SPECIAL EDITION - 1 October 2010, 12PM CENTRAL

During this special edition of The DB2Night Show™, DBI will be interviewing our top candidates for our open Software Consultant Engineer position (see http://www.dbisoftware.com/careers.php for details). Each candidate will be given 8 minutes to describe a DB2 LUW challenge they faced and how they conquered it, 1 minute to offer a quick DB2 tip, and 1 minute to "make their case" for why they are our best candidate!

Studio Audience members will get to vote on our candidates! Your votes will influence DBI's selection committee (but the final decision rests with DBI), determine the prize that each of our candidates will win, AND... AND... AND... everyone in our studio audience that participates in candidate voting will earn a $5 Amazon.com gift certificate (limited to the first 100 attendees that arrive) in appreciation of your involvement!

THIS IS REALITY TV.

Details and registration:
www.DB2NightShow.com

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DB2 LUW High Availability and Recovery Planning

Failure to plan is planning to fail...

In episode #29, special IBM guests Kate Kurtz and Dale McInnis shared with us information on high availability and recovery planning; their focus was on data warehouse databases, InfoSphere, DPF, and the like. They offered several valuable tips and best practices. Watch the replay to learn from their wisdom...

We'd also like to bring to your attention our upcoming shows:

• OCT 1 - The Las Vegas Approach to DB2 LUW Security with guest Rebecca Bond, CISSP, and author of Understanding DB2 9 Security!
• OCT 8 - The DB2Night Show goes "Cross Platform" with special guest Sheryl Larsen. Sheryl will share SQL performance lessons learned from recent consulting engagements and offer tips for both DB2 z/OS and LUW!
• OCT 15 - DB2 LUW Performance Tuning Lessons Learned with special guest Martin Hubel, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant. Really - you don't want to miss this - even if you don't have SAP!
• NOV 5 - The SQL Snapshot Potluck Party is BACK! Share your favorite SQL Snapshot command and receive the source code for the entire collection!
• NOV 19 - What's new and COOL with DB2 LUW with guest George Baklarz, IBM

Finally, also on October 8th at 2pm Central, DBI is offering a free Webinar "TEN SQL Snapshot commands you MUST run TODAY!" - this is a derivative work of Scott Hayes' IDUG Regional technical session. Attendees will receive the SOURCE CODE for these invaluable commands. DETAILS and REGISTRATION.

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DB2 LUW Range Partitioning Tables - The Important Stuff

Emphasis on DB2 9.7 Updates

In episode #28, special guest Mike Winer, IBM STSM & DB2 Kernel Architect, shared with us the latest news and enhancements for Range Partitioned Tables in DB2 9.7. Mike specifically discussed Partitioned Indexes and their many benefits, impacts on DB2 logging, high availability during DETACH, and REORG implications and improvements. Watch this replay and see what you missed, or watch it again for review...

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