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The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) is pleased to bring you this issue of the IDUG e-Bulletin, a monthly electronic newsletter for members of the IDUG electronic community. The e-Bulletin is distributed in digest form via e-mail to IDUG members.

You can view the newsletter at the following link: IDUG e-Bulletin November 2008

This document describes known AIX® issues and APARs related to DB2®. Fixes for the AIX APARs described below can be obtained from Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/main/pseries/aix

A series of customer videos has been produced by IBM about the advantages of DB2 that customers are seeing. I thought I would post a series of blog postings here so that we can, as a group, discuss them. Tell me if your experiences are the same or different. Let’s open the discussion and share our experiences.
The first video here is Bashir Khan from Dow Jones talking about why they chose DB2. Bashir talks about their experience with reliability, performance, ease of use, scalability, pureXML,

Forty seven SQLAdria members are attending two day workshop “DB2 9 for z/OS and XML: A New Data Type for a New World” presented by Mike Bracey of IBM UK. The workshop is taking place 20-21 November 2008 in Opatija, Croatia, and it includes lectures and lab exercises. We are proud to be the first audience in Europe to which this material is presented! SQLAdria chairmanship organizes this type of events (seminars or workshops) anually, usually in mid-November. Besides seminars, SQLAdria chairmanship organizes one summer three day conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and two one day conferences: spring conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and autumn conference in Zagreb, Croatia.

Draft Redbook, last updated: Fri, 21 Nov 2008

- Value of System z QoS for SOA
- IBM SOA Reference Architecture software for System z
- Application modernization for SOA on z/OS

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a very broad topic and there is not just one solution.

The Baltimore/Washington DB2 Users? Group meets quarterly in Columbia, Maryland, midway between Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland. The RUG was founded as a gathering point for computer professionals to discuss and share ideas on DB2 topics. Founded in 1988, the group is comprised of DB2 users on all platforms with a common desire to become more proficient in this comprehensive database management technology.

The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) is pleased to bring you this issue of the IDUG e-Bulletin, a monthly electronic newsletter for members of the IDUG electronic community. The e-Bulletin is distributed in digest form via e-mail to IDUG members.

You can view the newsletter at the following link: IDUG e-Bulletin October 2008

Just a quick reminder that the IDUG Regional Forum events are starting next week so if you live in or near San Ramon, California, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, or Kansas City, Missouri, here is your chance to get some great education inexpensively and in a short period of time.

The Forums are a 2 day event with 2 tracks (one for DB2 for z/OS and one for DB2 for LUW) delivered by some of the top speakers in the industry. IDUG is offering full two day registrations for $425 and single day registrati

Think you know a thing or two about XML? Or want to know a thing or two about XML? Well now is your chance to show off your skills. Especially if you are a student and want to pad your resume or if you are a consultant and want to show the world that your lead in XML implementation ability, then this is for you. If you fall into a different category than these two and are not in it for the fame, then there are riches too (OK it is great prizes and riches depends on your vantage point :-).

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The PeopleSoft Discussion Forum provides a vendor-neutral industry forum for professionals involved in implementing and supporting PeopleSoft applications in DB2 for z/OS. The group meets via an email discussion group and monthly teleconferences to share ideas, strategies and performance tips. You are welcome to join, whether or not you are a CA customer. You can join at: https://www.ca.com/us/register/subform.aspx?id=148848.