PkgCache #21: Left Outer Shark

Recorded February 6, 2015 • 48 minutes

Fred and Ian discuss the lack of DB2 ads in Superbowl XLIX, the new features in DB2 10.5 Fixpack 5 and the latest DB2 News.

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PkgCache #20: The BuzzFeed Strategy Doesn’t Always Work

Recorded January 4, 2015 • 47 minutes

Fred and Ian ring in the new year, review the fall conference season and discuss the latest DB2 News.

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Ian’s view was, No Doubt, excellent
Ian’s view was, No Doubt, excellent

PkgCache #19: Databases Gone Wild, Cancun Edition

Recorded October 1, 2014 • 46 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about what’s new in the DB2 “Cancun” release (10.5 Fixpack 4) and the latest DB2 News.

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PkgCache #18: Dragging Hexagons to Achieve Nirvana

Recorded July 17, 2014 • 48 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News; Bluemix becoming Generally Available; Apple and IBM pairing up, and the fall conference season.

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PkgCache #17: Making Guacamole with a Wood Chipper

Recorded June 25, 2014 • 47 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News, summer experiments, Optimization Profiles, and some interesting hardware developments that could impact DB2 in the future.

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“El Machino”: an early prototype of The Machine? (photo by Mel Albaum)
“El Machino”: an early prototype of The Machine? (photo by Mel Albaum)

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PkgCache #16: The Dude Knows His Stuff

Recorded May 26, 2014 • 40 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News; their impressions and take aways from IDUG’s conference in Phoenix; data encryption in BLU for Cloud; and they discuss how to handle database security patches that come out.

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The @pkgcache pirate Dine Around at IDUG in Phoenix
The @pkgcache pirate Dine Around at IDUG in Phoenix

PkgCache #15: Fred & Ian on The DB2 Cocktail Hour #13

Recorded May 13, 2014 • 44 minutes

Dan LuksetichWhiskey factory photo by Dora Pete (Supreme Leader of Beer, IDUG Content Committee chair and the “Podfather” of DB2 podcasts) invited Fred and Ian on to his podcast, The DB2 Cocktail Hour, to discuss Big Data and why both keynotes at IDUG’s DB2 Technical conference in Phoenix weren’t about DB2.

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The DB2 Cocktail Hour Series 1 Podcast 13 – Distilling Big Data
Featuring (but not sponsored by) Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage Bourbon and Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey. Chris enjoyed The Macallan 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (on the rocks, but we won’t hold that against him). The sound-check warm-up round was Bulleit Rye.

PkgCache #14: IDUG Desert Survival Guide

Recorded April 24, 2014 • 39 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News and discuss all things IDUG in preparation for the North American DB2 Technical Conference coming up in Phoenix from May 12th – 16th, 2014.

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News

IDUG 2014 in Phoenix, May 12th-16th

IDUG Dine Around

Other places to eat in Phoenix

Friends don’t let friends drink crappy coffee, so go here instead:

What to do around Phoenix

Photo by Felder Rushing

Outside of Phoenix (other than the Grand Canyon, of course)

Fred and Ian’s Conference Session Picks

PkgCache #13: You Can’t Go Wrong with Borat

Recorded March 23, 2014 • 36 minutes

Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News, measuring DBA effectiveness and how far the BLU for Cloud beta has come in just a few months.

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