Dave Beulke - DB2 10 for z/OS: Cost Savings . . . Right Out of the Box

The authors would like to thank the following people for their invaluable contributions to the content of this book:

• Maria Sueli Almeida, IBM Silicon Valley Lab
• Rick Bowers, Director of DB2 for z/OS
• John Campbell, Distinguished Engineer, DB2 for z/OS Development
• Ian Cook, DB2 for z/OS Product Introduction Manager
• Namik Hrle, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Boeblingen Laboratory
• Terrie Jacopi, DB2 for z/OS Program Manager
• Jeff Josten, Distinguished Engineer, DB2 for z/OS Development
• Philipp Nowak, BMW DB2 Product Manager
• Peter Paetsch, DB2 Consultant
• Mark Rader, IBM Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) Americas
• Paulo Sahadi, Senior Production Manager, Information Management Division, Banco do Brasil

Dave Beulke (dave@davebeulke.com) is an internationally recognized DB2 consultant, author, and instructor known for his extensive expertise in database performance, data warehouses, and Internet applications. He is a member of the IBM DB2 Gold Consultant program, an IBM Information Champion, past president of the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG), co-author of the IBM DB2 V8 and V7 z/OS Administration and Business Intelligence Certification exams, columnist for IBM Data Management Magazine , and former instructor for The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI). With more than 22 years of experience working with mainframe, UNIX, and Windows environments, Dave architects, redesigns, and tunes systems, databases, and applications, dramatically reducing CPU demand and saving his clients from CPU upgrades and millions in processing charges.

Roger Miller (millerrl@us.ibm.com) is a DB2 for z/OS technical evangelist, architect, and designer who has worked on many facets of DB2, ranging from overall design issues to SQL, languages, install, security, audit, standards, performance, concurrency, and availability. He is currently working to roll out DB2 10 and DB2 9 for z/OS and to design the next improvements in DB2. Roger has 31 years of experience on DB2 development, product design, and strategy. He helps customers use the product, answers many questions, and presents frequently to user groups. Roger holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University and an M.S. in Quantitative Methods of Business from UCLA.

Surekha Parekh (surekhaparekh@uk.ibm.com) is IBMs World-Wide Marketing Manager for DB2 for z/OS. She is responsible for market strategy, planning, and promotion of DB2 on System z. Based in Warwick, United Kingdom, she is a passionate marketer with more than 25 years of business experience, and she is also passionate about DB2. Surekha represents IBM on the IDUG committee. IDUG is an independent DB2 user group with more than 16,000 members in more than 100 countries.

Julian Stuhler (julian.stuhler@triton.co.uk) is a Principal Consultant with Triton Consulting, a U.K.-based company specializing in the provision of DB2 consultancy, education, software, and managed services to clients throughout Europe. Julian has more than 20 years of relational database experience, working for clients in the insurance, telecommunications, banking, financial services, and manufacturing sectors. Julian has lectured widely on DB2 subjects, both in the United Kingdom and in Europe. He won the Best Overall Speaker award at the 2000 International DB2 User Group European Conference. Julian has co-authored an IBM Redbook on Java stored procedures and is a frequent contributor to industry publications such as Database Journal . He is an IBM DB2 Gold Consultant, past president of the Board of Directors for IDUG, and an IBM Data Champion.