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The DB2Night Show #106: DB2's GOT TALENT Top 5 Finalists Compete!

March 22, 2013, 12:07 pm
Posted by Scott in Cross Platform
DB2's GOT TALENT

Special Guests: Mohan, Ember, Chris, Eric, and Sreeharsha!

Top "5" Finalists Compete!

95% of our studio audience learned something! This is it! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be determined by DB2 community voting! Today's presentations were fun and informative! This show contains a buffet of DB2 tips and advice on Tuning Siebel, using MQT tables, virtual database administration, clever ETL tricks, and achieving DB2 success! Watch this replay, learn great advice from your DB2 community peers, then cast your vote for your favorites!


Show Host Scott Hayes Commentary

First, thank you to all of DB2's GOT TALENT contestants and finalists. This fun way to learn about DB2 would not be possible without your contributions. We've received a great deal of very positive feedback! 823 votes were cast in our 15 March show. In order of votes obtained (highest to lowest), here's a run down of today's presentations:

  • Mohankumar, DB2 9.7 Performance Tuning Siebel 8.1 Application
  • Ember, DB2 Success: You Won't Find it on a Database Server
  • Chris, How I ETL'd data without an ETL tool on a deadline
  • Eric, Save Time and CPU by using an MQT stage table
  • Sreeharsha, Virtual Database Administration
Please WATCH our replay to obtain excellent DB2 education from today's finalists!

Survey and Voting

Due to GoToWebinar® limitations for repeating webinars, we need to offer our post-show audience survey via Survey Monkey. We welcome both our live studio audience and replay viewers to complete this survey to vote and for a chance to win our $25 Amazon.com gift certificate drawing. For convenience, the survey is embedded below, at the bottom of this replay blog. After you complete the survey, it will close automatically. Only one entry per computer is allowed. Also, to minimize the "I'll just vote for my friend effect", we are now requiring that you must vote for TWO or more finalists. You can still vote for your friend, but be sure to cast a vote for at least one other good presentation! NEW for GRAND FINALE: In addition to asking you to vote for two finalists, there is a new question that asks you to rank our finalists (1 = 1st place choice, 2 = 2nd place choice, 3 = 3rd place choice, and 4 = 4th place choice).

DB2's GOT TALENT Winners Announced!

Polls will close 4 April 2013 at 11pm CDT. DB2's GOT TALENT Winners will be announced during our 5th April show themed "All About IDUG". Winners will be determined by DB2 community votes for favorites. In the event of a tie, we will use the finalist rankings as a tie breaker to determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. REGISTER for our All About IDUG show if you haven't already!

Thank you to our DB2's GOT TALENT Sponsors!

  • 1st Prize: One FREE IDUG Conference Registration to any IDUG Conference in 2013 (North America, Europe, or Australia) provided by IDUG, plus up to $1,500 USD travel expense allowance provided by DBI. Approximate value of prize package: $3,500 USD

  • 2nd Prize: One FREE DB2 Symposium Registration (3 Days) to any Event in 2013 provided by KBCE, plus up to $1,000 USD travel expense allowance provided by HLS Technologies.

  • 3rd Prize: Apple iPad (approximate value $500) provided by Responsive Systems.

  • Finalist Prizes: Each of the top 10 Contestants that are invited by the judges to participate in Finals Shows will win $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificates provided by Triton Consulting.

Upcoming Shows!

Be sure to visit our show schedule and sign up for these upcoming shows!
  • All About IDUG and DB2's GOT TALENT Winners!
  • Explain Reality!
  • DB2 V10 Hint functions for Dynamic SQL
  • Attack of the BLOB!
  • Database Performance Trends with Forrester Research analyst Noel Yuhanna
  • Agile Big Data Analytics: Implementing a 22 billion row data warehouse
  • Breaking News from IBM on DB2 for LUW
  • DB2 z/OS topic: To be announced ( Pot luck! Trust us! It'll be great! )
  • Extreme Tuning SQL and Performance with Sheryl Larsen
  • DB2 LUW 10 Index Jump Scans and Updated Index Design Best Practices
  • DB2 LUW Customer Success Story - Implementing and Tuning a new application!

Episode #105 Survey Winner

Congratulations to Bethany Acker in USA! During today's show, judge Klaas Brant chose a random number that corresponded to your completed survey! Thank you for completing the survey for Episode #105 DB2's GOT TALENT Finalists Compete March 15th!.

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If you don't see a survey below, then SurveyMonkey has determined that your computer has already voted or it is after 11pm CDT 4 April 2013 (this survey will automatically stop collecting responses). Remember to complete all questions accordingly. Name, Country, Email, and Phone are required contact information to mitigate risk of voting irregularities. If you win the $25 drawing, we may call you to verify your email address.

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