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.