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Abstract:

Db2 12.1.5 introduces significant innovations that help organizations build AI-
powered applications, simplify operations, and modernize their data platforms. Join us for
an overview of the latest release, including new agentic AI capabilities, vector indexes for
high-performance semantic search and RAG workloads, enhanced LLM integration, and
enhanced platform support for Datalake tables for open data architectures.
We'll also cover Db2 Text Search modernization, native RPM-based Linux installation, AI
Query Optimizer enhancements, and key availability, performance, and cloud deployment
improvements. Finally, get a preview of what's coming next in the Db2 roadmap and how
we're evolving Db2 for the AI era.

Speakers:

Mike Springgay

Mike Springgay is a STSM and Db2 Chief Architect at the IBM Toronto Lab. Prior to that he was responsible for architecting extensions to Db2’s Warehouse capabilities, SQL compatibility features, routine infrastructure and client server connectivity. Mike can be reached at springga@ca.ibm.com.  

Christian Garcia-Arellano

Christian Garcia-Arellano is STSM and Db2 OLTP Architect at the IBM Toronto Lab, and has a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Christian has been working in various DB2 Kernel development areas since 2001. Initially Christian worked on the development of the self tuning memory manager (STMM) and led various of the high availability features for DB2 pureScale that make it the industry leading database in availability. More recently, Christian was one of the architects for Db2 Event Store, and the leading architect of the Native Cloud Object Storage feature in Db2 Warehouse. Christian can be reached at cmgarcia@ca.ibm.com.