IDUG NA 2025

The IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS(IDAA) has evolved enormously over the last 14 years since its introduction to the DB2 for z/OS world with the result that the IDAA of 2025 is a completely different proposition to customers compared to when it was originally presented to the market back in 2011.
As with many new functions and features of Db2 introduced over the years, it was not love at first with the IDAA, however, it is no longer a stand–alone Netezza appliance with periodic refreshes, limited SQL compatibility and limited use cases.  It is in fact a completely different hardware and software solution with multiple deployment options from IFLs on Z, a z/Linux One machine or even in cloud and it is also a completely new software based on the columnar DB2 BLU DW engine.
What this means for customers is that the IDAA of 2025 with lots more functionality and flexibility has become an extremely interesting and feasible solution to the many challenges that customers are facing from classical Analytical applications to Batch processing and OLTP transactions requiring analytical queries on real–time data.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of the changes to IDAA since its introduction explaining what and how these changes make the IDAA a completely different proposition for customers in 2025.
More importantly, the presentation will provide a technical explanation of how you can perform an assessment of your environment to be able to evaluate the potential benefits of IDAA in your shop, or, if you already have an IDAA, how you can identify new candidates for IDAA processing.
Finally, the presentation will provide tips and insights from real–world use cases highlighting not only the benefits but also the errors to avoid and the potential problems that you may encounter when offloading work to IDAA.

Db2 13 introduced the ability to track execution of IBM Db2 utilities allowing users to gain insight into the performance of the utilities. In this session you will hear how it has been implemented, what information is recorded and when, and some ideas of how the feature can be used to improve your utility processing.

The IBM z platform synergizes with Db2 for z/OS to deliver numerous performance improvements. This session explores key enhancements that optimize system efficiency and reliability when migrating from z14 to z16. It will highlight areas such as CPU Improvement through enhanced memory and zIIP processor utilization, System Recovery Boost, focusing on Middleware Region Start/Restart, and IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort . This session will also cover tools and best practices for monitoring memory usage and zIIP processor performance.

Join the product management leadership to get an update on the Db2 business and the overall investment strategy we have in place for Db2 as we now deliver our first big new version in 5 years with Db2 12.1

The session will concentrate on new SWAT team experiences. Various unexpected outcomes and behaviors will be discussed as well has hot technical items customers are exploiting as well as technologies that have been challenging for customers. The complete session will be focused on customer experiences and sharing real life outcomes.
 
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