TechCrunchTV Interview Anjul Bhambhri (VP of Big Data at IBM) on IBM's Big Data direction

TechCrunchTV did a 5 piece interview with Anjul on March 30, 2011 on IBM's Big Data direction

Part1

• Anjul talking about her early career and how did she get to managing IBM's Big Data mission.

Part2

• Talks about Watson's role in Big Data. Anjul suggest that humanity should celebrate its accomplishment.  Watson has something like 200 million pages of data (ie dictionaries, thesaurus, etc ..).     The challenge was to ingest, search and makes sense of Big Data to be able to respond to a question.  
  

Part3

• Waton is becoming more like "human".  Watson is a good example of how a computer can understand natural language and how a computer can understand Big Data.  Computers or robots can not replace humans.  
  

Part4

• What's IBM's goal in the investment in Watson?  The possibilities if we can tap into Big Data and do analytics can drive change in our society (eg Smarter Planet, Health care, etc ...).   The possibility to be able to make a decision at the right time.   IBM's is working on simplifying analytics on Big Data (aka making it easier to ask questions on Big Data).
  

Part5

• IBM is more than just about mainframes.  Anjul's business is managed as a start-up within IBM.  IBM is looking at helping customers consume and make sense of Big Data(petabytes++) along with their traditional data.   IBM's is working on helping customer's make sense of their growing amount of data.  IBM is starting 1200 bootcamps on the technology behind Watson and what IBM's doing around Big Data.   This bootcamps will be able to help with concepts, labs/example, Proof of Concept, etc... around Big Data.

IOD 2010 IBM Optim Session

Steve Rees and I are doing a session on Thursday on leveraging the DB2 LUW Performance Best Practice with Optim Performance Manager (aka OPM)

Offering    Day/Time    Session #    Title
IDA    Mon 10:15-11:15am    TDM-2341A    Modeling and Designing Databases with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect: A User Experience
OPM    Mon 10:15-11:15am    TLU-1871A    IBM Optim Performance Manager V4.1 for IBM DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Portfolio    Mon, 2:15 - 5:15pm & Drop-In Lab    HOL-1688A DIL-7004    Managing System Performance with Optim on LUW
Portfolio    Mon, 2:15-3:15pm    TDM-2597A    IBM Optim and IBM Data Studio Portfolio Strategy: Optimize Performance and Availability while Reducing Costs
DB2 Connect    Mon, 2:15-3:15pm    TDZ-3056A    IBM DB2 Connect Technology Update
QWT    Mon, 2:15-3:15pm    TDZ-1754A    Optim Query Tuning Solution: Tuning a Critical SAP Application
QT/QWT    Mon, 3:45-5pm    TDZ-1790A    Query Optimization and SQL Performance Tuning Using IBM Optim Query Tuning Offerings for DB2 for z/OS
OPM    Mon, 3:45pm - 5pm    TLU-2418A    Best Practices for Workload Management Using IBM Optim Performance Managert Best Practices Using Optim Performance Manager

Portfolio    Tue 11:15am-12:15pm    TLU-2761A    Real-Life Best Practices with IBM Optim Integrated Data Management from the GBS DBA Practitioners Perspective
Backup/Recovery    Tue, 1:45pm - 2:45pm    TLU-2144A    Delta Database Experiences Using the New Backup and Recovery Tooling for DB2 Linux, UNIX and Windows
pureQuery    Tue, 11:15am - 12:15pm    TDZ-1309A    Optim pureQuery Runtime for z/OS
Portfolio    Tue, 3-4pm    TDM-2881A    Managing the Performance of Your IBM DB2 zOS Applications by Using IBM Optim Solutions

OPM    Wed, 11:30am - 12:30pm    TLU-2135A    Troubleshooting IBM WebSphere Application Transactions on IBM DB2 with IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager and IBM Optim Performance Manager
Portfolio    Wed, 2-5pm    HOL-1566A    Manage Performance of your DB2 z/OS Applications using Optim Solutions
pureQuery    Wed, 6-7pm    BOF-2413A    Extract the most value from .NET and ODBC Applications
pureQuery    Wed, 6-7pm    BOF-2965A    End to End data security with Guardium and pureQuery
OPM    Wed, 6-7pm    BOF-1875A    Optimizing Your Business System Using IBM Optim Performance Manager

pureQuery    Thu 11:30am - 12:30pm    TDM-2573A    What's New for IBM Optim pureQuery in Enterprise Java Data Access
IDA    Thu 1-1:45pm    BOF-2803B    InfoSphere Data Architect and Data Modelers User Group
pureQuery    Thu 1-1:45pm    BOF-2777C    Optim pureQuery User Group and  Fans
Portfolio    Thu 2-3pm    TDM-2018A    Client success with an IBM Optim Performance Solution
Portfolio    Thu 8:15 - 11:15am & Drop-In Lab    HOL-1650A   DIL-7003    Best Practices Developing DB2 Applications with Optim Solutions
Portfolio    Thu 8:15-9:30am    TDM-2471A    Can You Benefit from IBM Optim Solutions? Yes! Come Hear Our Client Success Stories
Admin solutions    Thu, 11:30am - 12:30pm    TLU-1721B    Empowering DBAs with IBM Optim Administration and Tuning Tools
OPM    Thu, 3:30-4:30pm    TLU-2330B    Transforming Performance: Best Practices for Monitoring and Tuning IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
pureQuery    Drop-In Lab    DIL-1009    Auto tuning Hibernate Java Applications With DB2

