The DB2Night Show #151: DB2's GOT TALENT - Finals Round 1 - Top 9 Compete!

DB2's GOT TALENT 2015 Finals Round #1

Top 9 Finalists Compete for YOUR Votes! Great DB2 LUW & z/OS presentations! 100% of our studio audience learned something! Today's presentations were GREAT and included topics on package cache analysis, trying IBMBLU acceleration, battles with DB2 LUW license administration, DB2 10.5 BLU Data Skipping, DB2 z/OS SQL tuning via temp tables, DB2 z/OS Stored Procedure Analysis, a DB2 LUW Range Partitioning Case Study, and new features in db2pd for DB2 LUW 10.5! This show contains another buffet of useful tips and advice! Enjoy!

Show Host Scott Hayes Commentary

We had one finalist no-show, but everyone else thankfully showed up and gave GREAT presentations! With help from Scott Hayes ( @srhayes ), Judge Martin Hubel ( @mhubel ), and Judge Klaas
Brant ( @klaas_brant ), Judge Susan Visser ( @susvis ) created an excellent Slide Share Presentation on how to give GREAT presentations - And, as you'll see in the Replay, you can tell that our Finalists heeded the advice! Nicely done! Now our finalists need your votes - VOTE BELOW!

DB2's GOT TALENT Top 8 Finalists

• Brandon, New Zealand
• Roberto, Mexico
• Sreeharsha, India
• Rohit, India
• Christian, Austria
• Leila, Iran
• Akshat, India
• Rajesh, India

Another gift from Judge Susan Visser, IBM

Susan prepared a presentation on social enablement and has shared it on SlideShare. CLICK HERE to learn how to Tweet and use LinkedIn!

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