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Sunday 7th November 2010 – CA Technologies DB2 User Day @ IDUG


CA Technologies DB2 User Day @ IDUG

CA Technologies are pleased to invite you to our annual European CA Technologies DB2 User Day @ IDUG.
The event will take place in the Vienna Hilton on the Sunday 7th November prior to the official IDUG opening. CA Technologies customers, registered for the Conference, are invited to a special CA Technologies DB2 User Day featuring international DB2 experts and user testimonials.

CA Technologies customers attending the afternoon sessions of the CA Technologies DB2 User Day are also invited to join our event speakers and CA Technologies experts for dinner. Dinner is only open to CA Technologies DB2 User Day attendees – invites will be included in the User Day delegate package which will be distributed at the onsite CA Technologies Registration Desk.


Venue

Hilton Vienna
Am Stadtpark 1
Vienna, Austria A-1030
T: +43 1 717 000


Preliminary Agenda* – Sunday 7th November 2010

12:00 - 13:00

Registration and Welcome Refreshments

13:00 - 13:10 Introduction to The Day

Zeljen Stanic, Principal Consultant, CA Technologies

13:10 - 13:15 Welcome to Everyone
13:15 - 14:00 Database Update – Commitment and Strategy

Dave Schipper, Vice President Product Management, CA Technologies
As it is traditional with our User Day, we start the proceedings with a high level update on our development progress during the last 12 months, including an overview of what was delivered on r14. We will also take a brief look at what is in our future.

14:00 - 14:45 Chorus

Andy Ward, Sr Principal Consultant, CA Technologies
CA Mainframe Chorus dramatically simplifies mainframe management, allowing you to maintain world class Quality of Service by increasing the productivity of your current mainframe staff and providing an accelerated on ramp for your entire IT team to assume mainframe responsibilities. CA Mainframe Chorus is a key component of CA Technologies Mainframe 2.0 strategy to help you derive maximum value from your mainframe platform and to change the way you manage the mainframe forever.

14:45 - 15:30 Mainframe 2.0

Maddalena Tosoni, Sr Engineering Services Architect, CA Technologies
Marcel den Hartog, Sr Principal Product Marketing Manager, CA Technologies
Mainframe 2.0 is CA Technologies revolutionary mainframe management strategy to maximize platform value and performance, dramatically simplify its management, and provide practical innovation to ensure that mainframe can always be an effective and integral part of your evolving IT infrastructure. CA Technologies is rolling out a new version of CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA MSM), a key component of the Mainframe 2.0 strategy that is available to all customers with active maintenance at no cost including a new automated deployment service.

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:45

End-User Case Study: Revealing your database secrets using CA DB2 performance tools
Assaf Eliyahu, DB2 DBA & Performance Specialist, Discount Bank Israel
This session will demonstrate a real customer site project with raw data obtained from CA Technologies tools, and, by using a simple data mining process, transformed into valuable reports containing specific action items about:

  • SQL performance problems
  • Smart Table Space to Buffer pool assignments
  • Index usage mapping for impact analysis
Don’t ask what your performance tools can do for you. Ask what you can do to make the best out of them.

16:45 - 17:15 Taking SUPPORT to the Next Level

Keith Sessions, Sr Principal Support Engineer, CA Technologies
A review of the changes and exciting additions to the CA Support Services that are now available. Keith will give an overview of how CA Technologies Technical Support Service is structured and review the current services and offerings now available to clients. CA Technologies is continuing its efforts to lead the way in offering World Class Technical Support Services that match our customers very exacting needs.

17:15 – 17:30

Comfort Break (no coffee/tea served)

17:30 – 18:15 CA Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Solution

Rui Santos, Senior Consultant, CA Technologies
CA APM solution enables you to proactively monitor and manage your increasingly complex web application services environment today and as you grow. Real-time detailed data provided by the solution helps you quickly understand and address problems before customers are impacted, meet service level agreements, and provide the online experience your customers expect.

18:15

Questions and Closing Remarks

19:30

Meeting point in Hilton lobby for transportation to dinner

20:30

Dinner at ‘Palais Todesco’

23:30

Transfer back to Hilton


*This agenda may be subject to change