It’s been another busy year for the DB2 Geeks. Here we take a quick run through the best bits! We wish you all a great Christmas and New Year! Don’t forget our RemoteDBA team are on call throughout the festive season!
Jan-March
The popular RCAC series begins – Part 1
Tips from our readers – we love receiving great DB2 tips from our blog readers.
Two of our top Geeks are recognised as IBM Champions
The DB2 9 end of service date was announced
April-June
It’s official – DBAs are dead!
The DB2 Geek joins facebook
IBM launched BLU Acceleration technology in April. Its fast, simple to implement and use, low in operating costs, and above all its all embedded in the core DB2 engine. Iqbal Goralwalla takes a look at the new technology.
The RCAC series continues with – Part 2 and Part 3
Our new service zTune is launched to the world!
DB2 10.5 was made available in June
July-September
The RemoteDBA team proudly announce their latest customer acquisitions
Time Travel Series begins – Part 1
We launch our DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration podcast series – listen to the 7 Big Ideas here.
Iqbal Goralwalla takes a further look at the 7 Big Ideas of DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration – Less Caffeine, More Compression
We gave our readers a sneak peek at the DB2 11 Early Access program in our podcast series with Julian Stuhler and Klaas Brant – Part 1
When Worlds Collide – Julian Stuhler looks at running DB2 workloads in a Linux for System z environment
Our RemoteDBA team announced the launch of our new European partnership with KBCE
Iqbal Goralwalla ranked #1 in the DB2Night Show top downloads
October-December
IBM officially announced the launch DB2 11 on 1st October
The DB2 Geeks travel to IDUG EMEA in Barcelona – IDUEG EMEA update from Mark Gillis
The IDUG mentor program – experiences from a Triton customer
“Wow, what a week!” – Julian Stuhler’s IDUG review
Our top Geek and Solutions Delivery Director was awarded a “Top DB2 Consultant” award by IBM.
Time Travel Gotchas – part 2 and part 3
DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS – Listen to the podcast with Julian Stuhler and Cristian Molaro
DB2 11 Early Access program podcast – Part 2