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This is part 2 of "Best Bets" for The IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Denver. Suggested sessions for DB2 LUW on Thursday and Friday are highlighted in this blog post. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are discussed in PART 1.

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The IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Denver begins next week. The agenda is "amazing" and perhaps overwhelming, especially if this is your first IDUG. I will be attending DB2 LUW sessions as much as possible. I wish I could be in two or three places at once, but, since I have to choose, here is my road map to sessions and activities...

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DBI Software announces new IBM DB2 LUW performance tool releases offering new features and support for DB2 10

Austin, Texas USA - (May 8, 2012) - DBI, a software company providing professional grade database performance management tools, today announced Brother-Panther version 5.2 with general availability May 23, 2012. Already recognized by the DB2 IT community as a best in class performance monitoring, tuning, and trending tool with its innovative SQL workload aggregate analysis and trend charts that track change events, this new release incorporates several new customer requested enhancements, lower overhead, support for DB2 10, and support for the z/Linux operating system.

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We are so EXCITED about IDUG Denver that we are starting the Conference Early! Join DBI and HLS Technologies for PEACE, LOVE, & PERFORMANCE at the Hard Rock Cafe Monday night 5/14 at 8pm! Get a chance to win up to $1,000! Souvenir Hard Rock T-shirts for everyone while supplies last! More information...

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In 2010 and 2011, the "DB2 LUW Performance Analysis and Tuning Workshop" drew top attendance numbers in North America, Australia, and EMEA. For 2012, this IDUG Ed Seminar has been updated and is being offered again as session 212. Click Here for Details. THIS SEMINAR WILL NOT BE OFFERED AGAIN after 2012! This is your FINAL OPPORTUNITY to reap the rich benefits of this class!

In this full day class, you will receive over three dozen SQL Snapshot commands to help analyze YOUR database. Together, we will learn about what to measure, we will discover the problems and "opportunities for improvement" in your database, we will discuss solutions, and you will return to your office fully equipped to make measurable performance improvements.

This blog post contains the specific instructions that you should use to prepare for this workshop...

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The DB2 Symposium is returning to the US this March 28-30 in the NYC area. Based upon my very popular IDUG Ed Seminar "DB2 LUW Performance Analysis and Tuning Workshop", I am pleased to offer an enhanced version of this seminar as a 2 Day class via the DB2 Symposium.

In this two day class, you will receive over three dozen SQL Snapshot commands to help analyze YOUR database. Together, we will learn about what to measure, we will discover the problems and "opportunities for improvement" in your database, we will discuss solutions, and you will return to your office fully equipped to make measurable performance improvements.

This blog post contains the specific instructions that you should use to prepare for this workshop...

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Press Release: DBI Announces the Addition of BOLT System to the DBI Customer Family. DBI Products Deliver Increased DB2 Database Performance While Improving Overall Efficiency of System Administration and Applications. ... Jerry Robertson, CTO at BOLT System, comments, "The relationship with DBI has been exceptional. The products have not only delivered as promised, DBI has exceeded our overall expectations by providing outstanding support." Jerry adds, "Response times and quality of service are critical to our customers, and the DBI products help us meet and exceed our stringent service level agreements while minimizing our IT costs."

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FARGO, N.D., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FBS develops internet based software for real estate professionals and the performance of large DB2 databases is absolutely mission critical to the organization. Mr. Jaison Feed, Vice President of Information Technology for FBS states: "The DBI Brother-Panther for DB2 LUW product has opened our eyes by recommending over 150 important indexes to our database to improve performance. Additionally, it has helped highlight some structural deficiencies deep in our architecture that are now candidates for optimization." Read more...

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DBI's Brother-Panther® 5.1 for DB2® LUW brings new features that provide significant analysis capability that the IT industry has not seen before.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DBI (Database-Brothers, Inc.), a software company providing professional grade database performance management tools, today announced the release of Brother-Panther® version 5.1. Already recognized by the DB2 IT community as a best of breed performance monitoring, tuning, and trending tool with its innovative SQL workload aggregate analysis and trend charts that track change events, this new version provides aggregate costs and details for database applications and users, includes CPU chargeback information, and recommendations for optimized solid state disk (SSD) configuration. Yet, all this is just the tip of the iceberg when the new Database and SQL workload comparison functionality is considered... (read more)

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