Sheryl Larsen is one of the most sought-after DB2 consultants in the world, and IBM is sponsoring her to present a free half-day seminar about DB2 10 (the newest version of DB2 z/OS recent) and valuable advice from dozens of real-world SQL performance tuning engagements.

The focus of this first (very informal) meeting of the Oregon chapter of the Rational User Group (RUG):

• Round-table introductions • Determine interest of attendees for various topics surrounding Rational products • Determine frequency and location choices • Discuss best practices for starting and maintaining a successful RUG (IBM/Baptie, can you provide some guidelines?) • Setup the next meeting, plan for speaker, location, time, etc. • Discuss ways to increase membership and attention towards this group

Register to join us: http://www.IBMexpo.com for the IBM Job Fair Thursday, February 13, 2014 • 10am - 6pm Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR

Candidates must be able to obtain a Secret clearance and be certified in their field of expertise.

IBM Is Looking for Professionals with Experience in:

Business Systems Analysts - Intermediate Business Systems Analysts - Senior Computer / Systems Operator - Senior Configuration Management (CM) Specialists - Associate Configuration Management (CM) Specialists - Intermediate Configuration Management (CM) Specialists - Senior IA Policy and Compliance Certified Professionals – Associate IA Policy and Compliance Certified Professionals – Intermediate Information Security Specialists - Associate Information Systems Auditors - Intermediate IT Certified Professional - Associate Microsoft Server Engineers - Associate Microsoft Server Engineers - Intermediate Microsoft Server Engineers - Senior Network Administrators - Associate Network Administrators - Intermediate Network Administrators - Senior Network Engineers - Associate Network Engineers - Intermediate Network Engineers - Senior Network Security / Information Assurance Engineers - Associate Network Security / Information Assurance Engineers - Intermediate Network Security / Information Assurance Engineers - Senior Operations Managers Project Engineers - Senior Project Managers – Intermediate  Quality Assurance Analysts – Intermediate  Quality Professional Staff - Intermediate Senior IT Systems Solution Architects Software Engineers - Associate Storage Engineers - Associate Storage Engineers - Senior Systems Administrators - Associate Systems Administrators - Intermediate Systems Administrators - Senior Systems Engineers - Associate Systems Engineers - Intermediate Systems Engineers - Senior UNIX Server Engineers - Intermediate VoIP Engineers - Intermediate VoIP Engineers - Senior Web Software Developers - Associate  Web Software Developers - Senior  Web Technical Administrator

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IBMexpo.com

Join Data Informed and IBM for this free, analytics-oriented forum. Hear experts discuss key points of a data program, including how to:

-Sanity-check your analytics strategy so it is primed for self-service

-Turn unstructured data into actionable intelligence

-Get best practices for analytics platforms & self-service

-Prepare for mobile access to analytics throughout the business

-Examine security models and governance mandates

-Evaluate how hybrid cloud strengthens your self-service capabilities

-Hear client case studies of how real companies employ self-service BI

We will be holding a Spectrum Protect user group meeting April 26th. Please RSVP via the Registration link if you plan on attending.

Agenda:

10:00 am - Introductions 10:10 am - Spectrum Protect (TSM) Product updates 10:40 am - Spectrum Protect Plus Overview & Demo 11:00 am - Connecting Spectrum Protect to enterprise monitoring via RESTful API’s 11:45 am - Lunch 12:15 pm - Rocket Product Updates 01:00 pm - Open forum 02:00 pm – Close

Please RSVP using the link below or the survey on the IMWUC group page. https://www.imwuc.org/p/su/rd/survey=8c1a2651-314e-11e8-a995-bc764e103d0b