1. © 2010 IBM Corporation ® IBM Topics Midwest DB2 User’s Group Shilpa Singla DB2 Tools Technical Specialist ssingla@us.ibm.com

2. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 2 Chicago IBM Information Management Technical Team  DB2 for z/OS –Paul Bartak314-252-5826paul.bartak@us.ibm.com –Paul Murphy314-252-4233 paul.murphy@us.ibm.com  DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows –Debra Eaton847-805-2509jdstrand@us.ibm.com –Dave Chiou312-529-1356dwchiou@us.ibm.com –Rob Beal847-805-2315 rbeal@us.ibm.com  DB2 for z/OS, Linux, UNIX and Windows Data Warehousing –Gary Crupi 414-223-6279 gary.crupi@us.ibm.com  Information Integration and Business Intelligence –Jason Arnold 312-529-1919 jaarnold@us.ibm.com –Shantan Kethireddy 224-465-1875 shantank@us.ibm.com  DB2 Tools –Greg Kline 630-568-1026 gwkline@us.ibm.com –Shilpa Singla 47-477-2636 ssingla@us.ibm.com

3. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 3 Chicago IBM Information Management Sales Team  DB2 for z/OS Software Sales –William Morrow314-252-4115wlmorrow@us.ibm.com  DB2 for z/OS Tools –Nate Goodman 414-223-6748 nathang@us.ibm.com  Information Management Software Sales –Lee Gallerano 630-717-9683 lgallerano@us.ibm.com –Alex Olin 312-455-0599 aolin@us.ibm.com –Eric Christy630-428-3855ewchrist@us.ibm.com

4. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 4 IBM Information on Demand  When: October 24 th, 2010 – October 28 th, 2010  Where: Las Vegas, Nevada  Early-bird fee: Until August 31, 2010  Conference Benefits: – Labs –Certification –Industry experts

5. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 5 IBM Optim Development Studio and Optim pureQuery Proof of Technology  Hands-on-Lab – Proof of Technology is free to attend  Location: Hyatt Center: 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606  Room: Sixth Floor, Classroom 6605  Time: Jun 23rd 2010, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM  Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch will be served  Please contact Shilpa Singla (ssingla@us.ibm.com), Doug Clifton (cliftonw@us.ibm.com), Paige Harrison (hpaige@us.ibm.com) or your IBM Representative in order to register

6. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 6 IBM Optim for z/OS Proof of Technology  Hands-on-Lab – Proof of Technology is free to attend  Location: Hyatt Center: 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606  Room: Sixth Floor, Classroom 6605  Time: Jun 24th 2010, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM  Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch will be served  Please contact Greg Kline (gwkline@us.ibm.com), Doug Clifton (cliftonw@us.ibm.com), Paige Harrison, (hpaige@us.ibm.com) or your IBM Representative in order to register

7. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 7 New Intelligence: Why data matters – and what you can do with it  On a smarter planet, answers are hidden in the data  22 opportunities for a smarter planet  From a data commotion to an intelligence symphony: –Smarter insights –Smarter predictions –Smarter context –Smarter analytics –Smarter systems

8. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 8 What are you working on? My developerWorks: Profiles  Get the word out about what you can do  Find the expertise you need  Search with tags  Follow the links

9. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 9 European iDUG 2010  When: November 8 th – November 11 th, 2010  Where: Vienna, Austria  Early Registration Fee: Until October 11, 2010

10. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 10 System z Technology Summit  DB2 for z/OS Seminars  Columbus – May 11 th  San Jose – May 13 th  Costa Mesa – June 16th

11. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 11 IBM Destination z  Home for Mainframe Community  IBM Destination z Partners listed by Solution Area  View all IBM Destination z Academic Members  Link: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/destinationz/

12. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 12 New DB2 10 for z/OS Security Features  Help Satisfy Your Auditors without impacting your production applications teleconference  Dates: 06 Jul 2010 - 06 Jul 2010  Times:11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 3:00 p.m. GMT  Location: Online  Type: Teleconference  https://www- 950.ibm.com/events/wwe/systemz/sztecsem.nsf/enrollallv16?openform& seminar=kwo2352&S_TACT=&S_CMP=

13. IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Software Group | Information Management software 13 Redbooks Recommendation  DB2 9 for z/OS Data Sharing: Distributed Load Balancing and Fault Tolerant Configuration http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp444 9.html?Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp444 9.html?Open  System z on the Go: Accessing z/OS from Smartphones http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg24783 6.html?Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg24783 6.html?Open  DB2 V9 for z/OS Technical Overview http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg24733 0.html?Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg24733 0.html?Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

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