Title: In-Database AI Client Experiences with Db2 for z/OS + Demo
Date: Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
In-Database AI Client Experiences with Db2 for z/OS + Demo
Tom Ramey will highlight some of the key challenges facing Db2 for z/OS clients and how AI is a breakthrough technology, that when applied to Db2 for z/OS performance management and resiliency can have a major impact.
Tom will be joined by Benny Van Straten from Rabobank and Tom Beavin from IBM. Tom Beavin will share Db2 AI use cases and host a live Db2 AI demo.
Rabobank is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company; Benny will share first-hand experiences and lessons learnt around Db2 AI for z/OS and the power of in-database AI.
What will you learn by attending this webcast?
- Hear first-hand client feedback and experiences
- Learn how Db2 AI improves SQL performance using machine learning based on unique patterns found when executing the queries in a production environment.
- Learn how Db2 AI automatically detects SQL access path performance regressions and automatically restores the performance back to its optimal level
- Learn how Db2 AI automatically stabilizes dynamic queries with their optimal access path, reducing prepare overhead
Tom Ramey
WW Director, Data and AI on IBM Z
IBM
Located at IBM's Silicon Valley Laboratory, Tom is the Director of IBM's Analytics solution portfolio on System Z. His solutions meet the needs of the most demanding operational environments on Earth (enterprise transaction processing) and extend all the way to predictive analytics and artificial intelligence. A main emphasis of his is modernizing workloads and embracing next generation technologies for the enterprise. All while maintaining a focus on decreased costs and increased systems availability.
Benny van Straten
IT Specialist/DB2
Rabobank
I started my IBM Mainframe career in 1989 as an operator. After 5 years I switched to the programming department to program in PL/1.
Later I became a IMS and DB2 DBA and the last years at my former employer I was a system engineer for IMS and DB2.
In 2011 I started as a Db2 DBA with my current employer, Rabobank Nederland. Since a few years I've switched to system engineer again.
I'm currently involved with the installation and configuration of Db2ZAI 1.4 at the Rabobank site.
Tom Beavin
DB2 AI for z/OS Development Machine Learning and Optimization
IBM
Thomas Beavin has been in Db2 for z/OS development for the past 35 years. Starting out in the Db2 Utilities team, Tom worked in the LOAD/REORG area for many years, and then in 1994 switched to developing the access path selection area of the Db2 for z/OS query optimizer, where he has been ever since. Tom was one of the chief architects of the SQL Performance feature of Db2 AI for z/OS, which is focused on improving access path selection using AI. Tom has numerous patents, mostly related to query optimization, and is an IBM Master Inventor (emeritus).
Akiko Hoshikawa is a Senior Technical Staff Member with the IBM Silicon Valley Lab, where she leads the performance engineers & developers for Db2 for z/OS development. She is currently the technical lead for Db2 for z/OS performance and drives performance initiated development in new Db2 release. She loves the hands-on working with customers, providing performance evaluation, tuning, benchmarks, designing performance features to solve customers challenges. She is also responsible in quality assurance of the product as Db2 for z/OS embraces the continuous delivery model.
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Karen Wilkins
Client Technical Professional
IBM UK Ltd
Bristol
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