IDUG NA 2026

As organizations continue modernizing enterprise database environments and moving workloads to public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, controlling operational cost has become one of the most critical success factors for cloud-based Db2 deployments.
This session provides a practical deep dive into cost optimization strategies for IBM Db2 environments running in public cloud infrastructures. Using real-world customer experiences and operational lessons learned, we will explore how to optimize compute, storage, networking, licensing, high availability architectures, backup strategies, and operational automation while maintaining enterprise-grade performance, resiliency, and security.
The session will cover common hidden cost drivers in cloud Db2 environments, including overprovisioned infrastructure, inefficient storage configurations, excessive replication traffic, backup retention overhead, idle standby resources, monitoring inefficiencies, and cloud-native operational challenges.
Attendees will learn actionable techniques for reducing cloud spend while improving operational efficiency through automation, observability, workload optimization, right-sizing strategies, and intelligent HA/DR design decisions.
This presentation is ideal for Db2 DBAs, cloud architects, infrastructure teams, SRE engineers, and technical leaders responsible for designing, operating, or optimizing Db2 environments in public cloud platforms.

While Db2 12.1 has been out for some time with great new content, most companies are still using Db2 11.5 which has tremendous business value. Prior to upgrading to Db2 12.1 clients should take advantage of what is in 11.5 and get the most ROI with what they already have. In this session we'll go through an overview of the high value capabilities of Db2 11.5 - covering 11.5.0 through 11.5.9. This will include availability, recoverability, performance, warehouse, security, multi-model, AI capabilities and more.

Managing complex Db2 LUW environments requires moving past standard practices to achieve zero-downtime availability and extreme performance. This session offers a technical blueprint for executing high-stakes cross-platform migrations from legacy AIX systems to modern Linux on Power10 and AWS/RDS cloud infrastructures. We will analyze the tuning parameters required to stabilize environments by handling 180,000 SQL statements per second, 3 TB of daily log changes, and 10,000 concurrent connections. Attendees will learn to optimize OS, storage, and network layers under strict HADR, Audits and encryption requirements. Finally, we will demonstrate how to automate database fleets using Python and leverage Db2 12.1’s native AI and Genius Hub for agentic self-healing.