IDUG eBulletin | October/November 2024

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Thanks to all who attended the IDUG EMEA 2024

Db2 Tech Conference!

We enjoyed seeing so many of you at #EMEA24 in Valencia, Spain. It was an energizing, informative, and fun (!!) week of collaboration and connection, featuring top-notch speakers (and attendees) that we've come to expect at our IDUG Db2 Tech Conferences.

Speaking of which, we're delighted to showcase our IDUG EMEA 2024 Speaker Award Winners:

Best Overall Speaker: Mehmet Cuneyt Goksu

Best User Speaker: Philip Nelson

Top Ten Speakers:

Christian Garcia-Arellano

John Campbell

John Hornibrook

Maja Adam

Mehmet Cuneyt Goksu

Michal Bialecki

Philip Nelson

Roy Boxwell

Thomas Baumann

Toine Michielse

Congratulations to the award winners, and to all of our IDUG EMEA 2024 speakers. We're grateful for your contributions - it's a highlight of our event year.

For those interested in donating to disaster relief efforts, may we suggest visiting your local Red Cross website? You can choose to support the work being done in Valencia and/or other regions, or simply allow the Red Cross to use your donation wherever they may need it. Thank you for supporting our global community.

SAVE THE DATE(s)

IDUG #EMEA25 will take place in Dusseldorf! Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Will We See You at IDUG #NA25?

The IDUG NA 2025 Db2 Tech Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA next June! Event Registration is open, as is the Call For Abstracts. We are currently soliciting presentation abstracts that dive into details of implementation, migrating to a new release, or maximizing performance from any member of the Db2 product family. In recognition of the complex requirements of today’s database implementations, presentation abstracts relating to migration from Oracle to Db2, upgrading within versions of Db2, and new hardware implementations are also being requested.

In a change from prior IDUG conferences, presentations for this year’s conference may cover details of Db2 tools and other ancillary Db2 products. Workshops and Hands-On Labs will be hosted again on Sunday, June 7 and the afternoon of Thursday, June 12. 

All presentations must be strongly technical in nature, cannot contain marketing content, and must support and strengthen the information services community by providing the highest quality education and services designed to promote the effective utilization of Db2 and its family of products.

Learn more about abstract submission for #NA25 here.

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IDUG Db2 Tabletalk Podcast

A Chat with IBM Lifetime Champion Dusty Rivers

It's a privilege to speak with a DB2 expert who has been around since the beginning - literally. Dusty Rivers is a 47-year industry veteran who has his own quantum chip and can explain why it was called Db2 in the first place (at least in theory). Hear his insights, plus Rules For What To Do If You Hug The Mainframe, in the latest IDUG Table Talk podcast episode.

The Pit - with David Simpson

In this episode, we chat to David Simpson about his career, wherein he gives some terrifying advice to would-be speakers... Face the Wall... in The Pit.

NEW ON THE IDUG BLOG

Unmasking the Masked Data

Written by Emil Kotrc

At IDUG NA 2024 in Charlotte I attended a great session “Securing Db2 for z/OS Data: Encryption - and Much More” by Robert Catterall from IBM. One of the topics that Robert discussed was Column Masks. This feature has been available in Db2 for z/OS since version 10. I asked myself again, are column masks really secure as they seem to be? A few years ago....Read Now 

Db2 for z/OS column mask functionality: part of an effective data security strategy

Written by  Gayathiri (Gaya) Chandran and Robert Catterall

A recent post in this blog by Emil Kotrc, “Unmasking the masked data,” brought awareness to a potential risk with using column masks. In this article, we will review some important Db2 for z/OS security best practices and explain how you can take a multi-layered security approach to mitigate the exposure pointed out by Emil...Read Now

The Neural Networks Powering the Db2 AI Query Optimizer

Written by Liam Finne

Sceptical about anyone trying to tell you your database system's query optimizer needs AI? Read this1. Still don't think AI or ML can help generate better SQL access plans for improved query performance? Read that.

Some say the query optimizer can be thought of as the brain of your database management system. How is it possible to integrate neural networks into a highly sophisticated query optimizer? It wasn't exactly brain surgery...Read Now

Interested in submitting an article for consideration? Share your ideas and submissions with the Content Committee.

IDUG is looking for EMEA CPC Volunteers

Are you interested in helping support the planning and production of our in-person events in EMEA? If so, or if you'd like to learn more about IDUG volunteering in general, please complete this brief interest form. We look forward to working with you!

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