Agenda for June 17, 2003

New England DB2 Users Group
June 17, 2003
Sturbridge Host Hotel

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:05 "A Phased Implementation of RACF Security for DB2"
-- Bill Gallagher, Phoenix Life Insurance Co.

10:20 Energy Break

10:35 User Group news and updates

10:45 "User Experiences with COBOL and SQL DB2 OS/390 Stored Procedures"
-- Bill Kimball, Aetna Inc.

12:00 Lunch

1:00 "Crossing Over/Breaking Down the DB2 Platform Barrier"
-- Jim Wankowski, Quest Software

2:15 "Top 10 Things Learned at IDUG" -- Ed Long, Kronos

Followed By: Open Forum / User Group Dialog

3:30 Adjourn; Board Meeting follows

June 17, 2003, Speakers, their topics and bio info

1. Bill Gallagher, Phoenix Life

TITLE: "A Phased Implementation of RACF Security for DB2"
SYNOPSIS:

This presentation will give a brief overview of RACF Security for DB2, and
will cover the reasons why PNX decided to convert its DB2 security to
RACF. It will discuss the tasks we undertook and obstacles we overcame in
taking a phased approach. It will also highlight some of the functional
differences between native DB2 and RACF/DB2 security, and will conclude
with some lessons learned.

SPEAKER BIO(s):
Bill Gallagher is a senior Database Administrator / Manager for Phoenix
Life Insurance Company in Enfield, CT. Bill has over 20 years experience
in the Information Technology field, the last 14 as a Database
Administrator supporting IDMS, MS SQL Server and DB2 UDB for both the
OS/390 and AIX platforms. Bill's primary responsibilities include
administration of the company's DB2 databases on both the mainframe and
mid-tier platforms, as well as managing a team of five other DBA's
supporting DB2, SQL Server, and Oracle/Rdb. Bill's current projects
include contributing to PNX's business continuity / disaster recovery
planning for DB2 on both the mainframe and mid-tier platforms, and working
with the IT organization's Architecture and Application teams to define
guidelines for DBMS platform selection for new databases within the
organization.

2. Bill Kimball, Aetna Inc.

TITLE: "User Experiences with COBOL and SQL DB2 OS390 Stored Procedures"
SYNOPSIS:

Presentation Outline:

· Aetna History with Stored Procedures
· Avoiding Locks in a Distributed Environment
· More Debugging of COBOL and SQL SPs
· Implementing SQL SPs in your enterprise
· Integrating SPs with Crystal Reports
· DRDA and SPs

SPEAKER BIO:
Bill Kimball has specialized in information technology for over 20 years. He is a DB2 OS390 V7 Certified Specialist and Database Administrator. He has held a variety of DB2 positions since 1987 (release 1.2) including programmer, performance and tuning specialist, system's engineer, consultant / trainer and database administrator. His consulting / training expertise put him on the road across the country assisting various corporations. He is currently a Senior Database Administrator for a cutting edge Java / Websphere / MQ / DB2 application with the unofficial role of Stored Procedure technology expert.

3. Jim Wankowski, Quest Software

TITLE: "Crossing Over/ Breaking Down the DB2 Platform Barrier"
SYNOPSIS:

The popularity of DB2 UDB running on the UNIX/NT platforms is on the rise. IBM is rapidly gaining market share over Oracle. The sudden growth and popularity of DB2 on the open systems platform has resulted in a shortage of experienced DB2 DBA's to support this platform. Many DB2 mainframe DBA's are now being tasked with supporting DB2 on these new platforms, resulting in a huge learning curve. It is essential for the DB2 DBA of the new millennium to be well versed on DB2 running on multiple platforms. This presentation is geared towards the DB2 DBA who is responsible for supporting DB2 on multiple platforms. It will cover the differences in basic concepts, terminology, physical architecture, and administrative issues of DB2 across the mainframe and distributed platforms.

SPEAKER BIO:

Jim is the product marketing manager for Quest Software's DB2 products. He has over 18 years of development and DBA experience with DB2 beginning with participation in the initial 1984 DB2 beta program while at Northrop Aircraft in Los Angeles. Prior to Quest, Jim was a regional VP and DB2 product specialist for Platinum Technology. Jim is well known in the DB2 community and has spoken at countless trade shows, Regional User Groups, and technical seminars.