My Who's who in pureXML in URLs

I was doing an introduction to a buddy of who are the various folks who work on pureXML at IBM and I thought I would share the list of names, blogs and resource links I collected. These are the folks who's blogs and tweets I follow for pureXML new.

pureXML LUW team
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/db2xml/Home
pureXML wiki & collection of resources
Matthias Nicola
http://www.matthiasnicola.de/
http://nativexmldatabase.com/
Blog
Author of DB2 pureXML Cookbook
Susan Malaika
Queen of XML at IBM
http://twitter.com/sumalaika
http://www.dataservicesworld.com/People/SMalaika.htm
Henrik Loeser - IT, Life, DB2, House Construction, ...
pureXML blogger
http://blog.4loeser.net/
Conor O"Mahony
pureXML Evangelist
http://twitter.com/conor_omahony
http://db2news.wordpress.com/
http://nativexmldatabase.com/
pureXML z/OS
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/db2xml/DB2+for+zOS+pureXML
pureXML wiki & collection of resources
Guogen Zhang
pureXML z STSM
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/purexml
http://db2usa.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

If you are not familiar with pureXML then wikipedia might be a good start.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureXML
Also check out Susan Vissers's pureXML resource blog:
http://www.channeldb2.com/group/purexml/forum/topics/list-of-purexml-resources

Optim at IOD 2009

IOD is coming around the corner.  

You can get at a list of all the Optim session at IOD from the following Optim Google Calendar.   This includes all the major if who, when, where and pointers to the actual session.    This includes Optim general sessions, labs and Usability sessions.   Here is a link to a pdf version of the Optim IOD sessions.    Here is a pdf of the Optim UCD sessions.

The Optim enablement team will be at the booth number blah.  Make sure to stop by and say hello.   If you are interested in a particular demo of a product or technology we will be available for demos at the demo suite.

Here are some helpful links
IOD Registration Information
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/registration.html

IOD Program Details
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/program-details.html

Why Should You Attend IOD?
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/justification.html

Customers Speak Out
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/customer-speakers.html

Keynote Speaker - Malcolm Gladwell
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/keynote-speaker.html


IOD Website
IOD Session Search
http://sample.iod2009.confnav.com/iod2009/webx/sessions/search.html

IOD Session Information
http://sample.iod2009.confnav.com/iod2009/webx/sessions/detail.html?id=20090813203657213510000000

virtual technical briefing featuring the new Optim Development Studio

When: Thursday, August 20, 2009
How: Registration Link

The cool thing about this webinar is that is going to focused on Java data access with ODS and pureQuery and how this all complements RAD.

Previously known as IBM Data Studio Developer, Optim Development Studio
provides an integrated database development environment for Oracle, DB2, and
Informix. Come to this interactive session with product experts and learn how to use
Optim Development Studio to improve development productivity up to 50% for
developing and testing SQL and XQuery queries, stored procedures, Web services,
and Java data access layers. Also hear how Optim Development Studio extends the
Java development capabilities in Rational Application Developer.

Upcoming Webinar: InfoSphere Data Architect 101

Formerly known as Rational® Data Architect, InfoSphere™ Data Architect is a foundational data modeling technology for any data-centric design and architecture work and thus provides core functionality for Integrated Data Management solutions from IBM.

In this introductory session, you'll learn about features and functionality, but you'll also get hints and tips on getting started. A must-see for anyone who does data architecture, modeling, and database design and hasn't worked with this product before.

Guest attend URL:
https://de202.centra.com:443/GA/main/000001854b38000001220314ff0086bf
When: 22 July 2009
Time: 1 pm. (Eastern), 10 am (Pacific)
Duration: 1 hour
Note: Please sign in 30 minutes early to allow for system checks.
Guest playback URL (in case you miss the event):
https://de202.centra.com:443/GP/main/000001854b38000001220314ff0086bf

BTW ... this is part of Virtual technical briefings on Optim Solutions for Integrated Data Management.   There will be an entire series.

How to install Optim 2.2 eclipse based products via IBM Install Manager?

Below are the step-by-steps on how to install the Optim 2.2 eclipse tools via IBM Install Manager. If you are going to install via the web repository then you will need an IBM developerWorks id. If not, you will need to download the trials before hand.

1. Download and install IBM Installation Manager
   http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/installmanager/support/install.html
   
2. Start -> All Programs -> IBM Installation Manager -> IBM Installation Manager
3. After IBM Installation Manager launches, go to File -> Preferences
4. After the Preferences launch launches, click Add Repository.
   
   
5. Paste the installation URL or the unzip package path or the trials, click OK
   https://www.ibm.com/software/rational/repositorymanager/repositories/rationalsdp7
   (This is not a typical website, so don't try putting it into a browser)
   
   
6. If you place the IBM software URL, then you will need to use the developersWorks userid / password
   
   
7. Click OK in the Preferences
8. Back in the Installation Manager, click Install
   
   
9. Click on the packages you want to install
   
   You can select multiple products and they will all install into a common and integrated eclipse.
   
10. Click Next to continue install
    
11. Accept the license and click Next
    
    
12. If you used the IBM URL you will be asked to fill out a survey
13. Select a package and click Next
    
14. Click Next when asked extended eclipse
    Since this is a new install it will lay down base eclipse 3.4 and IBM shared plug-ins
    
15. When select language, click Next
    
16. Pick the options you want to install
    
    
17. Click Next after selecting the packages you want to install
18. Click Install to install the product