March 2010, Regional User Groups (Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee) 0 IBM Topics Jim Strand Information Management/IOD Architect IBM Software Group

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Chicago IBM Information Management Team DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, Technical Sales Specialists –Debra –Dave –Rob Beal Data Management Software Sales Specialists –Alex Olin –Eric Christy –Lee Gallerano DB2 for z/OS Technical Sales –Jason DB2 for z/OS Sales –Matt

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

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. Initiate - MDM Healthcare/Government Power7 Processor www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/news/announcement

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 - 3/25 - Optim Archiving and Test Data Mgmt PoT Chicago TEC 4/25-4/28 – IIUG 5/10-5/14 – IDUG  Constantly Updated Please contact your IBM Sales Rep

Information On Demand Conference Information On Demand 2010 –October , 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

Listen to the experts who develop breakthrough technology and get your questions answered DB2 – See schedule and replays available: 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

Webcasts, etc DB2 Night Show – Scott Hayes, DBI

Information Management Sites

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 –IBM Database Magazine Newsletter –IBM Data Management Community www ‐ 01.ibm.com/software/data/management/community.html –Integrated Data Management (Optim and Data Studio) - ‐ my –Social Media Connects (facebook,Twitter,YouTube, Communities) ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=J522048D22090L87

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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/

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