Marcus Davage

Speaker Details

Bio

With over 30 years in database administration, software development, and systems programming on z/OS (with some iSeries and Linux, UNIX and Windows thrown in), I specialize in optimizing and automating enterprise databases, and driving innovation in Db2 and IBM Z. As a Lead Product Developer at BMC Software and a five-time IBM Champion, I help organizations modernize their mainframes. I also co-host the IDUG Db2 Table Talk podcast and speak at international conferences, user groups, and local universities on mainframe modernization. I'm an Open Mainframe Project Ambassador, a STEM Ambassador and Code Club leader.”

Past presentation
03 junij 2025
15:15 - 16:15
European SQLAdria Seminar – Vodice 2025 Driving Down Database Development Dollars

 Application developers and database administrators alike are under constant pressure to drive down costs and reduce CPU cycles. This talk suggests some technical tips and cultural changes to Developers, DBAs, and Operations, to address this ubiquitous challenge facing mainframe enterprises world-wide.


12 junij 2023
15:00 - 15:45
European SQLAdria Seminar – Vodice 2023 Squeeze Your Data with DB2!

This intermediate level presentation quickly covers the history of compression in Db2 for z/OS, from V3.1 to Db2 12.  We will review the original tablespace row compression, index compression, LOB compression, and Huffman compression, with a glance at some application performance considerations.


06 oktober 2021
11:30 - 12:30
European SQLAdria Seminar – Šibenik 2021 How Dev, Ops and DBAs can not only co-exist, but cooperate effectively to drive business value in an Agile way

The role of the DBA has evolved over the years. As businesses across the globe embrace digital transformation, and customer expectations increase, the traditional rules of engagement must be reconsidered, and the DBA remains a key lynch-pin in the Agile journey to DevOps. This presentation will review the old rules of engagement, and express the importance of communication, trust, embracing change, and automation tools in modern software development.


26 november 2020
16:15 - 17:15
European SQLAdria Seminar – Virtual Event Db2 by the back door

How I accessed Db2 via RESTful services, the Java CLP, the Zowe CLI and Python and got away with it. This presentation will introduce the latest trendy methods of getting at Db2 and its data. It will contain a few pre-recorded video demos of each method.


 

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