Monday was another busy and exciting day for us at IOD. Craig took a few minutes to talk with Klaas after the general reception. Craig asked Klaas, organizer of the DB2 Symposium, to share his thoughts on what DB2 area people need the most training in, as well as his thoughts on exciting IBM developments.

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Klaas Brant is the founder of KBCE, a company that specializes in DB2. Klaas has been working with DB2 for more than 25 years and he has published many articles on DB2 topics. He also is the organizer of the DB2 Symposium, a training event with full day seminars presented by industry leading DB2 consultants. Klaas is also the chairman of the Dutch DB2 User Group and an IBM certified DB2 Database Administrator. He is a member of IBM’s DB2 Gold Consultants Team and an IBM Champion. And if you have ever attended the web-based DB2Night Show, he is the host of the z/OS edition.

You can keep up with Klaas at www.kbce.com and you can find out more information about the DB2 Symposium at www.db2-symposium.com

Check back tomorrow for Craig’s interview with Sheryl Larsen.

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IOD Approaches!

We are heading out to IOD this year, and want to send you all a little treat. We’re teaming up with Craig Mullins again to send you IOD news and daily highlights, straight from the Mandalay Bay floor! Craig also be interviewing with following DB2 experts:

Sunday:           Cristian Molaro
Monday:          Klaas Brant
Tuesday:         Sheryl Larsen
Wednesday:   Suresh Sane

Bookmark this page, and check back each morning, Oct 24-27 for news from IOD!

SoftBase will be at booth 17 in the expo. If you’ll be attending IOD, come on by and say hi! We’ll be talking about some very interesting DB2 survey findings. We’ll be discussing the survey results, and what they might mean for you and your organization.

We’re also going to be unveiling a product feature that could mean serious CPU savings for your legacy applications – without any code changes! Stay tuned….