IDUG eBulletin | June 2024

June 25, 2024

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Issue IV | June 2024

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - LATAM 2024 is scheduled for 20 August 2024

IDUG is excited present the IDUG 2024 Latin America Db2 Tech Conference, hosted in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, August 20. The deadline to submit your speaker presentation for consideration is 30 June 2024.

This year's event will host thought leadership from around the world, coming together to present both dynamic main stage sessions as well technical sessions in three concurrent breakouts throughout the day.

A full schedule is coming – please save the date and make plans to join us in Brazil! Click here to learn more and register, or reach out to our team with questions. We're happy to help!

The IDUG 2024 EMEA Db2 Tech Conference will be here before you know it. Our EMEA Conference Planning Committee is working hard on the schedule, and we're looking forward to releasing our agenda soon.

In the meantime, register now to take advantage of the best ticket rate available for IDUG EMEA 2024 - Early Bird registration rates are available through 31 August. We look forward to seeing you in Valencia this October!

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JUNE 2024 | Not-Exactly-Tech Talk with George Baklarz

Generally acknowledged as a Big Star in the world of LUW, George Baklarz discusses his history with IBM and the Db2 community, and shares his thoughts on how to be a bridge between the technical community and its customers and end-users.

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Better Db2 backup runtimes on AIX: Using encryption for backups and databases

Written by Holger Hellmuth

As we live in challenging times, are leaving the traditional on-premises datacenter and are using more and more cloud-based IT offerings, increased operational security is one of the topics of today. An easy to achieve but powerful option for databases to improve security is to encrypt the database and database backups. Therefore, an increasing number of Db2 customers are encrypting their database using Db2 native encryption for data in rest. Other encryption options are not in focus for this document (e.g.: Encrypted File Systems or IBM InfoSphere Guardium). Continue reading

Why is Ingest into Db2 Warehouse faster with Cloud Object Storage?

Written by Kostas Rakopoulos, Hamdi Roumani, and Christian Garcia-Arellano

n the journey of adding Cloud Object Storage (COS) support to Db2 Warehouse, the primary motivation was reducing the storage cost (a dominant factor in any warehouse environment) by transitioning to a more modern storage architecture that primarily used COS. This allows us to deliver a 34X storage savings over traditional network-attached block storage. In terms of performance, the expectations were that it would achieve comparative performance with traditional network-attached block storage. Continue reading

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IDUG is looking for volunteers in India and Australia to join our team and play one of various roles in the planning and producing of our in-person events there in future years. If you are interested in hearing more about it, simply complete this quick form!