1. March 2010, Regional User Groups (Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee) 0 IBM Topics Jim Strand Information Management/IOD Architect IBM Software Group jdstrand@us.ibm.com

2. Go Green – Save a Tree Presentations are now available for download: WWW.MWDUG.ORG

3. Chicago IBM Information Management Team DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, Technical Sales Specialists –Debra Eaton847-805-2509jdstrand@us.ibm.com –Dave Chiou312-529-1356dwchiou@us.ibm.com –Rob Beal847-805-2315 rbeal@us.ibm.com Data Management Software Sales Specialists –Alex Olin312-455-0599 aolin@us.ibm.com –Eric Christy630-428-3855 ewchrist@us.ibm.com –Lee Gallerano630-717 9683lgallerano@us.ibm.com DB2 for z/OS Technical Sales –Jason Arnold414-223-6279jaarnold@us.ibm.comj DB2 for z/OS Sales –Matt Russo630-568-1860russo2@us.ibm.com

4. Agenda  IBM Announcements - Jim Strand, IBM, Information Mgmt/IOD Architect  DB2 pureScale Overview - Aamer Sachedina, IBM, Lead Architect for pureScale DB2 pureScale Deep Dive - Aamer Sachedina, IBM, Lead Architect for pureScale  Integrated Data Management: Product Strategy and Vision - Curt Cotner, IBM Fellow VP & CTO for Database Servers  Revolutionizing the Data Abstraction Layer and Solution Delivery for Data-Driven Application - Curt Cotner, IBM Fellow VP & CTO for Database Servers

5. New Product Announcements/Acquisitions SPSS - Predictive Analytics www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27936.wss Guardium - Database security, auditing and regulatory compliance solutions. www.guardium.com Initiate - MDM Healthcare/Government www.initiate.com/Pages/default.aspx Power7 Processor www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/news/announcement

6. Local Events & Proof of Technology 3/03 - Data In Action Virtual Conference vshow.on24.com/vshow/datainaction#home 3/04 - IDS/XPS Compression PoT 3/11 - Virtual Briefing: New Development with pureQuery - www.informationmanagementrequest.com/mk/get/OPTIM_LL31110_REG?S_TACT=105AGX63&S_CMP=INVITE&ca=ddc- 3/25 - Optim Archiving and Test Data Mgmt PoT Chicago TEC 4/25-4/28 – IIUG www.iiug.org 5/10-5/14 – IDUG www.idug.org  Constantly Updated Please contact your IBM Sales Rep

7. Information On Demand Conference Information On Demand 2010 –October 24 - 28, 2010 –Mandalay, Las Vegas Highlights included: –900 Elective sessions –1,040 Certification exams –200 EXPO Sponsors and 120 IBM Pedestals –225 Customer and Business Partner speakers –Hands-on Labs –Meet the Experts –Community Receptions –Customer Reference Lounge 2010

8. Listen to the experts who develop breakthrough technology and get your questions answered DB2 – See schedule and replays available: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/DB2/Chat+with+the+Lab Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing www-01.ibm.com/software/data/education/bichat.html Informix – See schedule and replays available: www ‐ 01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/webcasts/replay.html www ‐ 01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/webcasts/replay.html

9. Webcasts, etc DB2 Night Show – Scott Hayes, DBI www.dbisoftware.com/db2nightshow/

10. Information Management Sites

11. IBM Information Management Links –Information Management Training www-01.ibm.com/software/data/education/blogs.html –IBM Training Classes www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=B768303T50066D41 –Information Management ‐ Downloads, Trial Offers, White Papers www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/featured.jsp?b=Information+Management –IBM Data Management Community www-01.ibm.com/software/data/management/community.html –IBM Data Mangement Magazine www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/dmmag/ –IBM Database Magazine Newsletter www.ibmdatabasemag.com/newsletter/ –IBM Data Management Community www ‐ 01.ibm.com/software/data/management/community.html –Integrated Data Management (Optim and Data Studio) - www.ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/datastudio?ca=dgp ‐ my –Social Media Connects (facebook,Twitter,YouTube, Communities) - 304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=J522048D22090L87

12. DeveloperWorks Spaces developerWorks spaces are micro-sites focused on a software project, development activity, user group community, technical expert, or any other technical subject of interest to you. Join one of the spaces or apply for your own. www.ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/

13. DB2 Certification Exam Study Information Study Aids and Technical References Data Warehousing Enterprise Content Management DB2 InfoSphere Informix www-01.ibm.com/software/data/education/certprep.html www-01.ibm.com/software/data/education/

14. Learn more about DB2 www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/ developerWorks IBM's resource for developers and IT professionals www.ibm.com/developerworks

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