-transaction approach.

Learn more about Watson Machine Learning for z/OS

IBM Db2 AI for z/O 1.4

IBM is also announcing IBM Db2 AI for z/O 1.4 (Db2ZAI), a separately licensed product, that uses machine learning to improve the operational performance of Db2 for z/OS systems. It is built on the services that are provided by IBM WMLz to help optimize performance. Db2ZAI 1.4 includes the following enhancements:

• Enterprise readiness, including simplified migration and high-availability management
• System Assessment graph drill-down, which provides correlation from System Assessment exceptions to potential candidate SQL
• Enhanced Distributed Connection Control visualization for historical trend analysis and improved profile management
• SQL Optimization Value Dashboard, which provides a progress report that demonstrates the value provided by Db2 AI for z/OS SQL Optimization

Learn more about Db2 AI for z/OS

Join the Launch Webcast: What’s new in Db2 AI for z/OS and Watson Machine Learning for z/OS

Register at https://ibm.biz/BdffvM  This live webcast will take place on June 1, 2021 from 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET with a panel of IBM experts that will share the latest on the new releases of  IBM Watson Machine Learning for z/OS and IBM Db2 AI for z/OS.

Speakers include :

The IBM Enterprise Data & AI Virtual Symposium is HERE

REGISTER NOW  https://ibm.biz/DTS27thApril2021 

Join the live client panel and hear directly from our customers, see how data originating on IBM Z is accelerating the "AI Journey" for enterprises.

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Register Now for this double Db2 for z/OS webcast which will be hosted by John Campbell and Frances Villafuerte

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Title: Achieving Optimal Availability, Usability and Performance with Universal Table Space - Part 1 & PART 2 

Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021  and Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Achieving Optimal Availability, Usability and Performance with Universal Table Space  -  Part 1 & 2 
In this two part webcast, John Campbell and Frances Villafuerte will introduce and discuss the various types of Universal Table Space type, and provide various hints and tips on how to best use and exploit Universal Table Space. In the second part of this webcast, John and Frances will discuss specifically discuss the performance impact of Universal Table Space, a case study on common PBG UTS INSERT performance issues and possible solutions, the insert space search algorithm for INSERT,  INSERT with APPEND, INSERT Algorithm 2 and index performance using FTB.

Check out IBM Db2 for z/OS 2021 Complimentary Webcasts.
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Title: Db2 12 delivering business agility and transforming enterprises

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2021   Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Speakers: Julian Stuhler  IBM Gold Consultant  Triton Consulting   and  Sueli Almeida  IBM Db2 for z/OS Development

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Title: Business & Technical Value of Top Ten Features in Db2 12 for z/OS Continuous Delivery

Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021  Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Speakers : Haakon Roberts  IBM Distinguished Engineer, Sowmya Kameswaran  IBM Db2 technical lead for user experience and transformation

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Title: Achieving Optimal Availability, Usability and Performance with Universal Table Space - Part 1 & PART 2 

Date: Tuesday, May 11 and 12 2021   Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Speakers: John Campbell  IBM Distinguished Engineer   

Frances Villafuerte  Senior Software Engineer  

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Db2 for z/OS Upcoming Webcasts 2021  - Register With one click!

Check out upcoming Db2 for z/OS webcasts and register with one click today - secure your place

Get a head start by registering for this *NEW* Db2 12 Technical workshop, Hosted by John Campbell - IBM DE and Anthony Ciabattoni from the IBM Db2 SWAT Team.

Secure your seats today http://ibm.biz/Db212TechnicalWorkshop

Feb 9th and 10th 2021

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John Campbell and Anthony Ciabattoni

John Campbell    and  Anthony Ciabatton